In order to determine America’s best employers, 24/7 Wall St. independently reviewed employee ratings from Glassdoor.com. With more than 200 companies reviewed, 24/7 Wall St. identified the 54 businesses that received the highest overall scores. Employee satisfaction is measured by Glassdoor.com on a scale of 1.0 through 5.0, where 1.0 is very dissatisfied and 5.0 is very satisfied. To be considered, a company had to have at least 1,000 reviews, with an average of 3.6 or higher.
Even though the moral may be positive at these companies, this seems to be independent of the revenues. Many of the 54 best companies to work for reported revenue declines. T-Mobile, (Ranked 21) recorded a net loss of $7.3 billion in its fiscal 2012, and made less than $250 million in profits in the two years before.
Not surprisingly, satisfied employees also tend to approve of their CEOs. Among the 54 best companies to work for, 34 have CEOs with an approval rating of 90% or higher. In fact, only three CEOs have an approval rating below 80%. For comparison, the average CEO approval rating on Glassdoor.com was 68%.
Here are the top ten companies to work for in America ranked by 24/7 Wall Street:
10 – Chick-fil-A
– Glassdoor rating: 3.9
– Number of reviews: 1,300
– CEO approval rating: 94% (Dan T. Cathy)
– Employees: > 1,000
– Industry: Fast food
– Revenue: $5.8 billion
9 – Nike
– Glassdoor rating: 4.0
– Number of reviews: 1,300
– CEO approval rating: 96% (Mark G. Parker)
– Employees: 62,600
– Industry: Apparel footwear & accessories
– Revenue: $30.6 billion
8 – Apple
– Glassdoor rating: 4.0
– Number of reviews: 5,400
– CEO approval rating: 95% (Tim Cook)
– Employees: 97,000
– Industry: Electronic equipment
– Revenue: $182.8 billion
7 – Adobe Systems
– Glassdoor rating: 4.1
– Number of reviews: 1,400
– CEO approval rating: 90% (Shantanu Narayen)
– Employees: 12,499
– Industry: Application software
– Revenue: $4.1 billion
6 – Expedia
– Glassdoor rating: 4.1
– Number of reviews: 1,300
– CEO approval rating: 97% (Dara Khosrowshahi)
– Employees: 18,210
– Industry: Travel
– Revenue: $5.8 billion
5 – McKinsey and Company
– Glassdoor rating: 4.2
– Number of reviews: 1,300
– CEO approval rating: 97% (Dominic Barton)
– Employees: 17,000
– Industry: Business services & supplies
– Revenue: $8.0 billion
4 – Google
– Glassdoor rating: 4.4
– Number of reviews: 3,800
– CEO approval rating: 96% (Larry Page)
– Employees: 53,600
– Industry: Internet information providers
– Revenue: $66.0 billion
3 – Insight Global
– Glassdoor rating: 4.5
– Number of reviews: 2,600
– CEO approval rating: 95% (Glenn Johnson)
– Employees: 11,561
– Industry: Staffing
– Revenue: $918.4 million
2 – LinkedIn
– Glassdoor rating: 4.5
– Number of reviews: 1,100
– CEO approval rating: 99% (Jeff Weiner)
– Employees: 6,900
– Industry: Internet information providers
– Revenue: $2.2 billion
1 – Facebook
– Glassdoor rating: 4.5
– Number of reviews: 1,100
– CEO approval rating: 94% (Mark Zuckerberg)
– Employees: 10,082
– Industry: Internet information providers
– Revenue: $12.5 billion
Other tech based companies from the list of the top 54 are shown below:
11 – Sales Force
– Glassdoor rating: 3.9
14 – Intel Corporation
– Glassdoor rating: 3.9
17 – Intuit
– Glassdoor rating: 3.8
18 – Microsoft
– Glassdoor rating: 3.8
20 – SAP
– Glassdoor rating: 3.8
21 – T-Mobile
– Glassdoor rating: 3.8
26 – Texas Instruments
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
32 – EMC
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
33 – General Electric
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
37 – Cisco Systems
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
41 – Seimens
– Glassdoor rating: 3.6
47 – Ericsson Worldwide
– Glassdoor rating: 3.6
51 – Citrix Systems
– Glassdoor rating: 3.6
Other tech companies not represented on the list due to not enough reviews or low ratings are shown below for comparison:
– Glassdoor rating: 4.2
ExxonMobile
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
Dow Chemical
– Glassdoor rating: 3.7
Lockheed Martin
– Glassdoor rating: 3.5
Boeing
– Glassdoor rating: 3.5
United Technologies
– Glassdoor rating: 3.3
Sony Electronics
– Glassdoor rating: 3.3
ASK.com
– Glassdoor rating: 3.3
GameStop
– Glassdoor rating: 3.0
The Babcock & Wilcox Company
– Glassdoor rating: 2.9
Samsung Electronics
– Glassdoor rating: 2.9
Westinghouse
– Glassdoor rating: 2.6
LG Electronics USA
– Glassdoor rating: 2.5
Below is a list of universities for reference :
University of Mount Union
– Glassdoor rating: 4.6
MIT
– Glassdoor rating: 4.2
Princeton University
– Glassdoor rating: 4.2
Vanderbilt University
– Glassdoor rating: 3.9
University of Phoenix
– Glassdoor rating: 3.0
