Fortune 1000 rank: 533
Best Companies rank: 85
No. of U.S. employees: 2,856
Most common salaried job (Avg. Pay):
Construction Manager ($69,400)
What makes it so great? The culture at the nation's 11th-largest homebuilder boils down to, as one employee puts it, "Be nice." One example: New moms get two months' paid leave, which is unusual for the construction industry.