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