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When I was checking the "United States Department of Defense" employees, it took into account the reserved. Meanwhile, when I checked the "People's Liberation Army", it only took into account the active personnel. This would be unfair for the statistic. The reserve personnel should be taken into account for the "People's Liberation Army" as well, since it was also applied to the "United States Department of Defense" <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/37.106.40.162|37.106.40.162]] ([[User talk:37.106.40.162|talk]]) 19:18, 26 July 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
When I was checking the "United States Department of Defense" employees, it took into account the reserved. Meanwhile, when I checked the "People's Liberation Army", it only took into account the active personnel. This would be unfair for the statistic. The reserve personnel should be taken into account for the "People's Liberation Army" as well, since it was also applied to the "United States Department of Defense" <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/37.106.40.162|37.106.40.162]] ([[User talk:37.106.40.162|talk]]) 19:18, 26 July 2012 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot--> |
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What he said [[User:Dougmc|dougmc]] ([[User talk:Dougmc|talk]]) 23:35, 19 August 2012 (UTC) |
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I felt this was an important list to add - a company's impact is felt way beyond its revenues. In the global marketplace, a company like #7 Agricultural Bank of China was #377 in revenues, but employed nearly half a million people. In parts of the world where employees and customers alike have less money than in the US, we wouldn't be comparing apples to apples.
That being said, none of this is original research. Obviously this imformation has been available. It just hasn't been shown in Wikipedia this way before. I do have the entire list of 500 in Excel, which I hate to throw away. It's a useful tool for anyone creating 2005 or 2007 lists. Is there any way to save that? I keyed in the employment numbers from the Fortune website and I'd hate to do that again.
Also, considering that #486 on the Fortune list had 332,000 employees, I would almost guarantee that there are many other companies with over 200,000. I wasn't ready to spend the time researching through the Fortune Global 2000 for them, however. I hope anyone familiar with those companies can add them with proper documentation. Should I mark the 61 companies I added with an "F" or something to mark where they came from? I don't want to clutter the screen with external hyperlinks for each line.
SSherris 00:00, 2 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't know if this content is useful, I sorted the list in revenue/employee and profit/employee. It seems like a freaky examination. But the results could be interesting. For example, Toyota motors is first and MacDonalds is last concerning revenue per employee. CityGroup is first concerning profit per employee. The other figures might not all be very relevant or interesting, I just thought I would copy this here. --Rougieux (talk) 17:13, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
- I agree that it's an important list. But the money cnn webpage already provides such lists. Mehfoos (talk) 09:49, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Someone's trying to deliberately tamper with the info
I checked the BBC source and found that the list is accurate save for the Indian organisations. Someone conveniently added a million or so to the workforce to make it go up the rankings here. I also saw that the Fortune 500 listing is inaccurate. If someone could go through the source to rectify it, it would be great. Mehfoos (talk) 09:49, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
List of companies sorted by revenue per employee
| ' | Company name | Employees | Revenue million $ | Profit million $ | Fortune Global 500 rank | Revenue $/employee | Profit $/employee |
| 34. | Toyota Motor | 285977 | $185 805 | $1 212 | 8 | $649 720 | $4 238 |
| 22. | General Motors | 335000 | $192 604 | $(10 567) | 5 | $574 937 | $-31 543 |
| 27. | General Electric | 316000 | $157 153 | $16 353 | 11 | $497 320 | $51 750 |
| 16. | DaimlerChrysler | 382724 | $186 106 | $3 536 | 7 | $486 267 | $9 239 |
| 29. | Citigroup | 303000 | $131 045 | $24 589 | 14 | $432 492 | $81 152 |
| 58. | Metro | 204076 | $72 814 | $66 | 55 | $356 798 | $323 |
| 48. | Verizon Communications | 217000 | $75 112 | $7 397 | 50 | $346 138 | $34 088 |
| 20. | Volkswagen | 344902 | $118 377 | $1 392 | 17 | $343 219 | $4 036 |
| 54. | Peugeot | 208500 | $69 915 | $1 279 | 60 | $335 324 | $6 134 |
| 35. | HSBC Holdings | 284000 | $93 494 | $15 873 | 26 | $329 204 | $55 891 |
| 42. | Deutsche Telekom | 243695 | $74 062 | $6 939 | 54 | $303 913 | $28 474 |
| 59. | France Télécom | 203008 | $60 933 | $7 094 | 71 | $300 151 | $34 944 |
| 39. | Nestlé | 250000 | $74 659 | $6 416 | 53 | $298 636 | $25 664 |
| 33. | Home Depot | 289800 | $81 511 | $5 838 | 43 | $281 266 | $20 145 |
| 25. | Intl. Business Machines | 329373 | $91 134 | $7 934 | 29 | $276 689 | $24 088 |
| 37. | Tesco | 273024 | $71 128 | $2 821 | 59 | $260 519 | $10 332 |
| 56. | Unilever | 206000 | $49 581 | $468 | 106 | $240 684 | $2 272 |
| 55. | Telefónica | 207641 | $48 833 | $5 524 | 108 | $235 180 | $26 604 |
| 23. | Matsushita Electric Industrial | 334402 | $78 558 | $1 364 | 47 | $234 921 | $4 079 |
| 18. | Hitachi | 355879 | $83 596 | $33 | 38 | $234 900 | $93 |
| 9. | Siemens | 461000 | $100 099 | $2 855 | 22 | $217 134 | $6 193 |
| 11. | Carrefour | 440479 | $94 455 | $1 784 | 25 | $214 437 | $4 050 |
| 40. | Robert Bosch | 248853 | $52 208 | $2 919 | 99 | $209 795 | $11 730 |
| 32. | Kroger | 290000 | $60 553 | $958 | 73 | $208 803 | $3 303 |
| 47. | United Technologies | 222200 | $42 725 | $3 069 | 126 | $192 282 | $13 812 |
| 60. | Safeway | 201000 | $38 416 | $561 | 146 | $191 124 | $2 791 |
| 1. | Wal-Mart Stores | 1800000 | $315 654 | $11 231 | 2 | $175 363 | $6 239 |
| 43. | Albertson's | 234000 | $40 397 | $446 | 139 | $172 637 | $1 906 |
| 49. | Deutsche Bahn | 216389 | $31 132 | $721 | 188 | $143 871 | $3 332 |
| 19. | Sears Holdings | 355000 | $49 124 | $858 | 107 | $138 377 | $2 417 |
| 50. | FedEx | 215838 | $29 363 | $1 449 | 197 | $136 042 | $6 713 |
| 5. | Sinopec | 730800 | $98 785 | $2 668 | 23 | $135 174 | $3 651 |
| 15. | Gazprom | 396571 | $50 824 | $14 865 | 102 | $128 159 | $37 484 |
| 57. | SNCF | 205839 | $26 086 | $1 579 | 229 | $126 730 | $7 671 |
| 46. | Mittal Steel | 224286 | $28 132 | $3 365 | 208 | $125 429 | $15 003 |
| 61. | Hutchison Whampoa | 200000 | $23 475 | $1 844 | 259 | $117 375 | $9 220 |
| 38. | Veolia Environnement | 271153 | $31 368 | $774 | 185 | $115 684 | $2 854 |
| 14. | United Parcel Service | 407000 | $42 581 | $387 | 129 | $104 622 | $951 |
| 3. | State Grid | 844031 | $86 984 | $1 074 | 32 | $103 058 | $1 272 |
| 44. | Federated Dept. Stores | 232000 | $23 347 | $1 406 | 262 | $100 634 | $6 060 |
| 4. | U.S. Postal Service | 803000 | $69 907 | $1 445 | 61 | $87 057 | $1 800 |
| 17. | Industrial Commercial Bank of China | 361623 | $29 167 | $4 114 | 199 | $80 656 | $11 376 |
| 28. | La Poste | 303405 | $24 018 | $692 | 252 | $79 162 | $2 281 |
| 53. | Royal Mail Holdings | 208866 | $16 154 | $705 | 417 | $77 341 | $3 375 |
| 2. | China National Petroleum | 1090232 | $83 557 | $1 295 | 39 | $76 641 | $1 188 |
| 30. | China Construction Bank | 300288 | $22 771 | $5 749 | 277 | $75 831 | $19 145 |
| 45. | China Railway Construction | 227000 | $14 139 | $53 | 485 | $62 286 | $233 |
| 8. | UES of Russia | 461200 | $27 768 | $1 868 | 213 | $60 208 | $4 050 |
| 31. | Ford Motor | 300000 | $17 721 | $2 024 | 9 | $59 070 | $6 747 |
| 12. | Compass Group | 410074 | $23 469 | $2 | 260 | $57 231 | $5 |
| 13. | China Telecommunications | 407982 | $22 736 | $2 376 | 279 | $55 728 | $5 824 |
| 36. | China Railway Engineering | 280581 | $15 294 | $83 | 441 | $54 508 | $296 |
| 26. | Sodexho Alliance | 324446 | $14 819 | $202 | 459 | $45 675 | $623 |
| 24. | China State Construction | 332585 | $14 122 | $166 | 486 | $42 461 | $499 |
| 7. | Agricultural Bank of China | 478895 | $17 166 | $127 | 377 | $35 845 | $265 |
| 41. | Tyco International | 247900 | $4 178 | $3 032 | 136 | $16 854 | $12 231 |
| 21. | Target | 338000 | $5 262 | $2 408 | 97 | $15 568 | $7 124 |
| 51. | Hon Hai Precision Industry | 210932 | $2 835 | $1 268 | 206 | $13 440 | $6 011 |
| 6. | Deutsche Post | 502545 | $5 999 | $2 777 | 75 | $11 937 | $5 526 |
| 52. | Bank of China | 209265 | $2 386 | $3 852 | 255 | $11 402 | $18 407 |
| 10. | McDonald's | 447000 | $2 046 | $2 602 | 318 | $4 577 | $5 821 |
List of companies sorted by profit per employee
| ' | Company name | Employees | Revenue million $ | Profit million $ | Fortune Global 500 rank | Revenue $/employee | Profit $/employee |
| 29. | Citigroup | 303000 | $131 045 | $24 589 | 14 | $432 492 | $81 152 |
| 35. | HSBC Holdings | 284000 | $93 494 | $15 873 | 26 | $329 204 | $55 891 |
| 27. | General Electric | 316000 | $157 153 | $16 353 | 11 | $497 320 | $51 750 |
| 15. | Gazprom | 396571 | $50 824 | $14 865 | 102 | $128 159 | $37 484 |
| 59. | France Télécom | 203008 | $60 933 | $7 094 | 71 | $300 151 | $34 944 |
| 48. | Verizon Communications | 217000 | $75 112 | $7 397 | 50 | $346 138 | $34 088 |
| 42. | Deutsche Telekom | 243695 | $74 062 | $6 939 | 54 | $303 913 | $28 474 |
| 55. | Telefónica | 207641 | $48 833 | $5 524 | 108 | $235 180 | $26 604 |
| 39. | Nestlé | 250000 | $74 659 | $6 416 | 53 | $298 636 | $25 664 |
| 25. | Intl. Business Machines | 329373 | $91 134 | $7 934 | 29 | $276 689 | $24 088 |
| 33. | Home Depot | 289800 | $81 511 | $5 838 | 43 | $281 266 | $20 145 |
| 30. | China Construction Bank | 300288 | $22 771 | $5 749 | 277 | $75 831 | $19 145 |
| 52. | Bank of China | 209265 | $2 386 | $3 852 | 255 | $11 402 | $18 407 |
| 46. | Mittal Steel | 224286 | $28 132 | $3 365 | 208 | $125 429 | $15 003 |
| 47. | United Technologies | 222200 | $42 725 | $3 069 | 126 | $192 282 | $13 812 |
| 41. | Tyco International | 247900 | $4 178 | $3 032 | 136 | $16 854 | $12 231 |
| 40. | Robert Bosch | 248853 | $52 208 | $2 919 | 99 | $209 795 | $11 730 |
| 17. | Industrial Commercial Bank of China | 361623 | $29 167 | $4 114 | 199 | $80 656 | $11 376 |
| 37. | Tesco | 273024 | $71 128 | $2 821 | 59 | $260 519 | $10 332 |
| 16. | DaimlerChrysler | 382724 | $186 106 | $3 536 | 7 | $486 267 | $9 239 |
| 61. | Hutchison Whampoa | 200000 | $23 475 | $1 844 | 259 | $117 375 | $9 220 |
| 57. | SNCF | 205839 | $26 086 | $1 579 | 229 | $126 730 | $7 671 |
| 21. | Target | 338000 | $5 262 | $2 408 | 97 | $15 568 | $7 124 |
| 31. | Ford Motor | 300000 | $17 721 | $2 024 | 9 | $59 070 | $6 747 |
| 50. | FedEx | 215838 | $29 363 | $1 449 | 197 | $136 042 | $6 713 |
| 1. | Wal-Mart Stores | 1800000 | $315 654 | $11 231 | 2 | $175 363 | $6 239 |
| 9. | Siemens | 461000 | $100 099 | $2 855 | 22 | $217 134 | $6 193 |
| 54. | Peugeot | 208500 | $69 915 | $1 279 | 60 | $335 324 | $6 134 |
| 44. | Federated Dept. Stores | 232000 | $23 347 | $1 406 | 262 | $100 634 | $6 060 |
| 51. | Hon Hai Precision Industry | 210932 | $2 835 | $1 268 | 206 | $13 440 | $6 011 |
| 13. | China Telecommunications | 407982 | $22 736 | $2 376 | 279 | $55 728 | $5 824 |
| 10. | McDonald's | 447000 | $2 046 | $2 602 | 318 | $4 577 | $5 821 |
| 6. | Deutsche Post | 502545 | $5 999 | $2 777 | 75 | $11 937 | $5 526 |
| 34. | Toyota Motor | 285977 | $185 805 | $1 212 | 8 | $649 720 | $4 238 |
| 23. | Matsushita Electric Industrial | 334402 | $78 558 | $1 364 | 47 | $234 921 | $4 079 |
| 8. | UES of Russia | 461200 | $27 768 | $1 868 | 213 | $60 208 | $4 050 |
| 11. | Carrefour | 440479 | $94 455 | $1 784 | 25 | $214 437 | $4 050 |
| 20. | Volkswagen | 344902 | $118 377 | $1 392 | 17 | $343 219 | $4 036 |
| 5. | Sinopec | 730800 | $98 785 | $2 668 | 23 | $135 174 | $3 651 |
| 53. | Royal Mail Holdings | 208866 | $16 154 | $705 | 417 | $77 341 | $3 375 |
| 49. | Deutsche Bahn | 216389 | $31 132 | $721 | 188 | $143 871 | $3 332 |
| 32. | Kroger | 290000 | $60 553 | $958 | 73 | $208 803 | $3 303 |
| 38. | Veolia Environnement | 271153 | $31 368 | $774 | 185 | $115 684 | $2 854 |
| 60. | Safeway | 201000 | $38 416 | $561 | 146 | $191 124 | $2 791 |
| 19. | Sears Holdings | 355000 | $49 124 | $858 | 107 | $138 377 | $2 417 |
| 28. | La Poste | 303405 | $24 018 | $692 | 252 | $79 162 | $2 281 |
| 56. | Unilever | 206000 | $49 581 | $468 | 106 | $240 684 | $2 272 |
| 43. | Albertson's | 234000 | $40 397 | $446 | 139 | $172 637 | $1 906 |
| 4. | U.S. Postal Service | 803000 | $69 907 | $1 445 | 61 | $87 057 | $1 800 |
| 3. | State Grid | 844031 | $86 984 | $1 074 | 32 | $103 058 | $1 272 |
| 2. | China National Petroleum | 1090232 | $83 557 | $1 295 | 39 | $76 641 | $1 188 |
| 14. | United Parcel Service | 407000 | $42 581 | $387 | 129 | $104 622 | $951 |
| 26. | Sodexho Alliance | 324446 | $14 819 | $202 | 459 | $45 675 | $623 |
| 24. | China State Construction | 332585 | $14 122 | $166 | 486 | $42 461 | $499 |
| 58. | Metro | 204076 | $72 814 | $66 | 55 | $356 798 | $323 |
| 36. | China Railway Engineering | 280581 | $15 294 | $83 | 441 | $54 508 | $296 |
| 7. | Agricultural Bank of China | 478895 | $17 166 | $127 | 377 | $35 845 | $265 |
| 45. | China Railway Construction | 227000 | $14 139 | $53 | 485 | $62 286 | $233 |
| 18. | Hitachi | 355879 | $83 596 | $33 | 38 | $234 900 | $93 |
| 12. | Compass Group | 410074 | $23 469 | $2 | 260 | $57 231 | $5 |
| 22. | General Motors | 335000 | $192 604 | $(10 567) | 5 | $574 937 | $-31 543 |
Indian Railways?
I thought Indian Railways is the largest employer in the world. It says so on the Wikipedia Article and several other sites and Guinness World books of Records. (1.5 million employees) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.99.99.53 (talk) 14:52, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- I think the reasoning is the belief at it is not a "company," but instead a branch of the Indian government. UnitedStatesian (talk) 16:21, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
- It's a myth. BBC and several other sources have busted it. Wikipedia cannot be trusted so much. On this very page, someone's been trying to tamper the info. Mehfoos (talk) 09:45, 7 July 2012 (UTC)
Catholic Church
According to the article Catholic Church, that church has 1,402,989 "personnel". In terms of numbers, that puts it in 4th place on the list.
CBHA (talk) 17:47, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
Updating
I think it is a mistake to fix the list to the end of 2007, in some years it will be totally irrelevant. Either the title should be changed to "List of companies by employees 2007" and a new article should be created for each year or the article should be updated to the latest known numbers, maybe with sections on historical numbers.82.209.156.151 (talk) 12:03, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
NHS
The National Health Service would not appear on the Revenue lists, however they employ a huge amount of personnel. the NHS employ around 1.5 million people so should be on the list —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.105.174.33 (talk) 17:24, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
Foxconn
Foxconn has 920,000 employees. Also think, this list should be renamed "List of companies by employees 2007". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.35.103.95 (talk) 14:29, 5 March 2011 (UTC)
Aramark
US food services company Aramark has 255,000 employees so should be included towards the end of the list as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 139.149.31.232 (talk) 01:14, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
US and China's comparison
When I was checking the "United States Department of Defense" employees, it took into account the reserved. Meanwhile, when I checked the "People's Liberation Army", it only took into account the active personnel. This would be unfair for the statistic. The reserve personnel should be taken into account for the "People's Liberation Army" as well, since it was also applied to the "United States Department of Defense" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.106.40.162 (talk) 19:18, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
What he said dougmc (talk) 23:35, 19 August 2012 (UTC)