Glassdoor.com Report: Employees' Choice Award for Top 50 Best Places
to Work in 2010
2010 Company Company CEO CEO 2009
Rank Rating Rating Rank
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1 Southwest Airlines 4.7 Gary C. Kelly 94% --
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2 General Mills 4.5 Ken Powell 97% 1
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3 Slalom Consulting 4.3 Tony Rojas 81% --
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4 Bain & Company 4.3 Steve Ellis 87% 2
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5 McKinsey & Company 4.1 Dominic Barton 80% 12
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6 MITRE 4.1 Alfred Grasso 70% 24
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7 Boston Consulting 4.0 Hans-Paul Burkner 78% 14
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8 Continental Airlines 4.0 Larry Kellner 81% 9
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9 Procter & Gamble 4.0 A.G. Lafley 88% 15
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10 Juniper Networks 3.9 Kevin Johnson 65% 20
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11 Northwestern Mutual 3.9 Edward J. Zore 89% 5
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Irene B.
12 Kraft Foods 3.9 Rosenfeld 82% --
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13 National Instruments 3.9 James J. Truchard 85% 31
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14 Google 3.9 Eric E. Schmidt 87% 7
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15 NetApp 3.9 Dan Warmenhoven 78% 10
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Lloyd C.
16 Goldman Sachs 3.9 Blankfein 89% 26
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17 FactSet 3.9 Philip A. Hadley 80% 13
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18 Medtronic 3.9 Bill Hawkins III 58% --
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19 Publix 3.8 Ed Crenshaw 64% --
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20 Chevron 3.8 Dave O'Reilly 89% 25
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21 FedEx 3.8 Fred Smith 78% 49
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22 Apple 3.8 Steve Jobs 91% 19
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Richard W.
23 Edelman 3.8 Edelman 81% --
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24 Edward Jones 3.7 Jim Weddle 80% --
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25 QUALCOMM 3.7 Paul E. Jacobs 65% 39
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26 CareerBuilder 3.7 Matt Ferguson 78% 18
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27 Novell 3.7 Ron Hovsepian 59% 32
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28 Schlumberger 3.7 Andrew Gould 75% 29
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29 Adobe 3.7 Shantanu Narayen 60% 4
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30 Booz Allen Hamilton 3.7 Ralph W. Shrader 66% 30
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31 Scottrade 3.7 Rodger O. Riney 76% 37
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Christopher M.
32 Sherwin-Williams 3.7 Connor 67% --
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33 EMC 3.7 Joe Tucci 64% --
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34 GlaxoSmithKline 3.7 Andrew Witty 59% --
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35 Caterpillar 3.7 Jim Owens 70% 16
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36 Turner Broadcasting 3.6 Phil Kent 75% --
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37 Paychex 3.6 Jon Judge 67% 50
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George C.
38 Kaiser Permanente 3.6 Halvorson 61% --
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39 Travelers Companies 3.6 Jay S. Fishman 64% --
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40 Rackspace 3.6 A. Lanham Napier 67% --
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41 Intel Corporation 3.6 Paul S. Otellini 72% --
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42 Cintas 3.6 Scott D. Farmer 63% --
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43 SAP America 3.6 Bill McDermott 65% --
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44 Intuit 3.6 Brad D. Smith 62% 11
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45 Best Buy 3.6 Brad Anderson 64% 46
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46 Harris 3.6 Howard L. Lance 60% --
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John R.
47 Prudential 3.5 Strangfeld Jr. 64% --
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48 Whole Foods 3.5 John P. Mackey 58% 6
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49 PricewaterhouseCoopers 3.5 Sam DiPiazza Jr. 53% 33
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50 Marriott 3.5 Bill Marriott Jr. 74% 21
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For more information about the awards and sample reviews from top
companies, visit the Glassdoor.com Employees' Choice Award Web page:
http://www.glassdoor.com/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm. A complete
copy of the Glassdoor survey along with additional information about the
Best Places to Work methodology may be requested via email:
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About Glassdoor.com
Glassdoor.com is a career and workplace community where anyone can find and
anonymously share real-time company reviews and
ratings, salary
details about specific jobs, or interview questions and
reviews for specific employers -- for free. Designed to deliver greater
transparency around our work life, Glassdoor enables employees, job
seekers, employers and recruiters to simultaneously see -- for the first
time -- unedited employee and job candidate opinions about a company's work
environment along with details of pay, benefits and CEO approval ratings.
Glassdoor was founded in 2007 and launched its public beta in June 2008.
Glassdoor is headquartered in Sausalito, Calif. and was founded by Richard
Barton, Robert Hohman and Tim Besse. To date, Glassdoor has raised $9.5
million from its founders, Benchmark Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures.
(1) To be eligible for the second annual Employees' Choice Awards for the
Best Places to Work companies must have: received at least 25 reviews from
U.S.-based employees between December 1, 2008 and December 1, 2009;
maintain a 'satisfied' or above cumulative average overall and across eight
workplace factors addressed in the company's voluntary 20-question survey;
and, the company's CEO must have an approval rating higher than 50%.
(2) Glassdoor carefully reviews each ratings survey, company review and
salary report submitted through its Web site and only those surveys and
reports that are approved by the Glassdoor research team are eligible for
the list.
(3) The overall rating on Glassdoor.com is based on a 5-point scale with 5
being "extremely satisfied" and 1 being "extremely dissatisfied."
Glassdoor.com Unveils Employees' Choice Award for Top 50 Best Places to Work for 2010
Southwest Airlines, General Mills, Slalom Consulting Top List, According to Their Employees in Second Annual Award
| Source: Glassdoor.com
SAUSALITO, CA--(Marketwire - December 16, 2009) - Glassdoor.com, a career and workplace
community that brings greater transparency to company cultures,
compensation and the interview process, today released the second annual
Employees' Choice Awards, listing the top 50 "Best Places to Work,"
according to surveys collected from U.S.-based employees in 2009(1). The
top five Best Places to Work based on employee feedback include: Southwest
Airlines, General Mills, Slalom Consulting, Bain & Company and McKinsey &
Company. General Mills and Bain & Company have secured positions in the top
five for the second year in a row, while Southwest Airlines and Slalom
Consulting are new entrants to the list.
"The Glassdoor Best Places to Work Awards recognizes those companies that
have kept employees engaged and motivated in the past year despite the
turbulence many endured during the historic financial storm," said Robert
Hohman, co-founder and CEO of Glassdoor.com. "In this market, information
is critical and we're delighted to recognize employers that stand out among
their own employees. The data we collect from employees on Glassdoor
provides an important inside look at companies. This has significant
implications not only for jobseekers and employees, but also investors and
potential customers."
Unlike many workplace-related awards that require companies to self
nominate, Glassdoor relies solely on the input from employees throughout
the year. The ranking of the top 50 list is determined by each company's
overall rating on Glassdoor, which is the cumulative average rating from
employees who elected to participate in a 20-question survey(2) during the
past 12 months. The survey addresses key workplace factors, including
work/life balance, career opportunities, communication, compensation and
benefits, employee morale, recognition and feedback, senior leadership, as
well as fairness and respect.
At the top spot, Southwest Airlines is rated 4.7 on a 5-point scale(3) and
CEO Gary Kelly holds a 94% approval rating. Although General Mills, winner
of the 2009 Best Places to Work Awards, slipped to second place, the
company has a 4.5 rating and CEO Ken Powell has a 97% approval, the highest
of any CEO on the 2010 Best Places to Work list.
"I'm honored to hear such positive feedback from the employees who rated
General Mills on Glassdoor.com," said Ken Powell, chairman and chief
executive officer of General Mills. "At General Mills, we realize that the
distinction of being a 'Best Place to Work' is truly defined by our
employees and by their decision to work with us. General Mills devotes
significant attention to shaping the culture as performance-driven, where
people work hard to achieve goals and are excited by the challenges of
their jobs. Yet at the same time, we provide a workplace that is supportive
and does not require employees to lose sight of family and community. This
commitment helps us recruit and retain the best talent."
Approximately two-thirds of the 2010 Best Places to Work list are also on
the 2009 list, although some have moved notably up or down. For example,
the most improved award goes to FedEx, which employees rated an average of
3.8 this year, up from 3.5 for the 2009 list. This pushed FedEx from 49
last year to 21 on this year's list. The most notable to slip in the ranks
is Whole Foods, which came in at 48 this year, down from sixth last year.
Despite the tough economic and employment climate in the past year,
approximately one-third of companies on the 2009 list have higher ratings
this year than last.
Companies new to the list also include Kraft Foods (Rank: 12), Medtronic
(Rank: 18), Publix (Rank: 19), Edelman (Rank: 23), Edward Jones (Rank: 24),
Sherwin-Williams (Rank: 32), EMC (Rank: 33) and GlaxoSmithKline (Rank: 34).
The complete list of the Glassdoor 2010 Top 50 Best Places to Work is
below, along with corresponding CEO approval rating and 2009 rank where
applicable: