Perks defined
100% Health Care: Companies that pay 100% of an employee's health-care premium.
Onsite child care: Companies that provide an on-site child care center. (Note: Plante & Moran offers on-site child care only during tax season.)
Telecommuting: Companies that allow employees to telecommute or work at home as a regular work arrangement (i.e., where employees telecommute or work from home at least 20% of their time).
Job sharing: Companies that offer employees a job sharing program (e.g., two people share one job).
Compressed workweek: Companies that offer employees compressed workweeks (e.g., work four 10-hour days and take Fridays off) on a year-round, regular basis.
Fully paid sabbaticals: Companies that offer fully paid sabbaticals.
Onsite gym: Companies that have an on-site fitness center.
Gym discounts: Companies that subsidize off-site fitness center memberships.
Gay-friendly benefits: Companies that offer domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples (where permitted by law). (Note: Stew Leonard's offers domestic partners benefits to all same sex couples who are married. J.M. Smucker began offering domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples on Jan. 1, 2010. Chesapeake Energy added domestic partner benefits coverage for 2010.)
Gay-friendly policy: Companies that have a written non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation.
How we pick the 100 Best Companies
Onsite child care: Companies that provide an on-site child care center. (Note: Plante & Moran offers on-site child care only during tax season.)
Telecommuting: Companies that allow employees to telecommute or work at home as a regular work arrangement (i.e., where employees telecommute or work from home at least 20% of their time).
Job sharing: Companies that offer employees a job sharing program (e.g., two people share one job).
Compressed workweek: Companies that offer employees compressed workweeks (e.g., work four 10-hour days and take Fridays off) on a year-round, regular basis.
Fully paid sabbaticals: Companies that offer fully paid sabbaticals.
Onsite gym: Companies that have an on-site fitness center.
Gym discounts: Companies that subsidize off-site fitness center memberships.
Gay-friendly benefits: Companies that offer domestic partner benefits for same-sex couples (where permitted by law). (Note: Stew Leonard's offers domestic partners benefits to all same sex couples who are married. J.M. Smucker began offering domestic partner benefits to same-sex couples on Jan. 1, 2010. Chesapeake Energy added domestic partner benefits coverage for 2010.)
Gay-friendly policy: Companies that have a written non-discrimination policy that includes sexual orientation.
How we pick the 100 Best Companies
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| Company | Avg. annual pay |
|---|---|
| Baker Donelson | $319,779 |
| Bingham McCutchen | $233,800 |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe | $245,206 |
| Company | Job growth % |
|---|---|
| Scooter Store | 51% |
| J. M. Smucker | 44% |
| Brocade Communications Systems | 39% |
| State | No. of top employers |
|---|---|
| California | 16 |
| Texas | 13 |
| New York | 10 |
To choose the 100 Best, we conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. More than 81,000 employees from 353 companies responded to a 57-question survey created by the Great Place to Work Institute. More
