adesso Top Employer 2025 in Germany for the first time

Grow Together

“Grow Together” is adesso’s declared goal and corporate strategy. Career starters and professionals at adesso are encouraged to learn both from and with one another – whether through teamwork, hands-on project work, or internal training programmes. This approach enables employees to grow both personally and alongside the company. According to the auditors of the Top Employers Institute, adesso excels in this regard. They praise the development and growth opportunities for employees as excellent. The further training programmes are also rated as outstanding in this context. adesso also scores above average in the onboarding of new employees. They are thoroughly prepared for their journey at adesso through preboarding and Welcome Days, and seamlessly integrated into the company through targeted onboarding measures. Among other things, they learn about adesso’s “Culture Code”. It sets out the corporate culture as it is practised and aims to strengthen mutual appreciation, openness and helpfulness. The codified guidelines ensure respectful interaction with one another, so that the diverse perspectives of people from different specialist areas and cultures enrich the work in the best possible way.

Meet and feel good

IT services are people business. The people who work in the company are therefore crucial to adesso’s success. The IT service provider continuously invests in the working environment so that they feel comfortable. adesso sees its more than 60 offices worldwide, including over 30 in Germany, as central meeting places in times of the New Work culture and remote working. Modern workspace designs provide employees with a pleasant and comfortable environment that fosters creativity, communication, and teamwork. In this area, too, adesso scored well above average in the Top Employers Institute’s rating

The certification methodology

The annual rating by the Top Employers Institute is based on a comprehensive evaluation of detailed HR best practice questionnaires completed by participating companies. As part of the evaluation process, the auditors carry out a categorisation based on peer groups of similar companies. The benchmarking data for this is based on international best practices. A total of twenty HR topic areas are evaluated, which are summarised in the six overarching categories Steer, Shape, Attract, Develop, Engage and Unite. A minimum score must be achieved in all areas for certification.