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W. L. Gore & Associates
W. L. Gore & Associates
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Rank: 22
Previous rank: 21
Annual revenue ($ millions): $3,024

What makes it so great?
The privately held, team-based chemical company (maker of Elixir guitar strings and Gore-Tex fabrics) does things a bit differently by abolishing hierarchy. Without traditional job titles or executives, workers manage one another. And for the past 14 years a rich stock-ownership plan has awarded a 12%-of-pay contribution.

Headquarters:
Newark, DE

Website: www.gore.com

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Employees
U.S. employees
6,314
Employees outside U.S.
3,743
Jobs
New jobs (1 year)
75
% job growth (1 year)
1.2%
% voluntary turnover
3%
Applicants
34,152
Job openings (as of 1/2/14)
28
Pay
Avg. annual pay*
Most common job (salaried):
Engineer
N.A.
Most common job (hourly):
Medical Device Assembler
N.A.
Fully paid sabbaticals
No
Onsite child care
No
Health
100% health-care coverage
No
Onsite fitness center
Yes
Subsidized gym membership
No
Work-life
Job sharing program
No
Compressed workweek
No
Telecommuting
Yes
Diversity
% minorities
20%
% women
40.1%
Has nondiscrimination policy
that includes sexual orientation?
Yes
Offers domestic partner benefits
for same-sex couples?
Yes
Professional training
Salaried employees (hrs./yr.):
52
Hourly employees (hrs./yr.):
52
From the February 3, 2014 issue

Notes:
N.A.: Not available.
U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2012 or latest fiscal year. All data are from July 2013 and based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.

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