100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
FORTUNE
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
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The most important factor in selecting companies for this list is what employees themselves have to say about their workplaces. Some 46,526 randomly selected employees from 304 candidate companies filled out an employee-opinion survey (the Great Place to Work Trust Index, an instrument created by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco). Nearly half of them also gave us written comments about their workplaces. Each candidate company also filled out a questionnaire detailing its people policies, practices, and philosophies. We evaluated each company on both the employee surveys and the company questionnaires, with the employees' opinions accounting for two-thirds of the total score. If you think your company should be on this list, send us a brief explanation at 100best@greatplacetowork.com. -- Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz
| Rank |
Company |
Job Growth* |
U.S. Employees |
| 1 |
J.M. Smucker |
Moderate |
2,585 |
| 2 |
Alston & Bird |
Moderate |
1,450 |
| 3 |
Container Store |
Moderate |
1,832 |
| 4 |
Edward Jones |
Moderate |
27,092 |
| 5 |
Republic Bancorp |
Moderate |
1,360 |
| 6 |
Adobe Systems |
Negative |
2,368 |
| 7 |
TDIndustries |
Negative |
1,393 |
| 8 |
SAS Institute |
Moderate |
4,927 |
| 9 |
Wegmans |
Moderate |
28,561 |
| 10 |
Xilinx |
Moderate |
2,037 |
| 11 |
CDW |
Moderate |
3,694 |
| 12 |
W.L. Gore |
Moderate |
4,012 |
| 13 |
Quicken Loans |
High |
1,669 |
| 14 |
Third Federal S&L |
Moderate |
1,065 |
| 15 |
Genentech |
Moderate |
6,110 |
| 16 |
Milliken |
Negative |
10,000 |
| 17 |
Vision Service Plan |
Negative |
2,072 |
| 18 |
Plante & Moran |
Negative |
1,167 |
| 19 |
JM Family Enterprises |
Negative |
3,232 |
| 20 |
Synovus |
Moderate |
11,822 |
| 21 |
Bronson Healthcare |
Moderate |
2,902 |
| 22 |
Pella |
Moderate |
7,412 |
| 23 |
S.C. Johnson & Son |
Negative |
3,381 |
| 24 |
REI |
Moderate |
6,346 |
| 25 |
Microsoft |
Moderate |
36,665 |
| 26 |
Griffin Hospital |
Moderate |
1,193 |
| 27 |
Sterling Bank |
Negative |
1,140 |
| 28 |
Cisco Systems |
Negative |
24,622 |
| 29 |
SEI Investments |
Zero |
1,651 |
| 30 |
Stew Leonard's |
Moderate |
1,794 |
| 31 |
American Fidelity Assurance |
High |
1,333 |
| 32 |
Valero Energy |
Negative |
17,033 |
| 33 |
Amgen |
High |
9,263 |
| 34 |
Starbucks |
High |
60,447 |
| 35 |
Mayo Clinic |
Moderate |
37,151 |
| 36 |
American Express |
Negative |
43,477 |
| 37 |
VHA |
Negative |
1,389 |
| 38 |
Mitre |
Moderate |
4,997 |
| 39 |
HomeBanc Mortgage |
High |
1,091 |
| 40 |
SRA International |
High |
2,545 |
| 41 |
Goldman Sachs Group |
Negative |
11,610 |
| 42 |
Arnold & Porter |
Moderate |
1,473 |
| 43 |
Baptist Health Care |
Zero |
4,151 |
| 44 |
Hot Topic |
Moderate |
5,471 |
| 45 |
American Cast Iron Pipe |
Negative |
2,426 |
| 46 |
Intel |
Negative |
49,015 |
| 47 |
Whole Foods Market |
High |
25,052 |
| 48 |
Network Appliance |
Negative |
1,791 |
| 49 |
Monsanto |
Negative |
6,824 |
| 50 |
Timberland |
Negative |
2,116 |
| 51 |
Baptist Health South Florida |
Moderate |
9,093 |
| 52 |
Fannie Mae |
Moderate |
5,011 |
| 53 |
QuikTrip |
Moderate |
6,462 |
| 54 |
Memorial Health |
High |
3,668 |
| 55 |
Qualcomm |
Moderate |
5,382 |
| 56 |
First Tennessee |
High |
11,781 |
| 57 |
AFLAC |
High |
3,726 |
| 58 |
Scooter Store |
High |
1,361 |
| 59 |
Alcon Laboratories |
Moderate |
6,026 |
| 60 |
St. Luke's |
Moderate |
6,805 |
| 61 |
Nvidia |
High |
1,531 |
| 62 |
Continental Airlines |
Negative |
36,283 |
| 63 |
National Instruments |
Moderate |
2,020 |
| 64 |
General Mills |
Negative |
19,602 |
| 65 |
ARUP Laboratories |
High |
1,555 |
| 66 |
Four Seasons Hotels |
Zero |
11,982 |
| 67 |
American Century Investments |
Negative |
1,871 |
| 68 |
Valassis |
High |
1,625 |
| 69 |
Eli Lilly |
Moderate |
22,130 |
| 70 |
Merck |
Negative |
33,071 |
| 71 |
Arbitron |
Zero |
1,113 |
| 72 |
Intl. Business Machines |
Negative |
140,859 |
| 73 |
Robert W. Baird |
Negative |
2,187 |
| 74 |
Medtronic |
Moderate |
18,820 |
| 75 |
Ukrop's Super Markets |
Negative |
5,500 |
| 76 |
Barton Protective Svcs. |
Moderate |
12,526 |
| 77 |
Duncan Aviation |
Negative |
1,754 |
| 78 |
Intuit |
Negative |
6,064 |
| 79 |
Harley-Davidson |
Moderate |
8,180 |
| 80 |
Bright Horizons |
Moderate |
12,368 |
| 81 |
Procter & Gamble |
Negative |
37,491 |
| 82 |
MBNA |
Negative |
21,838 |
| 83 |
Northwestern Mutual |
Moderate |
4,382 |
| 84 |
Marriott International |
Negative |
105,663 |
| 85 |
A.G. Edwards |
Negative |
16,482 |
| 86 |
Men's Wearhouse |
Moderate |
7,249 |
| 87 |
Perkins Coie |
Negative |
1,424 |
| 88 |
Hyperion Solutions |
High |
1,752 |
| 89 |
AstraZeneca |
Negative |
11,940 |
| 90 |
Granite Construction |
Moderate |
4,110 |
| 91 |
Texas Instruments |
Negative |
17,087 |
| 92 |
Washington Mutual |
High |
60,757 |
| 93 |
Paychex |
High |
8,855 |
| 94 |
International Data Group |
Negative |
1,585 |
| 95 |
Principal Financial |
Negative |
13,402 |
| 96 |
FedEx |
Zero |
175,592 |
| 97 |
Ernst & Young |
Zero |
23,399 |
| 98 |
Publix |
Negative |
121,534 |
| 99 |
Nordstrom |
Zero |
40,319 |
| 100 |
Simmons |
Moderate |
2,948 |
| Footnote: Job growth rating is based on percentage of new jobs created in one year. 10% and above is considered High, 0% to 10% is Moderate, 0% growth is called Zero, and Negative represents any job growth percentage below zero. |
N/A: Not available.
U.S. Employees: Includes part-timers as of time of survey.
Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover: Full-time only.
Average annual pay: Yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of professional or technical employees and production or service employees. Data from summer 2003.
2002 revenues: or latest fiscal year. |
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