100 Best Companies to Work For

Beta from Daytona Beach Fl,

I had to do an assignment about the 100 top companies to work.
I see that Goggle again is #1 on the rank, I study business and I would love to work for goggle company, because the Internet is the best job you can work for. That will be my honer if I that chance to work for goggle.

Microsoft…are you kidding??? As a previous employee, I can tell you that this is absolutely not true. Used to be an awesome company to work for, but now…not so much. All the “old timers” are bailing like rats off sinking ship, and they can’t backfill positions quick enough. CNN, you need to do your research next time…

The most important thing I look for in a company is how they treat their employees and costumers. If sales and money is the most important thing to them then they aren’t worth working for in my book. Life needs to be about more than money because there is too much of that in this world.

I am puzzled as to how Paychex makes this list year after year. When I worked there the majority of Salespeople were unhappy. Turnover was very high and there was a genuine distrust for Sales Management. It was churn and burn in a way that I thought was long gone.

As an employee at MITRE, I can tell you that being on this list for six years in a row has made the company complacent. Each year, I see higher qualified people leaving and lesser qualified people being hired. The retention rate is skewed because so many of our employees are government or military retirees working on their second career and are unlikely to switch jobs.

Overhead budgets are continuously chopped despite the fact we are federally funded and not subject to the same economic fluctuations as for-profits.

In-house training opportunities are mainly IT-related, so anyone not in those fields is relegated to externally-held courses which are obviously more expensive and harder to get approved. In three years I’ve been to one 2-day in-house training course which was marginally related to my job, because it was all I could get approved for while being pressured for not taking training.

A recent employee survey had 49% of employees stating that they felt promotions went to those who deserved them.

MITRE is still a good place to work, but it’s getting worse every year.

Let us hope that the people that pick these companies talk to some of the 25% of the staff of Kimley-Horn that were recently laid off with no severance and an assistance package that consisted of “if you need help with your resume call us”. In addition they have a very nasty restriction in their 401k plan that limits you to only acessing the first 50k of your vested company matching and pension benefits for a period of 5 years….even if you are a year from retirement.

As a past HR Director for a company that has been recognized as one of the top three “Great Place(s) to Work” in its state three years in a row, I’m skeptical of the usefulness and “full picture” value of these surveys. Because they shared their deep concerns about responding to this survey, I am aware that the majority of the emloyees felt compelled to lie because they did not believe their answers were truly anonymous. The executive management misrepresented the company’s turnover rate and glossed over true company benefits on it’s section of the survey. The morale in this company is dismal; the employees feel depressed and trapped; there is no trust or respect for the executive “leadership” who bully their employees. The corporate culture is like a house infested with termites: the facade and landscaping look wonderful. Tear up the floors and sheetrock and you will find a foundation and structure seriously compromised. This company’s consistent recognition as a “Great Place to Work” is an unfortunate reinforcement to management that it can manipulate responses to the survey and sustain a tyranny that makes the company one of the Worse Places to Work.

Are these just publically traded firms? I know most of the country tends to forget about Vermont companies, but Burton Snowboards is one of the greatest places to work. Skateboard and snowboard ramps outside work, free seasons pass to local mountains, great benefits, and meetings on the slopes. Plus 2ft or more at the office and we are closed for the day. GO RIDE

GOOGLE should not be on this list.
I see you guys put performance of the company before anything else.

The perks are just a smoke screen. Seriously. I used to work there and it was like propaganda…they used to TELL us to spread the word constantly to our friends, etc. about the FREE FOOD! MASSAGES! etc.

First, if you want to do well at the company you can’t take a long lunch. Taking more than half an hour is looked down upon. And you just end up eating at your desk. It’s there, but not really there. As for massages, there’s a 6 month wait list to even schedule one and by the time it rolls around there’s a 90% chance that you won’t be able to make it because of a scheduled meeting, etc.

Lastly, the managers are horrendous. There is no internal system of reviewing them. I’ve heard horror stories.

Read this article below:

http://valleywag.com/tag/tracy_lee-blumberg/

And this one, about how they LIE:

http://valleywag.com/363326/google-dresses-up-job-listings-for-crappy-jobs

It’s really not as great as they make it out to seem…All the press you read about is just Google’s PR department doing a GREAT job at spinning this story.

National City Bank is one of the worst places to work for. No support from Human Resource Department whether payroll question or procedural concerns. No consistancy of enforcement of company policy. Management lacks accountibilty for poor human relations practices.

Nordstrom isn’t all that it is made out to be. Sales positions are 100% commission and the commission is dependent ON the department (so certian departments make a higher percentage than others). Constant turnover means constant rescheduling. The reason it is seen as a “good place” for women is because women tend to work in lower paid positions - and at 100% commissions in a recessionary economy, what do you expect?

the store i’ve worked at has been open about a year. i’d say we have had over a 100% turn over. being in grad school, it works for me. the insurance is ok - but if you don’t work a certian number of hours, you pay cobra for the next month. for retail, if you want a known salary, stick with the gap. if you can gamble a bit, nordstrom’s is ok - but it isn’t a top company. unless everybody else really is much worse. it takes close to 2 years to earn a weeks vacation at nordstrom. it really isn’t a top place to work full time. part time maybe, because you can get health insurance.

Convergys is on this list mainly as a continuation. It’s a grim place, poorly managed and run.

I agree with the Nordstrom Detroit’s comment. As long as any employer can get away with treating employees as disposable, they will, especially in a depressed retail market. SHAME on Nordstrom’s executives for allowing their department managers take away from very, very good salespeople. As a consumer, I will make sure I deal with “floor” sales employees only.

Here, Here for Edward Jones! Our culture focuses on people helping people from partners to associates and associates to clients.

Sears Holdings Corp,. this company is one of the worst companies to work for (of course this is after the Merge with Kmart) Before it was GREAT you could take LUNCH break, work out if you wanted to, in other words it was just the right place to be at. Now is nothing but the stress everywhere, you cant even leave at a decent time if you do happen to leave you are not a Team Player. I miss the old sears.

Home Depot was a great place to work, until the GE brains took over, we now do more with less…less pay, less in benefits, less associates on the floor, we need Bernie and Arthur back.

Nordstrom - You’ve got to be kidding or somehow obtaining misleading information. How about their use of the achiaoc point system, whimsical start time changes to 4:00 Am - many employees cannot get day care at those times, call in for weekly shift change and probably worst of all “No Sick Time” with points given for having to go home sick! Your ranking of this company in the top 1000 would be a huge disservice to your readers.

I worked for the norstrom in Troy and I never had a problem meeting my sales. I think that Nordstrom is a great place to work.

I used to work for Starbucks - childcare? fitness center??? What nutjob did the research for this list? I suppose working at the corporate level must be nice, but maybe Joe Average should be considered when talking about the best companies to work for - someone has to actually make and sell the coffee, right?

Nordstrom Detroit is very Difficult to work for.. High turnover! 100% commission and you do all the stock work which cuts into your floor time at least 15% of your day. Managers are selling all day long and they are on salary/plus commission. With the weak economy and extremely long hours, no wonder people quit, can’t make quota, or get fired due to not making numbers. What worse is the Managers pick the best hours to work and leave the minimal hours to the rest of us. Maybe they should look closer at who they hire as Managers. The benefits are good except when they can’t give you full hours so it cost you over 400.00/1000.00 a month. (you have to pay cobra rates) Thats a hard hit in retail. Can’t feed a family when your bringing in 200.00 a week. (and thats before taxes. Sometimes you work 8 days in a row but only 5 hour shifts!!! Most Nordstrom’s stores have their own stock people to do the work we commission people are doing here in Detroit. When you think about it the stock time alone is saving this divisions just 1 person a day in our area. Thats only 16,0000 a year. We as commission reps could make that up in sales by being on the floor with in a month. Unbelievable!!!!!!

I can vouch for General Mills - it has been a great company to work for. The people are friendly, the executives are always accessible, and there is an expectation by management and employees that if you do your job, do it well and keep a positive attitude - you will be compensated accordingly. And everyone loves the Pillsbury dough boy and Betty Crocker!

I wish I was getting the domestic partnership benefits that FedEx clasim they offer their employees. I guess you have to live in San Francisco where local law forces that to happen. The rest of the country is not part of that program.

I just celebrated 25 years with Fedex and have always enjoyed the many benefits. Unfortunately, domestic partnership benefits are only enjoyed by those working in San Francisco under penalty of law. Fedex tried everything to avoid giving those benefits. I would have to disagree that they are a non-discriminatory company, as far as sexual diversity goes.

Responding to Mary, McLean, VA, on Feb 11:

Indeed, once one reaches the Associate (mid-level management) level, the only way to receive a significant raise is to be promoted. Unfortunately, the procedure for being promoted above Associate is qualitatively different from that required to be promoted up to Associate. It is based on a “business need,” rather than skill or past performance. However, the designation of business need can vary significantly. I knew of instances in which two Sr. Associates (the step above Associate) were assigned to a contract worth a few million dollars over 10 years, while a $100 million dollar contract over 10 years struggled to seethe Associate running the show promoted to Sr. Associate, despite outstanding performance etc.

The organization is very heavy in the midsection and promotion beyond Associate should definitely not be assumed.

As for vesting, check out BCG for a counterpoint. They offer 100% vesting in the retirement fund (profit sharing) at the end of every single calendar year. Booz Allen may be better than some, but its program is certainly not competitive with the upper-tier of consulting firms.

i worked for jcpenney for 12 yrs the worst company possible.they had all the employees on production that was so high that you could not reach their goals.you had to work under so much stress it was awful.how do companys like this get to the top,by putting their employees through ,well you know what.they care nothing about the employees,its only about the allmighty dollar.and they care nothing about customer service any more.look at walmart as an example,they have 30 lines and they only have 5 open,bottom line these companys care nothing about people,its about what the ceo”s can put in their pockets,and the people at the bottom get paid crumbs.

Let’s get to the essence of these types of surveys with a pertinent question.

What’s the difference between Corporate America and the Boy Scouts of America?

Answer: The Boy Scouts of America have adult leadership!!

Shalom! I work for FedEx Express. I am glad to see that they have returned. It is the best company to work for. I am an adult student and the FedEx tuition program has been a great help. There are more benefits to working for this incredible company. I am thankful to God for giving me this job.

I work for FedEx Kinko’s (which is FedEx) and have to say for the life of me, I have no idea how FedEx made this list. When people heard FedEx was going to buy Kinko’s, everybody thought it was great because Kinko’s had been going down the tubes for years. They treated their employees horribly. Guess what. FedEx didn’t just keep that trend going, it accelerated it. They doubled our workload and, at the same time, took away the number of people we could do it with. Upper management is a joke. They are so incompetent that I don’t think it even classifies at incompetence at this point. They don’t put their people first or even last. They just don’t consider them at all.

If anyone ever wonders why they get bad service at FedEx Kinko’s, consider this: You’re either working with someone who is getting paid less than someone at McDonald’s while being expected to have more responsibility, or you’re dealing with someone who has absolutely no idea what they’re doing, or both.

I was with Kinko’s for 7 years and left for 2. Now I’m back and it’s worse than when I left. The ideas coming out of upper management makes you wonder if they don’t just take a bunch of ideas, put them on a wall, then have monkeys come in to throw feces at the wall. Whatever it sticks to is what they go with.

So, like I said, I wonder just how in the world these buffoons made this list. Fortune obviously didn’t survey “real” employees. Apparently they only surveyed the brown-nosing management types looking for promotion within this truly crappy company.

I work for Publix. They are a great company with strong values, a great customer service ethic, and they take care of their employees. I am glad to have been hired by one of the Top 100 companies in 2008.

I would like to see more detailed information about Best Practices and HR practices brought forth in articles during the coming months.

How FedEx returned to this list is utterly amazing. They have lost focus on their PSP (People-Service-Profit)philosophy and the “People” are about the last thing that matter anymore. As they dropped off previously, their return will most likely be short lived unless they get back to their long standing philosophy, which the highest of management understands, but below that, is a lost art. Very sad indeed, this was once a proud company to work for. Many have lost faith.

The posting here regarding Edward Jones employment must have derived from financial advisors, not the BOAs, the Branch Office Assistant. Yes, for financial advisors who are willing to work and adhere to the Jones-way, can reap multitude awards and personal satisfaction. The BOA position, a one-down position, is not as rewardable; that is, if the BOA works for a financial advisor who really does appreciate her, respects her, and communicates effectively, the BOA position is then one to possess despite the low pay wages. Too often, the BOA experiences emotional, and sometimes sexual harrassement, for which the financial advisor will always win. As for Edward Jones being “100 Best Companies to Work For,”the survey reflects financial advisor ratings, not BOAs.

Dell is the worst company to wrok for in the large corp arena. There are absolutely no perks left anymore, pay has decreased the last three years, morale is terrible, turnover extremely high, and Wall Street is down on profits for the company. My prediction, Dell is a Chinese co in three years.

I worked for UPS for almost 12 years and left because of my feeling that the company had become too large and had lost focus of what made Brown successful - their people. You got the feeling that Brown would keep right on rolling with or without you. Likewise, I went to work for FedEx and have never looked back. You simply cannot compare the two companies. FedEx’s philosophy of people, service, profit truly make FedEx an ideal place to work. The job is tough but you aren’t made to feel like just a number. Rather, you are made to feel that your contributions are alsolutely necessary to the company’s success and the culture supports this in every way. I love it.

I worked for this company for over six years. It is not the same. Over-expansion has completely ruined what used to make it great. There is no time to properly train new staff and the quality suffers because of it. They got greedy.

Quicken Loans has an unusually attrition rate in its most common job position, “mortgage banker”. It has had this high attrition rate for the last several years it has been included in the top 100. This does not seem to be mentioned or included as part of the rankings calculation. Is the high attrition an industry standard or unique to Quicken Loans. How is a company with high turn over a great place to work???

Recently, The Container Store was named one of Fortune’s Top 100 Companies to Work For for the 9th year in a row. Let me just say… I wholeheartedly agree. I worked at the Container Store (part-time) about 6 years ago for 1 1/2 years and then quit to move on to a “real job” full-time as my parents called it. Since then, I got married, moved, then moved again. At the first opportunity I got to work in retail (part-time) again, I found myself back at The Container Store! I couldn’t imagine working for any other retailer… EVER! My list of why, could be a mile long… so I’ll just name my absolute 2 favorites: 1) the PEOPLE and 2) the POWER! The first speaks for itself… the second just speaks to the fact that the unwritten policy is to “decide what you think is best and do it!” Of course, they hire employees with the brains to be able to do this well… but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! I love it!

Nordstrom at #36??? Avg pay is only $35k/yr (full time), 100% commission = widely varing paychecks (Jan/Feb are pathetic), benefits are nowhere near #36 (health insurance deductable is $900-$1,800 out of pocket for a family), hours are retail (Sat/Sun/Holidays), work schedules constantly change, sales goals are unrealistic (not one person made Top Achiever sales goals in 07 at our store). Just like most employeers……it is profit before personnel. I truly have no axe to grind.

I am so proud that Herman Miller, Inc. made this list. Our employees are some of the most generous around, with both their time and money. Our overall environmental and social consciousness sets us apart from anyone else in our industry, as does our performance and unique culture. Great benefits only add to a company that truly does care about its employees… and makes Herman Miller a great place to work. Oh, and our furniture is just too cool!

I work for Fedex and I sure wish I participated in this survey. I assure you that every fedex employee in my building wishes they participated as well. I have been a courier with fedex for almost 2 years now, and I can tell you that this has been the WORST job I have EVER had! When I first started there veteran employees of 10+ years consistantly warned me to find a differant job because over the last 5 years Fedex has become an extremely Difficult company to work for! I did not take the advice of these veteran employees and I have been regretting it to this day! I want to make it known that I decided to work for Fedex because I expected it to be a very long and positive career. I had nothing but high expectations, but I have been so dissapointed and to be very honest I feel like I have just got “Beaten Up” for the last 2 years of working for them! They have lied to me about Pay increases, 401 k contributions, paid time off and many other important company policy details. Since I have begun working there they have decreased our work hours increased out health care costs every year and actually DEMAND that we work harder then they already push us to the brink of physical breakdown! Every month during our group meetings we are told to put out more effort to locate more business because they are struggling, also that our on road production expectaions are being raised but we are not given vital equipment to come close to the impossible expectaions! Can you believe that I drive on my route almost 75% of the time without a hand truck or any supplies stocked in the broken down trucks they provide us as couriers! Then last year they posted record breaking profits, but we as employees didnt get 1 cent in the “profit sharing” portion of our benefits! I have been told that it has been over 5 years since the last time any Fedex courier recieved any money form the “profit sharing benefit program” I cant understand how Fedex made your list of top companies to work for! I guarantee if you would pole my building 95% of the 150+ employees would tell you just how horrible an experiance working for fedex has been!! I ask most of them all the time why they still work there for so long in such a bad working enviornment, and everyone answers the same way “they can’t afford to quit due to having families to provide for”. I am fortunate enough to not have a family to provide for, and these past 2 years have been a nightmare I hope to wake up from very soon! I hope this gets posted so any potential new employees hoping to work for Fedex gets to read whats really going on there!

The “% voluntary turnover” rates seem rather high for “best companies to work for”.

Are you aware that Quicken Loans has laid off 1000 people in the last few months without warning??? Please do more research before you rank them #2!!!!!!!!

FEDEX used to be a GREAT place to work. For the CORPORATE employees, I guess it still is. If you are a worker at the bottom of the pile(like a courier), you have received a 2% cost of living increase(on average per year) in the last 18 years. In the early 1990’s, we got no cost of living increase for a number of years. With upper mgmt, corporate employees and pilots making hundreds of thousands a year, I guess there is not enough left over to pay those at the bottom(picking up and delivering the pkgs that customers are paying us to do) more than $42,000. a year.

I think that Saturn should be on this list. More specifically Saturn of St. Paul, but at very least, Saturn. It’s an amazing place to work, look into it!

Starbucks is a good company if you are in the corporate level. If you are a student, this job is good for you because the hours are flexible. But, if the store is slow and you want more hours? you might not get it because most store’s send people home because to cut labor.

I worked for Starbucks for 5 years and worked my way up to a supervisor. Benefits is really good with this company but if you want to work a full 40 hours a week? good luck with that. You might have to jump from one store to another just to get almost 40 hours a week. The said coordinator made 30k? My pay is not even $11 after working for 5 years. Pay raise are only cents.. This company is good but pay is not all that good.

We were reading your “Top 100 Places to Work” on a flight to Playa del Carmen to celebrate our 5th annual top salesperson’s incentive trip. It was impossible not to note what a wonderful company PromoShop, Inc. is to work for. PromoShop, Inc. is a privately owned, certified minority owned promotional products company, headquartered in Los Angeles. Every year, top salespeople are whisked away to enjoy a long weekend of rest and relaxation. Previous destinations have included the One and Only Palmilla, Tamarindo resort and Hotelito Desconoscido- all along the beaches of Mexico. This year, 22 of us were treated like royalty at The Tides resort in Playa del Carmen. PromoShop also offers 401K, health and dental insurance, recycling programs, monthly employee recognition events and ample opportunity to help with various charities.

Navy Federal offers great benefits to even part-timers including a 401k with 6% matching, free medical, and cheap dental and vision coverage. The pay is not too shabby either compared to its competitors.

However, as a part-time worker, you work approximately 25 hours a week but are expected to have your entire week cleared in order to accommodate the varying hours of the position. In addition, to not being able to compromise your work schedule, my branch just implemented a no switching policy, which makes it even more difficult to control your schedule. It’s no surprise that my branch has and I expect will continue to experience high turnover of part-time workers. It’s a wonder they would rather spend money training new employees rather than try to retain the ones they have.

FedEx loves to promote it’s PSP philosophy…People, Service, Profit. Unfortunately people and service have left the equation. Profit is the only thing that matters, and with that dropping fast, there won’t be much of this company left to rate.

Booz Allen can be a great company for people with advanced degrees and a fair amount (10 years or so) of experience. I love Booz Allen, but Tom does have a point concerning people who are topped out at their level. The only way for me to get a cost of living raise is to get promoted. I’m currently working out a detailed and aggressive plan with my management team to do that, but I’m sure it can be very frustrating for people who are topped out at Level 3 and don’t have supportive management.

I have an advanced degree in my field and find that the internal training is useful for increasing your knowledge into other areas, but then I’m also on a technical track. It may be different for non-technical people.

Also, regarding the vesting schedule for the 401K contribution– that’s pretty standard for the industry. No one lets you walk away with 100% of the “match” without any vesting time. I assume that Tom hasn’t worked at many other companies in that industry. I have and BAH is one of the best.

From a client perspective, Plante & Moran can offer a lot of value and I would describe most employees as talented in his/her field of work. This is a firm I would consider hiring if I owned or managed a business.

I do recognize that public accounting isn’t for everyone. The long hours, pressure to satisfy clients and managers, and the mediocre pay is hard work and it can be very technical. However, I do not believe Plante is better than any of the Big Four firms out there. It is not a “jerk-free” environment like they say it is and they do not always follow the “golden rule” (do on to others as you have them do onto you). My advice to the college grad looking to work in public accounting: try to get into a Big Four firm first and then Plante. Big Four experience pays more when you go into industry. If you do go to Plante, avoid working on the bank team as if it were the plague (very political, backstabbing, and high-turnover). I’m not sayint this is a bad firm, but lets keep it real.

Keep in mind that these surveys list information from companies that provided it. Many companies, like Costco Wholesale, have great benefits, good hourly pay, and great programs, etc, bot choose not to participate in these types of things.

I am not sure about all these companies that are the best. Every company has its flaws and biases. No company is a utopia for anyone.

I usually change companies every 5-6 years. I have seen all kinds of things happening in companies including racial, gender bias. So dont ever say that if a person is disgrunted he is a under performer and not a cultural fit. Some of the best minds in the world quit companies and turned out to be stars. So i am sure they are not underperformers and if so they would not have made it to the top. Just my 2 cents

I think McDonalds needs to be on this list somewhere and no I am not kidding. I have worked for McDonalds for over 10 years. My father in law owns the store and he has owned it for 20 years now. He started working for McDonalds back when he was a teenager peeling potatoes in the basement and he worked his way to the top! I have seen many people come and go in our particular store. McDonalds and other fast food companies give many people thier start. There is a commercial that aired a few years back that showed many famous people and doctors and lawyers who all got thier start at McDonalds. People look down on us all the time. But when you are in college full time and have to work nights to pay for your tuition or bills and don’t have any experience at anything, you are fresh out of highschool, who do you go to to get a job! McDonalds is always striving to make sure our employees are taken care of. I think McDonalds needs to be on the list. I am sure if you asked those that work at any of the companies on your list you will get many people who say they too started out at McDonalds! Thank you!

Did anyone think to check out the online blogs regarding Quicken Loans? Check out ripoffreport.com and you will see tons of info from disgruntled employees.

Why is National Instruments on this list? They’re known for low salaries, for hiring H1B’s instead of hiring domestically, and for replacing experienced positions with not-so-equivalent new college hires.

As an employee of Ohio Health, I find myself puzzled at just how it made the “Top 100″, let alone 18th place on your list. It is apparent that Ohio Health employees were interviewed before our insurance premiums were raised and our choice of insurance plans was limited to one plan.

I worked for REI for almost five years. It was the worst experiecne in my life. It was a boys culb and women were treated as a sub class.
Sally Smoot

To those of you posting to complain about how this company or that company could make the “list”, let’s take a look:

Fact: FORTUNE goes to great lengths to determine how the EMPLOYEES feel about the company. They mandate that management allows them to independently interview a minimum of 400 employees. chosen randomly by FORTUNE. I believe that these independent survey results form the biggest criteria in assessing who makes the “list”. Yes, access to laptops. health benefits, vacation, and other benefits all play a role, but no company can make the list unless they excel at employee satisfaction. And isn’t that the point? Now I’m not a statistician, but I believe that 400+ completed surveys probably assures a pretty statistically valid sample size.

I work for one of the top companies and couldn’t be happier. And I can say that as a manager, there were no “orders” from above to try to bias the answers that associates gave. There was not even an awareness of who took the surveys. Is this company perfect in every way? No. But, wow what a difference from our competitors.

Can we find disgruntled employees at a top rated company? Yes! Does that diminish that a high percentage of employees still believe the company is great? No! It just shows that someone is either not performing, or not a good cultural fit for that company. As one of the posts state, just because a company is top rated doesn’t mean everyone will love working there. But it is a pretty good indicator.

Second, a number of folks complained about the long hours at law/accounting firms, asking how they could be considered a great place to work. Early in my career I worked for KPMG, and having many friends who are in the legal profession, long hours are for the most part a reality in those professions. It was the primary reason I left that field. But, professionals in those fields know that when they start their careers. So. it isn’t too surprising that they are rating their experiences compared to what they know life is like at their competitors. Again, the key is knowing what you are getting into. It’s a business fact that if you work for a CPA firm, you are probably going to work long hours from January through April. So, if you really enjoy taking vacations in the middle of the winter, it probably isn’t going to happen. If that’s a deal killer, consider a different industry.

Nice to see REI on the list, as it has been every year. It is refreshing to work at a co-op as opposed to a public company retailer. We can do so much more for the members (customers) and the employees. REI is a great place to be.

Bright Horizons? I haven’t had a raise in a year and a half. When I had a personal conflict with the schedule and explained it to my boss, she said, “Bright Horizons doesn’t care about your home life.” I do not feel appreciated there. The company took over our “mom and pop” organization two years ago and it has struggled ever since.

Four Seasons is the worse place I have worked in a long time. They do not care about employees, they treat them like clones and expect you to act like a clone with no personality. They are into the “brain washing”, you are just a number, not a person. Bad attitudes from co-workers who think they are top notch because they work for “Four Seasons”. I can’t say enough about the atmosphere for employees. It may be a high priced place to stay and may be good for guests,,but certainly not for employees.

I’m not totally surprised to see SRA on the list. I was an SRA employee for 3 years. The time I spent working at an SRA office was great. I felt as if I was truly lucky to work there, was treated like a professional and had great office environment.

Then I was moved to a client site when my contract ended. The experience was night and day. The office conditions, management, and turnover rate was horrible. People did complain to SRA but nothing was done to improve it. HR came to the site to talk with employees about the issues, but nothing came of it. It was well known that the contract brought in big money and the employees were expendable. It really was a shame and I left for another company.

I believe SRA is a top company if you work onsite, other then that my experience was VERY negative.

Just an FYI - companies sell themself to the list maker (research the process of getting on the list).

I am a former Wegmans employee and I love that they are on this list year after year. I worked part time through high school and college and got some great experience with management and training as if you put in the effort, they let you do the things that you want. It really is a great company to work for. I wish they were in the midwest and I would still probably work part time there today, just for fun! One of my favorite things about this company is that a lot of managers started out as Helping Hands or cashiers and moved their way through the company. They know what it’s like to be in a lower position, so they help you out when they can. I miss Wegmans!

I don’t know how Hank’s Bait and Tackle didnt make this list. The people there are extremely nice and knowledgeable about where to find the best catfish.

Anyone else notice this part of the Four Seasons article? “The goal is to charge the most per room… salaries between the 75th and 90th percentile”

Looks to me like it says we have the highest room rates, but pay our employees 10% to 25% less than our competitors…

Sounds greedy to me. I also wonder why the employees are so happy. I sure wouldn’t be if I was making $26k at a place that charges $300 to $500 per night!

I have worked at Wegmans for 7 years now. I have never made so much money at a job before. Not only that but I have never had an employeer care so much about me. They take the time to listen and to help and to give you the tools that you need to grow with the company. All you have to do is be willing to learn. Ive see a few comments on here questioning how Fortune comes up with the top 100 list. Every year a certain percentage in each store gets a survey. Fortune takes these answers and that counts as most of the over all score. Your employees have to be happy in order to end up on this list. Then the take into account things like safety and bennefits and training and job growth and oppertunities for advancement. I love Wegmans!

I am going into my 26th year of working for Wegmans Food Markets. I am currently a Seafood Department Manager for the John Glenn store, Liverpool, NY and I’ve been trained and worked in many aspects of the business working in other stores as well.
I honestly could not do justice to the way I feel about this family oriented company in this small space, however I need to say how really blessed I am to be a part of this team. They have helped me to grow and develop my career along with the balance of family life, along with a true appreciation of my efforts. My fondest recollection is of Bob Wegman visiting the stores and his interest in the many employees and the job they were doing. That care and concern resonates among Danny, Colleen, Nicole, Jack DePeters, and on down the line. Many of us believe they do the best they can for us, in so many ways, and they also show appreciation for the community which supports our jobs.
As for the employees, we have the best in the world, we care about each other and the customers we serve, we are a huge family and it shows.

I too am proud to be a team member at Navy Federal Credit Union.They are super to team members, and have exceptional leadership. It’s super easy to be promoted if you are doing your job correctly. It really is sad to see how many different companies have negative things being said about them, however I’m not surprised there isnt anything negative about NFCU. The good overshadows the bad anyday…

Dear MG, SD, and others.

Indeed I’m a disgruntled Booz Allen employee. The reasons leading to my current opinion of the Firm are listed plainly in the post I made earlier. This is not an emotional reaction, but rather one based on fact and observation.

Many Booz Allen employees are incredibly upbeat, and I laid out in detail which general categories of people would find the Firm best suited to their needs. I also made clear who does not fit well in the Firm. I consider myself to fall into the latter category. The reason, as I detailed below, is that Booz is great for minimally educated individuals, or those simply starting their careers with little experience.

Upbeat employees or not, the material facts I presented are unchanged. For many, myself included, these make Booz Allen a highly unattractive place to work. I simply think others should be aware of these facts, given that this list is called “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and does not provide the necessary caveats.

Yes, they pay more than the other companies but you are expected to work a minimum of 10 hours a day sometimes 12 (no overtime). If there is no work-life balance, it is a crappy company to work for (unless your work is your life).

The Delta Companies is #1 even though it is not on this list. If you haven’t heard about us, research it, and if you want, you can come take a look at our wonderful office. -Employee (10 months)

I have worked for Stew Leonards for almost a year now. And compaired to the other jobs I have held, including some at other grocery type stores. Stews is by far the best place I have ever worked. It’s not just the perks either. It’s being treated as a person instead of just another employee that really counts.

As an employee of Navy Federal Credit Union, I can not express how happy I am to hear that we finally made the list of the 100 Best places to work, because it truly is an exceptional place to work. Navy Federal should have been on the list years ago, and I am sure we will continue to make the list in the years to come. We are a company that not only beleives in our members but also in our employees, from the bottom all the way to the top. We have excellant pay and benefits package that no other company in our field can compare to. At Navy Federal it is very possible to be able to attain promotions with hard work and determination. I am Proud to say I am an employee at Navy Federal Credit Union.I am sorry to hear about some of the negative comments poted about other companies, maybe they should look into workinf for us.

I worked at SAS Institute. The company is good, but the pay information is way wrong on that list. First of all, they say Software Developer is the most common job. Since SAS has soft dev I, II, II, IV, V. I think they meant the average of all of them plus bonus. OK, but I seriously doubt that any software developer get 100k, but software developer V. And I know a lot of folks from SAS. I am positive that average pay to a software developer at SAS Headquarters in Cary North Carolina is 80K, including bonus. But not a $100K.

I have worked for Dupont 30 years and I can imagine a company better than Dupont

Did you know that Plante & Moran requires an employee to work a minimum of 2,700 hours a year to acheive a rating of proficient. How do you make partner? Work 3,000 and place Plante & Moran ahead of your family.

“All get a copy of the founder’s book, and many teams put up deskside banners or buy new recruits lunch.” Wow, now that is some place to work, a free book written by billionaire and lunch too?? My daughter works for American Century. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. CEO, several fund managers and executives have run for the hills in past last year, hasn’t made a profit in two years, violate federal workplace laws consistently, have hidden accounts contributing to the stem cell research business that the owner created. These companies submit their nominations through their public relations and advertising departments, with promotion packages sent to Fortune. No actual worker is ever interviewed or spoken to for this “award”. A jaundiced eye of creating a “best of” lists of business. This process should be reviewed and rethought by Fortune. Unfortunately, that will never happen. That would be more like work, something the subscribers/benefactors of this Fortune list are now immune to.

Like the other commentors, I too am surprised that Principle Financial Group is on this list.
The company is friendly to females but as a male, I can tell you it is not friendly to older males, minorities, or foreigners. I see minorities and foreigners come and go quickly here, and the reasons are a mixture of tone deafness in relating to minorities and foreigners and that the corporate culture unintentionally makes for difficult work conditions and relationship building. They are, and always have been really clueless on this. Hence the dismal levels.
Females are revered because they work cheap and are the ‘captive” workers that rarely go elsewhere.
PFG has their niche market - Small business likes PFG’s product because it is cheap - just enought to say to their employees - Hey we offer a 401K.
I really wouldn’t let them wash my cat Freddy let alone let them manage my money, but I have no choice as an employee.
Honestly, it’s an OK place to work, but if I could find something that paid as well close by, I’d be outta here. It’s a C+ company trying to get in the big leagues and flatlining.
They have been downgraded recently and their international (Asia) is not doing so well. I hope they are not bought out this year.

Starbucks position on here is always laughable. Ask your barista in the morning what they think. The most common hourly job is Barista, not Coordinater III. And they all make minimum wage or a dime over. We have no job sharing program, no compressed workweek, etc

Ohio Health sucks. If your not a R.N or Doctor they really could care less of you. Health Insurance went up 225% for employees in 2008. The service employee side of Ohio Health is looked upon like 2nd class citizens by higher staff.

So many blue chip companies that add tremendous value to our society are missing. Merck & Co., IBM, J&J, GE, and etc.. Law firms and consulting firms are “in” I guess.

It’s interesting that Home Depot no longer appears on any of these lists. The Bob Nardelli era is over, but the company will be paying the piper for years to come, both on the bottom line and in the dismal morale throughout the stores.

So instead of being happy that your companies made it to the Top 100 list you are complaining?

I still can’t figure out how Stastion Casinos makes this list year after year. I’ve been in the casino industry for over 11 years and have seen and heard how badly they treat their employees. They must have found a way to beat the system like they have their competitors.

Yahoo? Really?? They are so cheap they pack their employees in to clasoustrophobic workstations called “troughs”, with co-workers on either side just inches away. They live with the constant fear of lay-offs. Does any of that sound fun to you?

I cant understand why Bubba’s Plumbing isnt on this list.

The comment from the obviously disgruntled Booz Allen employee presents an unfair and warped view of the organization. I hope Tom refocuses his animosity into finding a new job with one of the other 99 companies on this list.

You have got to be kidding me. PricewaterhouseCoopers a top 100 employer? My experience with the company was awful. They use their employees up and spit them out. Absolutely no work-life balance. And it’s not just me…

I now work for a fortune 100 company (who by the way did not make this list). We are constantly hiring talent away from PwC who are burnt out and in need of change. Conversely, I cannot think of a single example of someone leaving my company to go work for PwC.

It really stands out that the top companies to work for in America are healthcare and financial services. Other than SC JOhnson, there aren’t too many manufacturing companies on the list. They have to compete globally now and can’t give perks to their employees. No retailers either.

KPMG is a joke! I don’t know one self respecting person that enjoys working for that firm! As a former employee I was laughing like crazy when I read that they made the list. 5 weeks of vacation is great but when you work 16 hrs/day, 7 days a week for the other 47 weeks, what’s the point?

I noticed that no universities made the top 100 ‘best’—I find that rather interesting.

I think Rockwell Collins should be on this list as well. Besides providing communication and navigation equipment to civilian and military aircraft and being an industry leader, they also employ almost 10,000 people in Iowa alone.

I am an employee at one of the 100 Best - and I can NOT insure my family because I am gay. Many others I work with have to make family choices that are not ideal for them or their children because of this. To see them on the 100 Best list is infuriating when you are treated as a “second class” employee. Discrimination does not deserve a pat on the back!

Hello everyone! I’ve worked for Edward Jones for 3 years. In the last 3 months I’ve made more money than I did in one year at my previous job that I worked at for 10+ years. I’m so thankful that Edward Jones gave me the opportunity to work for them. Not only that, but the education they gave me in the training program was worth it’s weight in gold. What better to learn about than money and investing? Don’t get me wrong…. It’s hard work, but but if you do the work, you get the reward. The harder you work the greater the reward. What else could you ask for in a carreer. I’ll never say annything bad about this company. World class!

FedEx is tanking due to high fuel costs and the slow economy growth, and implements “permanent part time” workers. Which means if its slow, they cut routes and hours to make their budgets and shareholders happy. But the benefits are there, don’t get me wrong. If they had union support, they would be better for the worker, like the happy UPS workers. Also, yes, their customer service phone line is terrible!! Enough said, I left on my own free will and make 3X as much now.

The Deloitte U.S. Firms are a prime example of a first-rate organization. In my opinion they should be in the top 10. Maybe next year!

I am a staff RN for Ohio Health and am proud to be a part of this company. The work is usually hard, the wages are ok, but what really makes this company a great place to work is the caring. From the Ceo, to the managers, down the line to the general staff. They all care. I have worked in health care settings for 30 years, have been here only 6 years, but this is the most caring place I have ever worked. Not only the patients are treated well, but as employees we are treated with dignity. If we have a problem, they care. I’m very proud to be a part of this organization.

I think Tom summed up Booz Allen pretty well. I disagree on one point — that your client base or business sector determines your potential for promotion. It’s the sort of thing management tells you is the reason for your stalled career.

I support many clients and divide my time between them rather than support one big client, but I too have a stalled career. I’m told the reverse of Tom’s situation, that people devoted to long-term projects promote better.

I think Cathy may have hit on the real reason — having a supportive manager who will make a business case for your promotion to the partners, who must approve any promotion.

I’ve seen lots of very capable, skilled people get leap-frogged by less qualified peers because they had a more supportive manager. As a result, managers often don’t understand what their own staff do, what value they present to the firm, and what difficulties may arise if their staff leave. This is the real reason for the large number of mid-level managers: turnover is high in the lower ranks, and few make it to the upper ranks.

I’m not surprised to see the Container Store drop in its rankings, but I don’t think that should be only because it was bought by a private equity firm last year. While TCS remains a great company to work for, with great employees and great customers, I wish Fortune would look into things like how many full-time jobs are available at the stores, vs. part-time jobs. The ratio is about 1:3 (full-time/part-time) and, although many part-timers would like to work full time and do work 35-39 hours per week during long stretches of the year, they still don’t receive the health, vacation, and other benefits that full-timers do. Fortune should also look into age discrimination in the ranks of full-timers at the stores vs. part-timers. Full-timers tend to be youngsters with “potential,” but no leadership experience or training, who are put in charge of more “seasoned” part-timers. Finally, Fortune should ask why TCS, as successful as it is, doesn’t hire a cleaning staff for its stores but requires sales staff to clean the toilets, vacuum, mop, dust, etc. at the end of each day. You don’t need to post this–the comments are really directed to Fortune, not to general readers.

I worked for Starbucks for almost 5 years in the corporate headquarters in Seattle (known in Starbucks parlance as the SSC). I find it absolutely AMAZING that it is rated one of the best places to work. Many of the things that Fortune sites as making Starbucks part of the best are just simply not true, or, alternatively, highly compromised. The wait for childcare is outrageous, and plans to grow it are non-existent. Parking and transportation options in crowded Seattle are pathetic. There is no stated policy to allow a compressed work week or job sharing - that is at the discretion of your immediate supervisor, who must then get approval from his immediate supervisor and up the chain it goes. Many VP’s react negatively to the idea, so therefore it is not allowed. The morale at the SSC is terrible, and turnover appears to be under reported. I came from a department of 20 people, and in less than 4 years we had almost a 200% turnover! If this is the best, we are in trouble. Big trouble.

I worked for Edward Jones for 5 months. There are a lot of good things to be said about the training and support staff. However, I was surprised that they were not up front regarding their pay and advancement structure. This was also the consensus of the 15-20 other new hires. So I don’t believe my experience was unusual.

I work for Booz Allen and after reading the tirade from Tom, I feel the need to make a comment. It is obvious that Tom does not like Booz Allen. I would venture to guess that he had a bad experience with a manager or client (see comment from Mike, Kansas City). Booz Allen employees are positive, upbeat people. Perhaps Tom just wasn’t a good fit for the company. The environment, people, benefits, and training at Booz Allen are noteworthy. Of course every company has it’s flaws. Sometimes the training can be hard to schedule, sometimes you have to work a project you don’t like, sometimes you wish you had more vacation time; but overall the company has earned it’s place on this list.

Nordstrom is not all it’s cracked up to be. I’m sure the top guys want it to be great, but ultimately it’s up to the store managers how the employees of that store are treated. VERY BAD in some cases; lots of politics. They work you hard and don’t even let you have water in the back room..they will throw it away if they see it on their random little policeing hunts. The ONLY reason there are mostly woman managers is because a smart male won’t work for the money they pay you. Commission mostly..but take it away from you when something is returned…and you know what their return policy is. They personally treated me very poorly when I was sick as well. Also, their insurance stinks!

I’ve worked 11 years at Microsoft and I’ve seen it gradually dropping to #86. However I haven’t seen significant changes other than decreasing stock perf. So why is it down to #86? Or are there other factors like coolness factor (which won’t last)?

Unless you look at stock perf since you mention Google’s $700 stock and the word millionaire. However that’s outdated and there are no such guarantees (stock is down 20%). That shouldn’t be a big factor in your evaluation especially if you intend to stay long-term.

Also 10 things you didn’t know about Google applies almost all to Microsoft and probably other companies, so nothing new.
Last point is that Microsoft has 100% healthcare coverage which Google doesn’t. I would think that’s a big factor as well especially if you’re ranked #1.

I hope you will include other startup companies and not companies who just happened to be in the news.

I have worked for Marriott for several years and it has been a great experience. I’ve had the opportunity to mentor with a SVP, which is pretty incredible right out of school. The company encourages learning through mentoring, training, and job shadowing. I’ve been very impressed with the emphasis on diversity. Also, Marriott sponsors “Spirit to Serve” opportunities to volunteer.

All companies have their flaws and I have found that it really is the relationship with the supervisor and the team of people you work with that makes it positive.

I think Booz Allen’s appearance on this list is shocking and based on a lack of understanding of the Firm and its operations by those compiling this list. Indeed, the firm provides a 10% 401k contribution annually, but an employee has to remain with the firm for 6 years to see it (after 2 years, near the mean service time for a consulting professional, an employee is only 20% vested in the 401k). Further, the initial deposit after a year of service is actually for the prorated term of the first partial year.

So what does this mean? If you join Booz Allen in, say September (after the termination of your education perhaps), and stay for 2.5 years, you’ll receive not 10% of salary for that period, but rather: one fifth of 10% contribution for first partial year and 10% contribution of first full year. So out of 30 months worked you might expect to rack up 3 months of salary. Instead you’ll get 0.32 months of salary! 10X less than expected from a naive reading of this list, or of Firm recruiting materials! I consider this to be extremely deceptive.

Other matters of concern: Booz is a great place if you’re minimally educated, or have a bachelor’s degree and no further professional or technical education. But it’s a terrible place for true professionals - the much touted training programs are useless for those of us who have terminal degrees, and the internal training has absolutely no value if you’ve been to college.

The list goes on - there is a strange mentality at Booz that you’re only successful if you support many different clients at a small fraction of your time. If you support one organization, even if you have many clients within that organization, you are considered too stovepiped. Further, you could directly generate many millions of dollars of new revenue from a client organization with whom the Firm has a pre-existing relationship and it will count for nothing. However, if you generate 20-50k in revenue across a few different organizations (even if the Firm has preexisting relationships with all), you are considered a great contributor to the team and set for promotion. I understand the value placed on flexibility, but for long-term contracts (many are 10+ years) generating new revenue within one organization is a huge benefit to the Firm’s profitability.

Paid time off - shortly after I arrived at Booz the company changed its policy to wrap sick leave and vacation into one package. So what’s the result? Sick people come to work because they don’t want to take vacation time; people take limited vacations because they have to prepare for the case in which they become very sick for a week or so; new employees have nearly the same amount of leave as senior staff who have been with the firm for 5 or more years. The last one is great for the new folks, but is not so great if you manage to move up in the organization.

Promotions: Don’t expect upward mobility, despite the claims of the organization or this list. They only path upwards is contract management, and moving from Associate (III) to Sr. Associate (IV, considered senior management) is incredibly difficult. Getting hired from outside the firm into level IV takes far less vetting than being promoted from level III, despite whatever proven performance record you might have. And if you make it to IV, don’t expect to move further up any time soon. Most principals and partners at the firm are rather old and have been with the organization for a long period. If you want to make partner, expect 20+ yrs of time with the Firm, or be a famous public figure (e.g. Woolsey).

DO NOT think that Booz is like the other consulting firms to which it compares itself - BCG and McKinsey have a very short partner track (it can be as little as 9 years, coming in with only a bachelor’s degree). Further, their policies are considered “up or out” in which poor performers are asked to leave. Not so at Booz Allen. This is a wonderful place for the lazy and unmotivated to hide. Mediocrity and complacency are rewarded above all else. Remember the team! It’s like being in a labor union whose members get upset if you work to hard and make them look bad; you think you’re working to get ahead, but you’re committing political/career suicide.

So what’s the upshot? Booz is great if you have a bachelor’s degree or less in a field which does not lend itself to any particular career, if you’re not terribly motivated to work hard, if you don’t care that most raises are internally capped below inflation, if you don’t care about career advancement, and if you couldn’t possibly succeed in any other consulting Firm. Oh yeah, you also have to be willing to watch the Senior Leadership of the Firm reverse course on the “Strategic Direction” of the organization every two years, forcing people to make all sorts of silly and misguided changes which will just be overruled by the time they’re actually put in place.

I have worked for Yahoo and Adobe. I think both are good companies. Adobe is a great place to work, the pay is very competitive (they made the top paying list as well) and they have some really awesome benefits. Of course, they won’t give you money to buy a prius, but they do have a 5k dollar adoption reimbursment and really great fertility treatment benefits (up to six IVF cycles!!!). The people are top notch professionals and there is a dignity to the company culture that is rare in the Silicon Valley free-for-all.

I’m employed by Quicken Loans (#2 spot) and find it funny to read about the posts made by other employees (former as well) that are complaining they shouldn’t be on the list. More people obviously enjoyed working for their employers than not. The people who complain, just aren’t good at what they are doing.

Nordstrom is a joke, in an attempt to dominant the high end retail market they have lost what they once stood for. They are slipping fast turnover is so rampant in the 8 months I worked for them I watched about 15 to 20 people leave my department. They constantly pressure you to sell sell sell at all costs. Most management is good at selling not managing. A lot of people are there from other industries, that can’t find jobs in their fields. They are only there until something better comes along.

This is such a bs list. They say giving a “wifi” laptop to employees is a good thing. For most of these employers (I have worked for a few), it just means that you are expected and demanded to work over weekends and at night from home. If not, you aren’t considered a team player.

Why not interview people?

I am really curious how this list is compiled, how the various factors are weighed, etc. I work for one of the professional service firms on the list. Pay, while traditionally low at my firm has been getting better, but still not great. My wife works for a large company as well. Comparing our benefits in all catagories her company is far superior and in fact has many benefits of the companies at the top of the list, yet it is not listed at all!

FedEx is not perfect. No organization can keep 100% of its people happy, 100% of the time. But if you love to take care of your customers and are patient, there is more opportunity here than any company of it’s size for both contractors, drivers and employees. With growth comes opportunity. Don’t let the detractor’s who have left their comments here persuade you. They probably left on bad terms or couldn’t handle the pressure of an organization that has high expectations of its people. I started as a package handler unloading trailers. Through promotions and a lot of effort I have doubled my starting full time salary income in 4 years.

I find the negative comments about some of the top 100 companies interesting. I wonder if that might point out that no matter how good a company or what benefits they may offer, it’s the relationship with your immediate supervisor that it probably most important to job satisfaction?

I am surprised Godaddy.com didn’t make this list, especially for the State of Arizona and its HQ’ed here and employs over 1900 people. Industry Leader in Domains and Hosting and not on the list? You guys should stop regurgitating the same employers over and over.

The employment numbers for the Wegman stores outside of Rochester in NY are surely grossly inaccurate. Total employment in the Wegmans chain was reported by the company at about 35-000 a couple of years ago. But you report the Liverpool and De Pew stores as each employing more than 5000.

People need to ask former Big 4 employees about their experiences. There is a reason why Big 4 has excessive turnover %s.

Once again Plante & Moran has made it to the Fortune list. I hate to say from personal experience that the Fortune list has unfortunately given the Company a chance to hide behind “the achievement” and not confront many of its issues. Despite boasting one of the higher percentage of female partners, the Company is still very much an old boys club. When it comes to moving up, work quality is is a factor, but it often is a small factor. Promotion and compensation decisions often end up being based on politics and popularity. Sadly that means that the Company ends up feeling like a high school environment, where staff members are segregated into groups of popular jocks, nerds, and alternative kids. In my opinion, this environment has hurt our minority staff members the most. I see first hand our minority staff members leaving in flocks, with most of them unable to stay busy despite work quality. I don’t disagree that Plante & Moran is a good company to work for. Its culture is a major reason why I chose this firm over others in the CPA industry. It is however hard to not see the disconnect between the firm’s self claimed culture versus its actions, or the lack of them.

Just 17 of the top 50 companies are publicly-held. Is there anything to this? Like, maybe private companies have more freedom to employ management practices which optimize rather than maximize operating results?

Indoor Environmental Services in Sacramento, CA. is the best company to work for! Everyone from the President down has an open door policy, they listen to ideas from employees, make the environment a fun atmosphere, and best of all compensate their employees fairly. I wouldn’t work anywhere else!!

It is interesting that many companies on these lists have an awful lot of NA yet are rated high in that department. How can a company be rated as a top notch payer if they don’t even have salary statistics available.

It seems to me that it’s more or less a bogus survey to stroke many of the larger corporations egos and to get new people to want to work for those companies.

Why isn’t ENRON on this list? It was a few years ago. I’m just perplexed.

’nuff said re: the quality of this list.

I strongly believe that Cummins Inc. belongs on your list of top 100 companies to work for. Cummins is incredibly diverse; inclusive of all people; values its employees, customers and partners; provides exceptional training and career opportunities AND is socially responsible and environmentally conscience. I am very happy to work for this organization.