100 best companies to work for

[Orangepeel]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/full_list/

Here's the top 50. I wonder how it tracks with blue vs. red?

Rank Company Job growth% Company size U.S. employees

1 Genentech 20 Midsized 8,121
2 Wegmans Food Markets 7 Large 31,890
3 Valero Energy 5 Large 16,582
4 Griffin Hospital 2 Small 1,049
5 W.L. Gore & Associates 6 Midsized 4,537
6 Container Store 16 Midsized 2,857
7 Vision Service Plan -2 Small 1,915
8 J.M. Smucker -13 Midsized 2,930
9 Recreational Equipment (REI) 9 Midsized 7,443
10 S.C. Johnson 0 Midsized 3,404
11 Boston Consulting Group 17 Small 1,261
12 Plante & Moran 9 Small 1,356
13 Quicken Loans 60 Midsized 2,951
14 HomeBanc Mortgage 9 Small 1,342
15 Whole Foods Market 18 Large 33,248
16 Edward Jones 3 Large 29,197
17 Republic Bancorp -9 Small 1,190
18 Baptist Health Care 0 Midsized 4,003
19 Alston & Bird 3 Small 1,509
20 Kimley-Horn & Associates 24 Small 1,777
21 QuikTrip 6 Midsized 7,819
22 American Century Investments 0 Small 1,778
23 Qualcomm 23 Midsized 7,562
24 David Weekley Homes 18 Small 1,361
25 Cisco Systems 8 Large 26,644
26 Goldman Sachs 3 Large 11,836
27 Network Appliance 26 Midsized 2,712
28 Four Seasons -12 Large 10,625
29 Starbucks 26 Large 91,056
30 SAS Institute 1 Midsized 5,118
31 Robert W. Baird -1 Small 2,125
32 Alcon Laboratories 1 Midsized 6,227
33 Nugget Markets 10 Small 1,091
34 CDW 7 Midsized 3,948
35 American Fidelity Assurance 1 Small 1,385
36 TDIndustries -9 Small 1,297
37 American Express -3 Large 42,453
38 Milliken -3 Midsized 9,300
39 Amgen 6 Large 11,374
40 JM Family Enterprises 9 Midsized 4,114
41 Timberland -2 Small 1,978
42 Microsoft 1 Large 37,746
43 Intuit 6 Midsized 6,516
44 Pella 7 Midsized 8,758
45 SRA International 23 Midsized 3,986
46 Nordstrom 3 Large 45,112
47 AFLAC 5 Midsized 4,034
48 Perkins Coie -4 Small 1,553
49 Nixon Peabody 4 Small 1,563
50 Northwest Community Hospital 1 Midsized 3,089

[KitchenWitch]

1. I am surprised Costco is not in the top 50.

[Orangepeel]

7. I was too

I looked for it in particular.

It appears to be based on employee satisfaction surveys. Maybe they tried to measure it as Christmas!

There were several retailers on the top 100 list. Some I would have guessed (Starbucks), but some surprise me (Men's Wearhouse? I had no idea):

The Best Companies For You
Company Industry City State

Wegmans Food Markets Food & Drug Stores Rochester New York
Container Store Specialty Retailers Coppell Texas
Recreational Equipment (REI) Specialty Retailers Kent Washington
Whole Foods Market Food & Drug Stores Austin Texas
QuikTrip Specialty Retailers Tulsa Oklahoma
Starbucks Food Services Seattle Washington
Pella Specialty Retailers Pella Iowa
Nordstrom General Merchandisers Seattle Washington
Hot Topic Specialty Retailers City of Industry California
Publix Super Markets Food & Drug Stores Lakeland Florida
Men's Wearhouse Specialty Retailers Houston Texas
IKEA North America Specialty Retailers Plymouth Meeting Pennsylvania

[Crazy Guggenheim]

2. Nordstrom's??? LOL.

They had a lawsuit about employees working overtime off the clock.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Crap - you are kidding me

The ONE store I can find shoes in my size...:grr:

[Orangepeel]

5. but you can act like your name is on the door

I'm just the messenger. I work for the government. :)

Nordstrom
Rank: 46 (2005 rank: 88)

What makes it so great?
Act as if "it's your name on the door" is the motto at this chain of upscale specialty stores, where salespeople have the power to make decisions about refunds or exchanges-and top sellers can earn over $100,000 a year in commissions.

Employees

U.S. employees 45,112
Employees outside U.S. 8
% minorities 41
% women 72

Jobs

New jobs (1 year) 793
% job growth (1 year) 3
Professional training (hrs./yr.) 60
% voluntary turnover N.A.
Applicants N.A.



Salary Average annual pay

Most common job (salaried) Sales Department Manager $46,200
Most common job (hourly) Salesperson $34,500

[IA_Seth]

9. I don't the details of any lawsuits...

but Nordstrom's employs a good share in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and I have never heard anything negative about them.

In fact I know quite a few people out there (and one at the exec level) that think its the best place ever.

Anecdotal, yes...but I know Nordstrom's isnt bad all over.

[Missy Vixen]

3. I would like to mention the several companies

on this list located in the Pacific Northwest! :woohoo:

REI
Starbucks
Microsoft
Nordstrom
Perkins Coie

Julie

[SofaKingLiberal]

6. Hmmmmm, Nike made #100

I guess they ignore employees who don't work in the US.

[Orangepeel]

8. Yes. This is US employees only

it appears to be based on employee satisfaction

[bigwillq]

10. Too bad Griffin Hospital (#4)

is a realy shitty hospital.
Though I did hear that employees love working there.
Maybe they should start doing their job! :mad: