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100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
FORTUNE
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
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RANK: 12
(Previous Rank: 27)
W.L. Gore
Headquarters: Newark, DE
2002 Revenues ($ millions):
1,350
U.S. sites: 35
Year founded: 1958
Website: http://www.gore.com
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COMPANY INFO
Industry: Chemicals
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| EMPLOYEES |
| U.S. Employees |
4,012 |
| Employees Outside U.S. |
2,075 |
| % Minorities |
15 |
| % Women |
41 |
| JOBS |
| New Jobs (1 year) |
58 |
% Voluntary Turnover |
5 |
| % Job Growth (1 Year) |
1 |
Applicants |
16,955 |
| Professional Training (hrs./yr.) |
12 |
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| SALARY |
| Most Common Job (Professional) |
Engineer |
Salary |
N/A |
| Most Common Job (Hourly) |
Medical Device Assembler |
Salary |
N/A |
SUMMARY
Workers get to choose what they want to work on at this privately held innovator, inventor of Gore-Tex fabric and Elixir guitar strings. Anyone can be a leader here—most are not appointed but emerge as they acquire followers.
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