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Best Places to Work 2009 in Seattle

Glassdoor.com is excited to announce our first annual Employees' Choice Awards for Best Places to Work. Our Top 50 winners were selected by the people who know these companies best — their employees! Learn More

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Company Rating:

4.3

Employees are "Very Satisfied"

CEO Rating:

Shantanu Narayen

82% Approve

An Adobe Director said:

“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 their work with less hassle… – Full Review

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Company Rating:

4.1

Employees are "Very Satisfied"

CEO Rating:

Eric E. Schmidt

89% Approve

A Google Product Manager said:

“Google Rocks!”

Great people. Great food. Total innovation! I love working at a company that has so many cool projects. A true… – Full Review

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Nordstrom – Seattle – “Corporate headquarters and flagship store for…”

Company Rating:

3.8

Employees are "Satisfied"

CEO Rating:

Blake W. Nordstrom

75% Approve

A Nordstrom Sales Associate said:

“Amazing Place to work!!!!”

Amazing clothes, great benefits, good work life balance, great pay for students who go to college. Friendly work… – Full Review

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Company Rating:

3.5

Employees are "Satisfied"

CEO Rating:

Jon Judge

59% Approve

A Paychex Sales Representative said:

“Great company, Highly recommended.”

Great company with no micro-management…Reps are given the autonomy to make business decisions and create mutually… – Full Review

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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: