Chosen as one of Greater Toronto's Top Employers for 2012:
By Richard Yerema and Kristina Leung, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors
Highlights. Mediacorp editors have confirmed that this employer:
supports employees who are new and adoptive mothers with maternity and parental leave top-up payments (to 100% of salary for 10 weeks) as well as extended health benefit coverage during their leave
encourages ongoing employee development with generous tuition subsidies for job-related courses (to $10,000), subsidies for professional accreditation and a formal mentoring program
in addition to paid time-off during the holiday season, new employees start at three weeks of paid vacation allowance
offers great financial rewards including signing bonuses for some, referral bonuses for employees who refer a candidate that is successfully hired by the company (to $2,000) and year-end bonuses available to all employees
also helps employees save for retirement with generous contributions to a matching RSP plan (to 9% of salary)
Background Information
Industry:Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences.
:Publicly traded.
Stock symbol:AMGN.
Established:1991.
Parent company:Amgen Inc..
Full-time employees in Canada:396.
Full-time at this location:203.
Full-time worldwide:17,000.
Part-time employees in Canada:3.
Longest serving employee:20 years.
Number of applications received at this location last year:3,609.
Average age of all employees:40.
