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| Southwest Airlines ranks #1 as the best place to work for in 2010 |
For some, there is no more satisfying environment than to work for a company that is among the Best. But for many, including me, it is still a dream come true.
The closest I could get to work with Microsoft (although it only ranked #51 in 2010), was 7 years ago. I started out as a member of a Usability Group, now User Research in Redmond and test SMS enterprise application for wireless services.
When openings for software testing positions became available, Volt Services got me in (since Microsoft hires thru tech agencies except for management positions) and work as a software tester for the company in a 60-day contract. Since it was an in-house project, I got to work with some of the best people in the IT department, SMS services. Although I never got the chance to work full time with the company, it was rather one of the best experiences I ever had.
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| Microsoft ranks #51 |
But what exactly make companies as best places to work? Honestly, these companies offer the same standard benefits that you could get from a typical company. Nothing extraordinary. None of them offer free travel to the moon although some did space travel just for fun but not as an incentive. But, what made them separate among the rest is their willingness to go above, with respect to work ethic, company philosophy, corporate culture, and to set new and better standard in work environment.
When you hear companies that offer unlimited sick leave, or a Fortune 500 company that never had a layoff of its employees in its 94-year history, or a 60,000 sq/ft. FREE fitness center for its employees, or companies that pay 90% coverage of health insurance premium, then you begin to admire them in superlatives, and ask, which company?
So, without further ado, here's the list. From the table below, the first column ranks the companies being selected as Top 10 Best companies to work for in 2010 due to their excellent company benefits package, and great work environment. Fortune 500/CNN produced this list. The second column ranks the companies being rated as Best Places to Work for in 2010 based on employees' reviews AND how they rate their CEO's. The third column was last year's Top 10. Both second and third columns data are provided by Glassdoor.com
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| DreamWorks Animation ranks #6 |
CNN/Fortune 500 Glassdoor 2010 Glassdoor 2009
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#1 SAS Southwest Airlines General Mills
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#2 Edward Jones General Mills Bain and Company
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#3 Wegmans Slalom Consulting Netflix
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#4 Google Bain and Company Adobe
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#5 Nugget Market McKinsey and Company Northwestern Mutual
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#6 DreamWorks Animation MITRE WholeFoods
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#7 NetApp Boston Consulting Google
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#8 Boston Consulting Group Continental Airlines SAP
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#9 Qualcomm Procter and Gamble Continental Airlines
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#10 Camden Property Trust Juniper Networks NetApp
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Here are the complete lists:
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