timbaly
5th January 2004, 23:59
I know it's a bit bunched, but it's not too hard to read.
source (http://www.fortune.com/fortune/bestcompanies/subs/2004/fulllist)
How they ae picked -
The most important factor in selecting companies for this list is what employees themselves have to say about their workplaces. Some 46,526 randomly selected employees from 304 candidate companies filled out an employee-opinion survey (the Great Place to Work Trust Index, an instrument created by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco). Nearly half of them also gave us written comments about their workplaces. Each candidate company also filled out a questionnaire detailing its people policies, practices, and philosophies. We evaluated each company on both the employee surveys and the company questionnaires, with the employees' opinions accounting for two-thirds of the total score
Rank - Company Job Growth* - U.S. Employees
1 J.M. Smucker Moderate 2,585
2 Alston & Bird Moderate 1,450
3 Container Store Moderate 1,832
4 Edward Jones Moderate 27,092
5 Republic Bancorp Moderate 1,360
6 Adobe Systems Negative 2,368
7 TDIndustries Negative 1,393
8 SAS Institute Moderate 4,927
9 Wegmans Food Markets Moderate 28,561
10 Xilinx Moderate 2,037
11 CDW Moderate 3,694
12 W.L.Gore & Associates Moderate 4,012
13 Quicken Loans High 1,669
14 Third Federal S&L Moderate 1,065
15 Genentech Moderate 6,110
16 Milliken Negative 10,000
17 Vision Service Plan Negative 2,072
18 Plante & Moran Negative 1,167
19 JM Family Enterprises Negative 3,232
20 Synovus Moderate 11,822
21 Bronson Healthcare Moderate 2,902
22 Pella Moderate 7,412
23 S.C. Johnson & Son Negative 3,381
24 REI Moderate 6,346
25 Microsoft Moderate 36,665
26 Griffin Hospital Moderate 1,193
27 Sterling Bank Negative 1,140
28 Cisco Systems Negative 24,622
29 SEI Investments Zero 1,651
30 Stew Leonard's Moderate 1,794
31 American Fidelity Assurance High 1,333
32 Valero Energy Negative 17,033
33 Amgen High 9,263
34 Starbucks High 60,447
35 Mayo Clinic Moderate 37,151
36 American Express Negative 43,477
37 VHA Negative 1,389
38 Mitre Moderate 4,997
39 HomeBanc Mortgage High 1,091
40 SRA International High 2,545
41 Goldman Sachs Group Negative 11,610
42 Arnold & Porter Moderate 1,473
43 Baptist Health Care Zero 4,151
44 Hot Topic Moderate 5,471
45 American Cast Iron Pipe Negative 2,426
46 Intel Negative 49,015
47 Whole Foods Market High 25,052
48 Network Appliance Negative 1,791
49 Monsanto Negative 6,824
50 Timberland Negative 2,116
51 Baptist Health South Florida Moderate 9,093
52 Fannie Mae Moderate 5,011
53 QuikTrip Moderate 6,462
54 Memorial Health High 3,668
55 Qualcomm Moderate 5,382
56 First Tennessee High 11,781
57 AFLAC High 3,726
58 Scooter Store High 1,361
59 Alcon Laboratories Moderate 6,026
60 St. Luke's Episcopal Health Moderate 6,805
61 Nvidia High 1,531
62 Continental Airlines Negative 36,283
63 National Instruments Moderate 2,020
64 General Mills Negative 19,602
65 ARUP Laboratories High 1,555
66 Four Seasons Hotels Zero 11,982
67 American Century Investments Negative 1,871
68 Valassis High 1,625
69 Eli Lilly Moderate 22,130
70 Merck Negative 33,071
71 Arbitron Zero 1,113
72 Intl. Business Machines Negative 140,859
73 Robert W. Baird Negative 2,187
74 Medtronic Moderate 18,820
75 Ukrop's Super Markets Negative 5,500
76 Barton Protective Svcs. Moderate 12,526
77 Duncan Aviation Negative 1,754
78 Intuit Negative 6,064
79 Harley-Davidson Moderate 8,180
80 Bright Horizons Moderate 12,368
81 Procter & Gamble Negative 37,491
82 MBNA Negative 21,838
83 Northwestern Mutual Moderate 4,382
84 Marriott International Negative 105,663
85 A.G. Edwards Negative 16,482
86 Men's Wearhouse Moderate 7,249
87 Perkins Coie Negative 1,424
88 Hyperion Solutions High 1,752
89 AstraZeneca Negative 11,940
90 Granite Construction Moderate 4,110
91 Texas Instruments Negative 17,087
92 Washington Mutual High 60,757
93 Paychex High 8,855
94 International Data Group Negative 1,585
95 Principal Financial Negative 13,402
96 FedEx Zero 175,592
97 Ernst & Young Zero 23,399
98 Publix Negative 121,534
99 Nordstrom Zero 40,319
100 Simmons Moderate 2,948
Footnote: Job growth rating is based on percentage of new jobs created in one year. 10% and above is considered High, 0% to 10% is Moderate, 0% growth is called Zero, and Negative represents any job growth percentage below zero.
N/A: Not available.
U.S. Employees: Includes part-timers as of time of survey.
Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover: Full-time only.
Average annual pay: Yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of professional or technical employees and production or service employees. Data from summer 2003.
2002 revenues: or latest fiscal year.
From the January 12, 2004 Issue
source (http://www.fortune.com/fortune/bestcompanies/subs/2004/fulllist)
How they ae picked -
The most important factor in selecting companies for this list is what employees themselves have to say about their workplaces. Some 46,526 randomly selected employees from 304 candidate companies filled out an employee-opinion survey (the Great Place to Work Trust Index, an instrument created by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco). Nearly half of them also gave us written comments about their workplaces. Each candidate company also filled out a questionnaire detailing its people policies, practices, and philosophies. We evaluated each company on both the employee surveys and the company questionnaires, with the employees' opinions accounting for two-thirds of the total score
Rank - Company Job Growth* - U.S. Employees
1 J.M. Smucker Moderate 2,585
2 Alston & Bird Moderate 1,450
3 Container Store Moderate 1,832
4 Edward Jones Moderate 27,092
5 Republic Bancorp Moderate 1,360
6 Adobe Systems Negative 2,368
7 TDIndustries Negative 1,393
8 SAS Institute Moderate 4,927
9 Wegmans Food Markets Moderate 28,561
10 Xilinx Moderate 2,037
11 CDW Moderate 3,694
12 W.L.Gore & Associates Moderate 4,012
13 Quicken Loans High 1,669
14 Third Federal S&L Moderate 1,065
15 Genentech Moderate 6,110
16 Milliken Negative 10,000
17 Vision Service Plan Negative 2,072
18 Plante & Moran Negative 1,167
19 JM Family Enterprises Negative 3,232
20 Synovus Moderate 11,822
21 Bronson Healthcare Moderate 2,902
22 Pella Moderate 7,412
23 S.C. Johnson & Son Negative 3,381
24 REI Moderate 6,346
25 Microsoft Moderate 36,665
26 Griffin Hospital Moderate 1,193
27 Sterling Bank Negative 1,140
28 Cisco Systems Negative 24,622
29 SEI Investments Zero 1,651
30 Stew Leonard's Moderate 1,794
31 American Fidelity Assurance High 1,333
32 Valero Energy Negative 17,033
33 Amgen High 9,263
34 Starbucks High 60,447
35 Mayo Clinic Moderate 37,151
36 American Express Negative 43,477
37 VHA Negative 1,389
38 Mitre Moderate 4,997
39 HomeBanc Mortgage High 1,091
40 SRA International High 2,545
41 Goldman Sachs Group Negative 11,610
42 Arnold & Porter Moderate 1,473
43 Baptist Health Care Zero 4,151
44 Hot Topic Moderate 5,471
45 American Cast Iron Pipe Negative 2,426
46 Intel Negative 49,015
47 Whole Foods Market High 25,052
48 Network Appliance Negative 1,791
49 Monsanto Negative 6,824
50 Timberland Negative 2,116
51 Baptist Health South Florida Moderate 9,093
52 Fannie Mae Moderate 5,011
53 QuikTrip Moderate 6,462
54 Memorial Health High 3,668
55 Qualcomm Moderate 5,382
56 First Tennessee High 11,781
57 AFLAC High 3,726
58 Scooter Store High 1,361
59 Alcon Laboratories Moderate 6,026
60 St. Luke's Episcopal Health Moderate 6,805
61 Nvidia High 1,531
62 Continental Airlines Negative 36,283
63 National Instruments Moderate 2,020
64 General Mills Negative 19,602
65 ARUP Laboratories High 1,555
66 Four Seasons Hotels Zero 11,982
67 American Century Investments Negative 1,871
68 Valassis High 1,625
69 Eli Lilly Moderate 22,130
70 Merck Negative 33,071
71 Arbitron Zero 1,113
72 Intl. Business Machines Negative 140,859
73 Robert W. Baird Negative 2,187
74 Medtronic Moderate 18,820
75 Ukrop's Super Markets Negative 5,500
76 Barton Protective Svcs. Moderate 12,526
77 Duncan Aviation Negative 1,754
78 Intuit Negative 6,064
79 Harley-Davidson Moderate 8,180
80 Bright Horizons Moderate 12,368
81 Procter & Gamble Negative 37,491
82 MBNA Negative 21,838
83 Northwestern Mutual Moderate 4,382
84 Marriott International Negative 105,663
85 A.G. Edwards Negative 16,482
86 Men's Wearhouse Moderate 7,249
87 Perkins Coie Negative 1,424
88 Hyperion Solutions High 1,752
89 AstraZeneca Negative 11,940
90 Granite Construction Moderate 4,110
91 Texas Instruments Negative 17,087
92 Washington Mutual High 60,757
93 Paychex High 8,855
94 International Data Group Negative 1,585
95 Principal Financial Negative 13,402
96 FedEx Zero 175,592
97 Ernst & Young Zero 23,399
98 Publix Negative 121,534
99 Nordstrom Zero 40,319
100 Simmons Moderate 2,948
Footnote: Job growth rating is based on percentage of new jobs created in one year. 10% and above is considered High, 0% to 10% is Moderate, 0% growth is called Zero, and Negative represents any job growth percentage below zero.
N/A: Not available.
U.S. Employees: Includes part-timers as of time of survey.
Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover: Full-time only.
Average annual pay: Yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of professional or technical employees and production or service employees. Data from summer 2003.
2002 revenues: or latest fiscal year.
From the January 12, 2004 Issue