100 Best Companies to Work For 2008

Top 50 employers

We surveyed nearly 100,000 employees from 406 different companies and asked them to evaluate their employers. These firms ranked the highest.

By Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz

13 of 50

Umpqua Bank

Best Companies rank: 13
2006 Revenues (millions): $317
Headquarters: Portland, OR
Get quote: UMPQ

What makes it so great? Employees at this community bank (with 147 branches and its own coffee blend) get 40 hours of paid time each year to volunteer in the community.

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