Best Places to Work, According to Employees
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The average adult spends 90,000 hours — one-third of their life — at work. If you don't like your job, that's an enormous part of your life that could be spent in misery. It's hard to find a job you'll love. But some employees do.
The companies that made Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work list run the gamut of industries, from retail and supermarkets to biotech and consulting. Employers were selected based on employee reviews, and no company scored below 4.3 out of 5 stars.
Many of these companies are hiring, too, and we've linked to their job directories. Maybe your skills match up with an open position.
50. SkyWest Airlines
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Companyheadquarters: St. George, Utah
Size: 13,396 employees
Industry: Airlines
Type: Public company
Founded: 1972
Revenue: $3 billion (2020)
SkyWest Airlines contracts with several major airlines, including Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta and United Airlines. Under those airlines, SkyWest operates as Alaska SkyWest, American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express.
Despite SkyWest's shares dropping by 55 percent by Q4 in 2020 due to the pandemic, its stocks have rebounded and SkyWest is hiring.
See job opportunities at SkyWest Airlines.
*Rankings are based on Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.
49. Nike
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Company headquarters: Beaverton, Oregon
Size: Approximately 75,400 employees
Industry: Consumer products manufacturing
Type: Public company
Founded: 1972
Revenue: $37.4 billion (2020)
Virtually everyone in the world has heard of Nike.
The behemoth apparel company develops shoes, sportswear, leisurewear and all kinds of equipment and accessories.
See job opportunities at Nike.
48. REI
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Company headquarters: Seattle, Washington
Size: Approx. 13,000 employees
Industry: Sporting goods stores
Type: Private company
Founded: 1938
Revenue: $3.12 billion (2019)
REI is a sporting goods store company with 165 stores in 39 states and Washington, D.C.
The company invests about 70 percent of its annual profits back into the "back into the outdoor community through dividends to REI members, employee profit-sharing and retirement, and investments in nonprofits dedicated to the outdoors," according to the REI website.
Plus, REI closes all of its stores on Black Friday, sparing its employees from the madness of deal-struck crowds every year.
See job opportunities at REI.
47. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
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Company headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee
Size: 3,600 employees
Industry: Health care services and hospitals
Type: Nonprofit
Founded: 1962
Revenue: Non-applicable
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a nonprofit organization that researches and treats catastrophic children's diseases, especially leukemia and cancer. It is one of the top children's cancer hospitals in the world. No family treated by St. Jude ever receives a bill from the hospital.
The nonprofit treats about 8,600 patients a year and has helped push the overall survival rate of childhood cancer from 20 percent when the hospital opened in 1962 to over 80 percent today.
See job opportunities at St Jude.
46. Cisco Systems
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Company headquarters: San Jose, California
Size: Over 75,900 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Private company
Founded: 1984
Revenue: $51.6 billion
Founded by two computer scientists in 1984, Cisco Systems is a multinational company that provides internet routing, security, switches, data centers, firewalls and other vital internet technology.
They also do work in blockchains, AI/machine learning and a whole bunch of other stuff.
Fun fact: Cisco is short for San Francisco.
See job opportunities at Cisco Systems.
45. Hilton
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Company headquarters: McLean, Virginia
Size: 173,000 employees
Industry: Hotels, motels and resorts
Type: Public company
Founded: 1919
Revenue: $9.45 billion (2019)
Hilton is one of the biggest hotel chains in the world. The company owns Waldorf Astoria, LXR, Conrad, Embassy Suites and a dozen other brands with more than 6,300 properties owned around the globe.
However, it's not a good time to be in the hotel business. During the pandemic, Hilton laid off 22 percent of its corporate staff and enacted mass furloughs and pay cuts.
See job opportunities at Hilton.
44. Milwaukee Tool
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Company headquarters: Brookfield, Wisconsin
Size: 2,020 employees
Industry: Consumer products manufacturing
Type: Public company subsidiary
Founded: 1924
Revenue: N/A
Milwaukee Tool builds heavy power tools and construction equipment such as cordless drills, saws, batteries, site lights and storage equipment.
In 2004, Hong Kong-based manufacturing company Techtronic Industries purchased Milwaukee Tool in a $626.6 million deal.
Techtronic also owns Dirt Devil, Hoover, Homelite and other manufacturing companies.
See job opportunities at Milwaukee Tool.
43. SurveyMonkey
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Company headquarters: San Mateo, California
Size: 857 employees
Industry: Internet
Type: Public company
Founded: 1999
Revenue: $304 million (2019)
Survey Monkey is a leading online survey software company. If you've taken an online survey or quiz, chances are it was a Survey Monkey survey.
The company also provides internal employee satisfaction surveys and surveys for Facebook.
See job opportunities at Survey Monkey.
42. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
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Company headquarters: New York, New York
Size: Approx. 20,000 employees
Industry: Health care and hospitals
Type: Hospital
Founded: 1998
Revenue: N/A
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is ranked as one of the best hospitals in the country by U.S. News and World Report, and it sounds like a good place to work for those in the field. Reviews left on Glassdoor say the hospital is a great place to grow and has good management.
While the revenue for NewYork-Presbyterian is not available, the American Hospital Directory says total patient revenue totaled nearly $21 billion.
See job opportunities at NewYork-Presbyterian.
41. Intuitive Surgical
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Company headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Size: 7,326 employees
Industry: Health care products manufacturing
Type: Public company
Founded: 1995
Revenue: $4.5 billion (2019)
Intuitive Surgical is a company that develops robotics systems for use in surgical fields. These systems make it able for surgeons to perform surgeries with minimal invasiveness, using highly advanced robotics to enter the body through a small incision. Their flagship system is called the Da Vinci.
Stock prices for Intuitive Surgical grew more than 300 percent over the last five years.
See job opportunities at Intuitive Surgical.
40. CoverMyMeds
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Company headquarters: Columbus, Ohio
Size: Approx. 1,300 employees
Industry: Health care services and hospitals
Type: Subsidiary of a public company
Founded: 2008
Revenue: N/A
CoverMyMeds develops prior authorization automation software for health care providers, allowing for quick drug approvals.
The company began as a 2008 startup in Columbus, Ohio, by a pharmacist and developer and raised $250 million that year.
Nine years later, in 2017, pharmaceutical company McKesson Corporation purchased CoverMyMeds for $1.1 billion.
See job opportunities at CoverMyMeds.
39. Pfizer
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Company headquarters: New York, New York
Size: Approx. 88,300 employees
Industry: Biotech and pharmaceuticals
Type: Public company
Founded: 1849
Revenue: $51.75 billion (2019)
Pfizer is one of the world's biggest pharmaceutical companies. In 2020, Pfizer and German-based biotech company BioNTech developed a COVID-19 vaccine that has a 95 percent efficacy.
Employees who work at Pfizer left mostly glowing reviews on Glassdoor, citing a good work environment and salaries as reasons for being happy to work there.
See job opportunities at Pfizer.
38. Texas Instruments
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Company headquarters: Dallas, Texas
Size: 29,768 employees
Industry: Electrical and electronic manufacturing
Type: Public company
Founded: 1930
Revenue: $14.38 billion (2019)
Most people know Texas Instruments from the graphing calculators they had to use in school. But Texas Instruments makes its real money on things that aren't calculators.
The Dallas, Texas-based company makes thousands of semiconductor products for industrial and automotive companies.
See job opportunities at Texas Instruments.
37. Ryan LLC
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Company headquarters: Dallas, Texas
Size: 1,670 employees
Industry: Accounting
Type: Private company
Founded: 1991
Revenue: $540.6 million (2018)
Ryan LLC is a Dallas-based accounting company with the largest indirect and property tax practices in North America.
Most reviews say they really enjoy the work/life balance that Ryan sets forth, along with a flexible work environment.
The company has a culture program called myRyan, which pushes people to focus on results instead of hours along with a flexible work-from-anywhere environment.
See job opportunities at Ryan.
36. Wegmans Food Markets
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Company headquarters: Rochester, New York
Size: 50,000+ employees
Industry: Grocery stores and supermarkets
Type: Private company
Founded: 1916
Revenue: $9.7 billion (2019)
Wegmans is a chain of supermarkets with a devoted fan base (the die-hard shoppers are called "Wegmaniacs").
Wegmans has appeared on Fortune's 100 "Best Companies to Work For" list every year since the magazine created the list in 1998.
That's 22 years, so they're doing something right.
See job opportunities at Wegmans.
35. Trader Joe's
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Company headquarters: Monrovia, California
Size: Approx. 10,000 employees
Industry: Grocery stores and supermarkets
Type: Private company
Founded: 1967
Revenue: $13.7 billion (2019)
Speaking of grocery stores with a cult-like status, Trader Joe's comes in a slot higher than Wegmans. The offbeat, health-centered grocery chain is one of the most beloved stores in America.
Trader Joe's receives high marks for paying its employees well with the possibility for annual raises, a 10 percent product discount, a retirement plan and health insurance.
See job opportunities at Trader Joe's.
34. Intuit
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Company headquarters: Mountain Valley, California
Size: 9,400 employees
Industry: Enterprise software
Type: Public company
Founded: 1983
Revenue: $6.78 billion (2019)
Intuit is a financial software company that owns TurboTax, QuickBooks and Mint.
The company recently received some negative news due to an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission, which is probing whether the company used deceptive practices to steer consumers to use paid tax-filing software even though the free version was available for many.
Nevertheless, those who work at Intuit say a healthy work/life balance and great benefits are reasons why they enjoy working there.
See job opportunities at Intuit.
33. Keller Williams
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Company headquarters: Austin, Texas
Size: 300-plus employees and around 180,000 agents worldwide
Industry: Real estate
Type: Private company
Founded: 1983
Revenue: N/A
There are more real estate agents at Keller Williams than at any other real estate company in the entire world. Could that skew the votes on Glassdoor? Possibly. But the majority of those who left a review for Keller Williams on the site had positive things to say.
Keller Williams is also a technology company. In 2017, it announced that it would invest $1 billion into developing a real estate platform.
See job opportunities at Keller Williams.
32. Forrester
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Company headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Size: 1,432 employees
Industry: Research and development
Type: Public company
Founded: 1983
Revenue: $421.7 million (2019)
Forrester is a market research company with research centers around the world. The company provides market insights for customers and also offers consulting services.
Employees cite intelligent people and a positive work/life balance as being positive aspects of their employer.
See job opportunities at Forrester.
31. Apple
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Company headquarters: Cupertino, California
Size: Approx. 80,000 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 1976
Revenue: $274.52 billion
Apple is one of the most recognized brands in the entire world and is the first U.S. company to be valued at over $2 trillion.
Employees who work for Apple note good salaries, good benefits and a great culture.
Cons from employees who work retail note the long hours and exhausting job that is inherent to retail, while corporate employees note that the job can be demanding.
See job opportunities at Apple.
30. Royal Caribbean Group
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Company headquarters: Miami, Florida
Size: Approx. 77,000 employees (2018)
Industry: Cruise ships
Type: Public company
Founded: 1968
Revenue: $10.95 billion
Royal Caribbean is the second-largest cruise ship liner in the world. It owns Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, and Silversea. In January 2021, the company announced it would sell off its Azamara brand for a $201 million, all-cash deal to Sycamore Partners.
The pandemic hit the cruise industry hard, and Royal Caribbean laid off or furloughed about 1,300 of its United States workforce. The cruise ship operator has suspended all cruises until May 2021.
See job opportunities at Royal Caribbean Group.
29. Vans
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Company headquarters: Cypress, California
Size: Approx. 5,000 employees
Industry: Clothing and apparel
Type: Subsidiary of a public company
Founded: 1966
Revenue: N/A
Vans started out as a tiny business owned and operated by three people who made and sold shoes out of a storefront in Anaheim California, in 1966. The highest-priced shoe was $5. Twenty years later, in 1987, Vans was pulling in $50 million in sales.
In 2004, VF Corp bought Vans for $396 million. VF Corp is one of the largest clothing companies in the world and had operating revenue of $13.8 billion in 2019.
See job opportunities at Vans.
28. Mastercard
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Company headquarters: Purchase, New York
Size: 18,600 employees
Industry: Credit card payment
Type: Financial transaction processing
Founded: 1966
Revenue: $16.88 billion (2019)
Mastercard is a multinational corporation that — along with Visa, American Express and Discover — is one of the largest payment processing companies in the world.
Mastercard's response to the pandemic was admirable. They committed to having no layoffs in 2020 due to the novel coronavirus and allowed for remote working.
This response was praised by several employees who left reviews.
See job opportunities at Mastercard.
27. Robinhood
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Company headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Size: 1,281 employees
Industry: Brokerage services
Type: Private company
Founded: 2013
Revenue: N/A
Founded in 2013, Robinhood quickly became a favorite stock trading tool of millennials. The app and its website allow users to trade without paying fees (the company makes its money by selling information and interest earned on customers' cash balances).
Robinhood is not without its critics. Its easy-to-use interface, lack of guardrails and ability to perform lightning-fast trades have left inexperienced traders in mountains of debt.
See job opportunities at Robinhood.
26. Zscaler
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Company headquarters: San Jose, California
Size: 1,480 employees
Industry: Enterprise software and network solutions
Type: Public company
Founded: 2008
Revenue: $431.3 million
Zscaler is a cloud-based security company that operates in 185 countries and processes 140 billion transactions each day.
The company had an initial public offering in March 2018, where it traded at $33.
Less than three years later, Zscaler stocks trade at over $200.
See job opportunities at Zscaler.
25. MathWorks
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Company headquarters: Natick, Massachusetts
Size: Approx. 5,000 employees
Industry: Computer software
Type: Private company
Founded: 1984
Revenue: $1.05 billion (2019)
MathWorks makes mathematical computing software for engineers, programmers and scientists. Its propriety software is MATLAB and Smulink.
MathWorks jobs appear to pay well, with interns making $31 an hour and senior software engineers making an average of over $131,000 per year.
See job opportunities at MathWorks.
24. Johnson and Johnson
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Company headquarters: New Brunswick, New Jersey
Size: Approx. 130,000 employees
Industry: Biotech and pharmaceuticals
Type: Public company
Founded: 1887
Revenue: $82.1 billion (2019)
Johnson and Johnson is the biggest pharmaceutical company in the world, making $30 billion more in revenue than Pfizer, the second-largest pharmaceutical company.
Johnson and Johnson make some of the most well-known brands in the world, including Band-Aid, Tylenol, Neutrogena, Listerine and Rogaine among many, many others.
Employees who left reviews cited great benefits and culture, while some also noted that the company could be hard to navigate, career-wise, because of its size.
See job opportunities at Johnson and Johnson.
23. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
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Company headquarters: Livermore, California
Size: Approximately 6,300 employees
Industry: Federal agencies
Type: Government
Founded: 1952
Revenue: $8.8 million ($1.5 billion budget)
Lawrence Livermore National Library (LLNL) is a federal research facility funded mainly by the Department of Energy.
Its main responsibility is ensuring the safety and reliability of America's nuclear weapons. They also do research in other scientific fields, such as high-energy physics and bio-nanotechnology.
According to Zippia, the average employee at LLNL makes $82,662.
See job opportunities at LLNL.
22. Zoom
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Company headquarters: San Jose, California
Size: 2,400-2,700 employees
Industry: IT services
Type: Public company
Founded: 2011
Revenue: Approx. $1 billion
The pandemic worked wonders for Zoom, which became one of the most popular video conferencing platforms in the world for businesses as people sheltered at home. Zoom went public in April 2019 with shares trading at $62. Currently, those shares are worth around $380.
It's apparently a great place to work, too. Employees cite wonderful health and wellness benefits and a supportive company culture as reasons for their job satisfaction.
See job opportunities at Zoom.
21. Southwest Airlines
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Company headquarters: Dallas, Texas
Size: Approx. 58,000 employees
Industry: Airlines
Type: Public
Founded: 1967
Revenue: $22.4 billion
Southwest Airlines managed to not furlough or lay off its workers in 2020, nor does it expect to do so in 2021 because of federal aid packages.
Employees who work at Southwest Airlines praise its great benefits and annual profit-sharing as perks to working there.
On the downside, many Glassdoor reviewers cited long hours and mandatory overtime.
See job opportunities at Southwest Airlines.
20. Blue Raven Solar
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Company headquarters: Orem, Utah
Size: 1,300 employees
Industry: Energy
Type: Private company
Founded: 2014
Revenue: $58.7 million (2018)
Blue Raven Solar installs solar panels for homeowners. The company was founded in 2014, beginning with three people, and has grown to 1,300 and now does business in 15 states.
Blue Raven Solar puts an emphasis on a "high-trust culture," where "employees nominate each other for specifically living one of our values and winners are celebrated for setting good examples," according to its website.
See job opportunities at Blue Raven Solar.
19. Emanate Health
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Company headquarters: Covina, California
Size: Approx. 3,500 employees
Industry: Health care services and hospitals
Type: Private company
Founded: 1983
Revenue: $521.8 million (2017)
Emanate Health specializes in behavioral health, orthopedics, sports medicine, cancer treatment, neuroscience and heart health.
In 2019, the company rebranded itself from Citrus Valley Health Partners so its 16 locations could be put under one name. It's the largest health care system in the San Gabriel Valley.
The most common complaints on Glassdoor were limited parking and occasionally being short-staffed.
See job opportunities at Emanate Health.
18. RingCentral
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Company headquarters: Belmont, California
Size: 2,363 employees
Industry: Telecommunications services
Type: Public company
Founded: 2003
Revenue: $903 million
RingCentral provides cloud-based collaborative services for businesses. Their flagship product is RingCentral Office software, which integrates video meetings, phone calls and messaging.
High marks for a positive work/life balance, a positive work environment and a CEO with a 98 percent approval rating helped land RingCentral on Glassdoor's list.
See job opportunities at RingCentral.
17. Salesforce
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Company headquarters: San Francisco, California
Size: Approx. 49,000 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 1999
Revenue: $17.1 billion (2020)
Salesforce is a cloud computing company that seems to be everywhere. They purchased Slack in December 2020 for $27.7 billion, cleared $17 billion in revenue for 2020 and are targeting $21.11 billion in revenue for 2021.
Its CEO, Marc Benioff, was named 2020's CEO of the year by CNN Business. The publication noted Salesforce was a champion of social causes and also helped procure 60 million pieces of personal protective equipment for health care providers during the pandemic.
See job opportunities at Salesforce.
16. KnowBe4
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Company headquarters: Clearwater, Florida
Size: 1,000 employees
Industry: IT services
Type: Private company
Founded: 2010
Revenue: $120 million (2018)
KnowBe4 is a global security awareness training provider. They teach workers how to spot phishing attempts and how to thwart other types of cybercrimes.
The company has been given several awards for being one of the best places to work from The Tampa Bay Times, Entrepreneur and Fortune.
See job opportunities at KnowBe4.
15. DocuSign
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Company headquarters: San Francisco, California
Size: 3,909 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 2003
Revenue: $974 million
DocuSign is a cloud-based company that manages electronic agreements and provides a way for signing documents safely and securely.
Reviews mention an excellent work/life balance and company culture. There are few cons mentioned. Most employees note that there are growing pains, but that's to be expected.
See job opportunities at DocuSign.
14. Stryker
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Company headquarters: Kalamazoo, Michigan
Size: Approx. 40,000 employees
Industry: Health care products manufacturing
Type: Public company
Founded: 1941
Revenue: $14.9 billion (2020)
Stryker is a medical technology company that creates a number of health care products, including communication systems, orthopedic implants, neurotechnology, spinal devices and surgical navigation tools.
While reviews are overwhelmingly positive, the biggest complaint about Stryker is that work/life balance ultimately falls to the individual.
However, the biggest compliment notes that the company encourages a healthy work/life balance and has a well-being program.
See job opportunities at Stryker.
13. LinkedIn
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Company headquarters: Sunnyvale, California
Size: Approx. 15,800 employees
Industry: Internet
Type: Subsidiary of a public company
Founded: 2003
Revenue: $8.05 billion (2020, estimated)
LinkedIn is the biggest professional network in the world. If you don't have a LinkedIn account, you should get one. It's the primary place to connect with anyone you've worked with in the past, which can lead to places you'll work for in the future.
Microsoft purchased LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in 2016, which is still its largest acquisition.
Employees say LinkedIn has a great culture with "gourmet" free food, but note that the company is large and internal advancement can be a struggle.
See job opportunities at LinkedIn.
12. Boston Consulting Group
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Company headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Size: 21,000 employees
Industry: Consulting
Type: Private company
Founded: 1963
Revenue: $8.5 billion (2019)
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a management consulting company that specializes in consumer insight, corporate finance, growth and corporate development.
Reviewers say BCG is staffed with good people and has a friendly work environment, while many people said long working hours are a problem.
See job opportunities at Boston Consulting Group.
11. Facebook
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Company headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Size: 52,534 employees
Industry: Internet
Type: Public company
Founded: 2004
Revenue: $70.7 billion (2019)
Facebook is the world's largest social media site and the premier place to see which of your old friends and members of your estranged family have gone insane.
Facebook employees say free food and a supportive work environment are perks while acknowledging that working for Facebook can be tough because of real-world events and how the platform responds (or fails to respond).
See job opportunities at Facebook.
10. H-E-B
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Company headquarters: San Antonio, Texas
Size: Approx. 100,000+ employees
Industry: Grocery stores and supermarkets
Type: Private company
Founded: 1905
Revenue: $31.2 billion (2019)
H-E-B is a beloved grocery chain that operates in Texas and Mexico. The company frequently reinvests back into its community and is known for sending out fleets of food-filled trucks when disaster strikes in certain areas.
One consumer research firm found that H-E-B is the top grocery store in the country.
See job opportunities at H-E-B.
9. Microsoft
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Company headquarters: Redmond, Washington
Size: 166,475 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 1975
Revenue: $143 billion (2020)
Microsoft is one of the biggest companies in the world and has investment arms and divisions in many different areas.
It owns LinkedIn, GitHub, Skype, Xbox and several multimillion-dollar gaming studios. Its proprietary operating software, Microsoft Windows, is the most popular desktop OS in the world (that title was previously held by Windows 7).
Employees on Glassdoor say that Microsoft has great benefits and fosters a good work/life balance, while cons include its performance review system.
See job opportunities at Microsoft.
8. Lululemon
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Company headquarters: Vancouver, Canada
Size: Approx. 19,000 employees
Industry: Department, clothing and shoe stores
Type: Public company
Founded: 1998
Revenue: $1.4 billion (2019)
Lululemon makes and sells yoga, running, and training clothing and gear. The company developed its own trademarked fabric, Luon, in 2005.
Their yoga pants are considered some of the more expensive ones out there. Lululemon operates nearly 500 stores worldwide.
Lululemon employees say the work environment is great, and there is room for personal development.
See job opportunities at Lululemon.
7. Delta Air Lines
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Company headquarters: Atlanta, Georgia
Size: Approx. 91,000 employees
Industry: Airlines
Type: Public company
Founded: 1928
Revenue: $4 billion (2020)
Delta Air Lines has been on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work for five years in a row and made Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For four times.
The company provides year-end profit-sharing, which is a very popular benefit among its employees.
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6. Google
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Company headquarters: Mountain View, California
Size: Approx. 114,100 employees
Industry: Internet
Type: Public company
Founded: 1998
Revenue: $161.86 billion (2019)
Google earns an extraordinary amount of money from advertising, with $134 million in Google's 2019 revenue coming from advertising ventures.
Google frequently has been on these best places to work lists and has been on Glassdoor's rankings every year since 2013.
Glassdoor reviews praise Google for its incredible benefits and on-site services as well as its competitive salaries and a positive working environment. However, many employees say they struggle with work/life balance.
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5. McKinsey and Company
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Company headquarters: New York, New York
Size: Approx. 30,000 employees
Industry: Consulting
Type: Private company
Founded: 1926
Revenue: $10.5 billion (2018)
McKinsey and Company is one of the largest consulting firms in the world.
Employees of McKinsey and Company on Glassdoor say that the business is an excellent place to advance and develop, with great coworkers and leadership.
Most of the negatives cite long hours and difficulty in maintaining a work/life balance.
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4. HubSpot
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Company headquarters: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Size: Approx. 3,900 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 2006
Revenue: $674.9 million (2019)
HubSpot is a marketing, sales and customer service platform centered on inbound marketing.
Employees overwhelmingly approve of HubSpot's CEO, Brian Halligan (he has a 99 percent approval rating on Glassdoor) and cite unlimited vacation and inclusive diversity initiatives as positives.
Employees are split on work/life balance. Some say it's difficult to find the time to have more life than work. Others note management encourages people to take time off.
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3. In-N-Out-Burger
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Company headquarters: Irvine, California
Size: Approx. 16,000 employees
Industry: Fast food restaurants
Type: Private company
Founded: 1948
Revenue: $957 million (2020, estimated)
Those lucky enough to live near In-N-Out Burger's 350-plus locations can attest to the restaurant's addictive burgers.
In-N-Out has a cult-like following not only among the people who eat there, but those who work there as well.
Employees cite good pay and a good company environment for reasons why they like working at In-N-Out.
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2. NVIDIA
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Company headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Size: 13,775 employees
Industry: Computer hardware and software
Type: Public company
Founded: 1993
Revenue: $14.78 billion (2020)
NVIDIA is a technology company that makes graphics cards and systems on chip units for personal and professional markets. The company has clawed its way up Glassdoor's list, first appearing at No. 49 in 2012.
NVIDIA employees cite exciting technology, a flat organizational structure and great perks as reasons to work at NVIDIA.
On the negative side, some say that the work/life balance there is difficult to maintain.
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1. Bain and Company
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Company headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Size: Approx. 12,000 employees
Industry: Consulting
Type: Private company
Founded: 1973
Revenue: $4.3 billion (2019)
Bain and Company is a management consulting company that advises large companies. It specializes in operations, technology, mergers and acquisitions.
Bain and Company has never slipped from the top four positions on Glassdoor's Best Places to Work list since 2009, where it was ranked second. In total, it has been rated the best place to work by Glassdoor five times.
Employees cite a caring culture, growth opportunities, exceptional leadership, benefits, compensation and good people as reasons for why they love working at Bain and Company. The biggest negative listed is that the hours can be long, and the job can be demanding.
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