I understand it as: That is because the fact this company has high salaries and does not envy major enterprises is known amongst job hunters. Or That is because job hunters all know that this is a company with a high salary, unenvious of major enterprises. You might want to check http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/level-5-lesson-12/ http://www.talktomeinkorean.com/lessons/l6l15/ For the grammar point "이란 or 이라는"- this thing known as, called The 회사란 사실 shows that 회사 and the adjectives before are modifying 사실 to mean "the fact that this is a company that does such and such". This whole statement is the passive subject. So after that the 알려지다 says that this fact is known.