The 50 Best Places To Work In 2012

It’s that time of year again: Glassdoor has released its list of 50 best places to work in 2012! The list, “Best Places to Work — Employees’ Choice” is the fourth annual employee’s choice awards for best companies to work for. Below, see the companies and corresponding ratings.

1. Bain & Company: 4.7
2. McKinsey & Company: 4.3
3. Facebook: 4.3
4. MITRE: 4.1
5. Google: 4.0 
6. CareerBuilder: 4.0
7. Slalom Consulting: 4.0
8. REI: 4.0
9. Trader Joe’s: 4.0
10. Apple: 3.9
11. General Mills: 3.9
12. Rackspace: 3.9
13. Salesforce.com: 3.9
14. United Space Alliance: 3.9
15. Dow Chemical: 3.9
16. Chevron: 3.8
17. Southwest Airlines: 3.8
18. National Instruments: 3.8
19. Wayfair: 3.8
20. Citrix Systems: 3.8
21. QUALCOMM: 3.8
22. SAP America: 3.8
23. Costco Wholesale: 3.8
24. J. Crew: 3.8
25. Procter & Gamble: 3.7
26. Fluor: 3.7
27. Reachlocal: 3.7
28. Johnson & Johnson: 3.7
29. Monsanto Company: 3.7
30. NetApp: 3.7
31. Morningstar: 3.6
32. Intel Corporation: 3.6
33. Disney Parks & Resorts: 3.6
34. Starbucks: 3.6
35. NIKE: 3.6
36. Cleveland Clinic: 3.6
37. Coach: 3.6
38.  Ernst & Young: 3.6
39. Sephora USA: 3.6
40. Groupon: 3.6
41. Goldman Sachs: 3.6
42. Intuit: 3.6
43. Accenture: 3.6
44. Nordstrom: 3.6
45. PricewaterhouseCoopers: 3.6
46. Eli Lilly: 3.6
47. MTV Networks: 3.6
48. Scottrade: 3.5
49. NVIDIA: 3.5
50. FedEx: 3.5

What makes a good workplace? A recent article, 4 Factors That Influence Employees’ Views Of Their Workplace, says that education, age, gender and geographic location are important to employees. Also, employees like feedback — see How To Communicate Appreciation To Employees, — and motivation — see Study Reveals The Secret For Motivating Workers.

by KATE D'AMICO on JANUARY 10, 2012