100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

Here are the top 10 from the top 100 Best Companies to work for 2007.
1.Google
What makes it so great?Our new No. 1 sets the standard for Silicon Valley: free meals, swimming spa, and free doctors onsite. Engineers can spend 20% of time on independent projects. No wonder Google gets 1,300 resumés a day.Headquarters: Mountain View, Calif.Top 3 (of 16) U.S. locations: Mountain View, CA, New York, NY, Kirkland, WA2005 revenue ($ millions): $6,138 Website: http://www.google.com/


2.Genentech (DNA)
What makes it so great?Biotech leader has uncommonly loyal staffers. “Wild horses could not drag me away,” says one employee. Last year 537 employees took a six-week paid sabbatical, which is available for every six years of service.
Headquarters: South San Francisco
Top 3 (of 9) U.S. locations: South San Francisco, Vacaville , Oceanside

2005 revenue ($ millions): 6,633



3. Wegmans Food Markets
What makes it so great?Private grocery chain gets thousands of letters every year from shoppers coveting a Wegmans in their neighborhood. The chain, founded in 1916, now operates in 71 stores in five states.
Headquarters: Rochester, N.Y.
Top 3 (of 93) U.S. locations: Rochester, Buffalo Grove , Syracuse

2005 revenue ($ millions): 3,820
Website: http://www.wegmans.com/


4. Container Store
What makes it so great?Storage retailer pays sales employees 50% to 100% above industry average. Nearly one-tenth of all employees take advantage of “family friendly” shift, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., allowing for school dropoffs and pickups.
Headquarters: Coppell, Texas
Top 3 (of 38) U.S. locations: Coppell, New York , Houston
2005 revenue ($ millions): 441
Website: http://www.containerstore.com/






5. Whole Foods Market (WFMI)
What makes it so great?Whole Foods has long had a salary cap limiting pay of top execs, currently at 19 times average full-time pay. But founder and CEO John Mackey went further, reducing his salary to $1 and forgoing all future stock options.
Headquarters: Austin
Top 3 (of 223) U.S. locations: New York, Austin , Washington
2005 revenue ($ millions): 5,607
Website: http://www.wholefoods.com/




6. Network Appliance (NTAP)
What makes it so great?Data-storage company climbed 21 spots as employees cheered enhanced benefits for parents of special-needs children, widespread use of flexible schedules (95% of employees), and a soaring stock (up 50% in 2006).
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, Calif.
Top 3 (of 50) U.S. locations: Sunnyvale, Research Triangle Park , Mclean
2005 revenue ($ millions): 2,070
Website: http://www.netapp.com/



7. S.C. Johnson & Son
What makes it so great?This household-products company subsidizes hotel stays for employees who live 25 miles or more from work and offers discounts at its newly expanded child-care center for families making under $60,000 a year.
Headquarters: Racine, Wis.
Top 3 (of 15) U.S. locations: Racine, Bay City , Fresno
2005 revenue ($ millions): 7,000
Website: http://www.scjohnson.com/



8. Boston Consulting Grp.
What makes it so great?Employees working more than 60 hours a week at this management consultant are placed in a “red zone” and advised by a career mentor. A push to hire more women resulted in a 25% rise in female consultants from 2004.
Headquarters: Boston
Top 3 (of 14) U.S. locations: Boston, Chicago , New York
2005 revenue ($ millions): 1,505
Website: http://www.bcg.com/



9. Methodist Hospital Sys.
What makes it so great?As gas prices soared last year, Methodist sent employees (everyone except top execs) a $250 gift card for use at Chevron stations, prompting more than 500 staffers to e-mail thank-yous to CEO Ron Girotto.
Headquarters: Houston
Top 3 (of 9) U.S. locations: Houston, N.A., N.A.
2005 revenue ($ millions): 1,413
Website: http://www.methodisthealth.com/


10. W.L. Gore & Associates
What makes it so great?Great ideas (Gore-Tex, Glide dental floss) come from all corners at this nonhierarchical Delaware company, which prefers to promote from within. (CEO Terri L. Kelly joined Gore as a process engineer in 1983.)
Headquarters: Newark, Del.
Top 3 (of 28) U.S. locations: Elkton, Flagstaff , Newark
2005 revenue ($ millions): 1,984
Website: http://www.gore.com/







16. Starbucks Coffee (SBUX)
What makes it so great?The java king steamed ahead in 2006, adding 28,000 jobs globally. Though 85% of “partners” (Starbucks-speak for employees) are part-timers, they’re still eligible for full benefits if they work 240 hours a quarter.
Headquarters: Seattle
Top 3 (of 5,414) U.S. locations: Seattle, New York , Chicago
2005 revenue ($ millions): 6,369
Website: http://www.starbucks.com/


44. Yahoo (YHOO)
What makes it so great?Fun’s a core value for Yahoos, more than half of whom are age 34 or younger. At five years of service employees get a gumball machine, at ten years an espresso machine, and at 15 years (not possible until 2010) a foosball table.
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, Calif.
Top 3 (of 25) U.S. locations: Sunnyvale , Burbank , New York
2005 revenue ($ millions): 5,300
Website: http://www.yahoo.com/


50. Microsoft (MSFT)
What makes it so great?New perks in 2006 included free grocery delivery, dry-cleaning service, and valet parking (it’s a big campus!). Annual summer picnic drew 30,000 employees and family members to the Cascade Mountains.
Headquarters: Redmond, Wash.
Top 3 (of 169) U.S. locations: Redmond, Issaquah , Mountain View
2005 revenue ($ millions): 39,788
Website: http://www.microsoft.com/


69. Nike (NKE)
What makes it so great?The Oregon campus is a sporting paradise, with tennis courts, indoor and outdoor tracks, soccer fields, running trails, two sports centers, an 11-lane pool used for swimming, scuba, and kayaking lessons.


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