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Best Places to Work 2009

Employees' Choice Awards

Glassdoor is excited to announce our first Employees' Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work. The top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best – their employees.

2009

Top 50 Winners

1

I'm proud to work for GMI!

They are good community partners, they genuinely care about diversity, and they are well respected as a company. They are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for and their pay/benefits are competitive…

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2

Bain & Co is a terrific place

Bain and Company balances a high performance environment with a great culture. The…

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3

Netflix

4.4

An extraordinary environment creates an exciting work experience.

Netflix is willing to move quickly and make…

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4

Adobe

4.3

Great place to work with a true mission

There is a lot of pride in what we do at Adobe; we help people create great stuff and do…

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6

Excellent work environment, far above retail standards

Excellent benefits; an excellent work environment…

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7

Google

4.1

Google Rocks!

Great people. Great food. Total innovation! I love working at a company that has so many…

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8

SAP

4.1
9

Continental - Leave work happy!

The culture! I've never had such a warm welcome to a company. Walking through the…

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10

NetApp

4.0

Great place to work as a company

Fantastic place to work based on work vs. family life balance. Executive management…

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11

Intuit

4.0

The most phenomenal company in the country to work for, hands down.

Intuit is the best company I've ever worked for…

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FactSet

3.9

Excellent Company

FactSet provides excellent opportunities…to move up both in title and in compensation. If…

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14

A wonderful place to work

The people are the best you will work with - smart, committed, and nice. You can be…

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15

A company unparalleled...

P&G truly values it's employees, their families, and their work/life balance. The company…

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16

Caterpillar - world leader that is highly ethical and values people.

Caterpillar is a global leader in its industry…

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17

Genentech

3.8

Genentech!! A great place to work if you've got what it takes

A lot of employee centric benefits, along with…

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18

If you are willing to work HARD... the rewards will follow!

I love working with people my age…the work…

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20

Overall a great place to work

Great people who are motivated and intelligent. It's definitely a place where your…

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22

NIKE

3.8

Great place to work and play

The people we work with are just amazingly talented and smart. Good common sense hard…

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23

Great place to work if you're willing to work

The people set E&Y apart from the competition; I…

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24

MITRE

3.8

A unique public-service mission, ideal for talented technical…

MITRE's…makes one feel proud to work for the…

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25

Chevron

3.8

Good place to work with lots of opportunities

The best reason to work at Chevron are all the…

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26

Driven to excellence

Some of the smartest people you will ever work with, who are all driven to excellence…

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27

Nordstrom

3.8

Amazing Place to work!!!!

Amazing clothes, great benefits, good work life balance, great pay for students who go to…

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28

Great company, competitive salary and outstanding benefits.

Great products and competitive salaries with a…

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29

If you want a challenge and be rewarded for it this job is for you.

There are many reasons to work at Schlumberger…

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32

Novell

3.7

Good small Billion dollar company

Good company that understands where it has been and has a plan to get to where it needs…

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33

PwC

3.7

PwC = best place to work

PwC treats every employee as part of the PwC family. They know how to appeal to every…

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36

USAA

3.6

USAA - noble mission with fantastic senior leadership.

Fantastic mission - the customers (members) we…

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37

EMC

3.6

Great place to work!

The staff you work with is by far some of the most talented and driven people I have ever…

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38

Capital One is a great place to work for people that love what they do!

…Capital One offers a chance to work on really…

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39

Qualcomm

3.6

Where the sun shines.

Diversity…There are many diverse job opportunities…Qualcomm goes to great lengths to keep…

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40

MetLife

3.6

Big company with big goals, great opportunities, great benefits

Multiple training systems including webinars via…

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43

US Army

3.6

If you are looking for a good work-life balance and great job…

The US Army provides a great culture and value…

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44

Deloitte

3.5

Great place to be

As someone who has been with Deloitte for over 13 years, I have to say the best thing…

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45

Great strong bank that cares for it's team members

Extremely conscious of balancing work and life…

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46

Best Buy

3.5

Great people, great fun, and great leaders!

…a job with a great discount or career…

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47

My best career move thus far

…senior management listens to us and provides the tools we need to succeed. I'm…

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49

FedEx

3.5
50

Paychex

3.5

Great company, Highly recommended.

Great company with no micro-management…Reps are given the autonomy to make business…

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Employee Ratings Scale: 4.01–5.0 = “Very Satisfied”   3.51–4.0 = “Satisfied”
Note: All ratings are as of December 15, 2008
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How the Top 50 Were Selected

The Top 50 were selected from more than 11,000 companies reviewed by the nearly 75,000 employees who completed a 20-question survey on Glassdoor in 2008. To be eligible for the list, a company must have had at least all of the following as of December 15, 2008:

  • 25 reviews from United States-based employees,
  • "satisfied" ratings overall and across all categories, and
  • a CEO with at least a 50% approval rating.

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