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100 Best Companies to Work For
2009
2008
2007
2006
Baptist Health South Fla. 94
9,838
72%
Four Seasons Hotels 88
12,851
66%
Methodist Hospital System 10
10,481
66%
Marriott International 72
123,203
61%
Station Casinos 33
14,920
52%
Qualcomm 8
10,095
51%
Erickson Retirement Communities 93
10,248
47%
Scripps Health 56
11,223
47%
Navy Federal Credit Union 78
6,069
47%
Stew Leonard's 26
2,282
46%
Whole Foods Market 16
41,385
46%
Yahoo 87
7,915
45%
CarMax 46
14,223
45%
Genentech 5
10,842
44%
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta 45
5,427
43%
FedEx 97
228,211
42%
Aflac 30
4,475
42%
Camden Property Trust 50
1,894
42%
Nordstrom 36
49,769
42%
Nike 82
14,570
42%
Cisco Systems 6
32,160
41%
Milliken 92
8,800
40%
Valero Energy 67
17,488
40%
Texas Instruments 100
15,051
40%
Publix Super Markets 91
142,084
39%
PCL Construction Enterprises 77
3,558
37%
eBay 68
7,769
37%
TDIndustries 35
1,595
37%
Rackspace Managed Hosting 32
1,443
36%
American Express 62
30,162
36%
Google 1
8,134
36%
Network Appliance 14
4,481
35%
Bright Horizons Family Solutions 89
14,660
35%
Starbucks 7
134,013
35%
Nugget Markets 12
1,322
34%
Goldman Sachs 9
13,764
34%
Arnold & Porter 19
1,272
33%
Vision Service Plan 53
2,052
32%
Bingham McCutchen 41
1,652
32%
Deloitte & Touche USA 95
36,517
32%
Stanley 84
2,756
31%
SRA International 99
5,200
31%
Microsoft 86
47,645
31%
Ernst & Young 57
25,947
30%
Booz Allen Hamilton 81
17,650
30%
Granite Construction 74
4,650
30%
Mattel 70
5,000
30%
Adobe Systems 40
3,900
30%
Intuit 43
7,635
30%
PricewaterhouseCoopers 90
29,818
28%
Container Store 20
3,019
28%
JM Family Enterprises 23
4,609
28%
KPMG 71
22,857
28%
FactSet Research Systems 52
1,102
28%
Alcon Laboratories 60
6,848
27%
QuikTrip 28
9,630
27%
Boston Consulting Group 11
1,543
25%
National Instruments 79
2,353
25%
Alston & Bird 31
1,762
24%
J. M. Smucker 47
3,042
24%
Sherwin-Williams 98
29,554
22%
Arkansas Children's Hospital 76
3,283
22%
Scottrade 58
1,584
21%
Shared Technologies 25
1,401
21%
Herman Miller 96
6,063
20%
American Fidelity Assurance 24
1,376
20%
AstraZeneca 83
12,810
19%
Nixon Peabody 66
1,728
19%
Quicken Loans 2
4,920
19%
General Mills 69
17,090
19%
Paychex 51
11,622
18%
OhioHealth 18
11,254
17%
Healthways 80
3,730
17%
EOG Resources 64
1,388
17%
W. L. Gore & Associates 15
5,211
17%
Perkins Coie 55
1,629
17%
Kimley-Horn & Associates 38
2,368
17%
S.C. Johnson & Son 27
3,419
16%
CH2M HILL 54
15,674
16%
SAS Institute 29
5,153
15%
Wegmans Food Markets 3
35,302
15%
MITRE 42
6,037
15%
David Evans & Associates 73
1,085
15%
Devon Energy 48
3,368
14%
Russell Investments 65
1,267
13%
Recreational Equipment (REI) 34
9,137
13%
Chesapeake Energy 61
5,752
12%
Mayo Clinic 59
41,004
12%
Griffin Hospital 49
1,133
11%
David Weekley Homes 17
1,450
11%
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network 85
8,420
10%
American Century Investments 22
1,694
10%
Umpqua Bank 13
1,788
9%
Principal Financial Group 21
13,438
8%
Johnson Financial Group 37
1,259
8%
Plante & Moran 44
1,522
7%
Edward Jones 4
31,451
6%
Robert W. Baird 39
2,093
6%
Southern Ohio Medical Center 75
2,032
2%
King's Daughters Medical Center 63
2,934
1%
From the February 4, 2008 issue
