Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For 2010

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1. SAS
Rank: 1 (Previous rank: 20)
What makes it so great?
One of the Best Companies for all 13 years, SAS boasts a laundry list of benefits -- high-quality child care at $410 a month, 90% coverage of the health insurance premium, unlimited sick days, a medical center staffed by four physicians and 10 nurse practitioners (at no cost to employees), a free 66,000-square-foot fitness center and natatorium, a lending library, and a summer camp for children.
The architect of this culture -- based on "trust between our employees and the company" -- is Jim Goodnight, its co-founder, and the only CEO that SAS has had in its 34-year history.
Some might think that with all those perks, Goodnight was giving away the store. Not so. SAS is highly profitable and ranks as the world's largest privately owned software company. Turnover is the industry's lowest at 2%.
Headquarters: 100 SAS Campus Dr. Cary, NC 27513
2008 revenue ($ millions): 2,300**
Website: www.sas.com

2. Edward Jones
Rank: 2 (Previous rank: 2)
What makes it so great?
The investment adviser weathered the recession without closing one of its 12,615 offices or laying off a single employee (the British division was sold in October). Salaries were frozen, but profit sharing continued.
Headquarters: 12555 Manchester Road St. Louis, MO 63131
2008 revenue ($ millions): 3,859
Website: www.edwardjones.com

3. Wegmans Food Markets
Rank: 3 (Previous rank: 5)
What makes it so great?
Rated one of the best groceries in the nation, and a former No. 1 on our list (in 2005), Wegmans has never had a layoff in its 94-year history. More than 4,000 employees, 11% of the workforce, have been here more than 15 years.
Headquarters: 1500 Brooks Ave Rochester, NY 14603
2008 revenue ($ millions): 4,807
Website: www.wegmans.com

4. Google
Rank: 4 (Previous rank: 4)
What makes it so great?
The search engine king is hiring again: Google plans to add thousands of employees to its payroll in 2010. Though a few perks have been cut in recent years, Google engineers still get to devote 20% of their time to projects of their choosing.
Headquarters: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043
2008 revenue ($ millions): 21,795
Website: www.google.com

5. Nugget Market
Rank: 5 (Previous rank: 10)
What makes it so great?
The tough economy prompted the supermarket chain to help associates by giving them cards good for 10% discounts on $500 of groceries every month. At one employee-appreciation event, the executive team surprised everyone by washing the cars of all associates.
Headquarters: 168 Court St. Woodland, CA 95695
2008 revenue ($ millions): 287
Website: www.nuggetmarket.com

6. DreamWorks Animation SKG
Rank: 6 (Previous rank: 47)
What makes it so great?
Animators love the culture of collaboration and openness. Studio has upped releases from two a year to five every two years. Coming in 2010: How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, and Megamind.
Headquarters: 1000 Flower Street Glendale, CA 91201
2008 revenue ($ millions): 650
Website: www.dreamworksanimation.com

7. NetApp
Rank: 7 (Previous rank: 1)
What makes it so great?
Execs increased efforts to take care of employees during a tough year, including an employee stock-option exchange and updates to incentive compensation.
Following a restructuring that led to a 5% reduction in the global workforce, severance terms were generous and top execs visited 26 offices in 13 countries to brief employees on the changes.
Headquarters: 495 East Java Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94089
2008 revenue ($ millions): 3,535
Website: www.netapp.com

Rank	Company	Job growth	U.S. employees
1	SAS	2%	5,487
2	Edward Jones	8%	37,079
3	Wegmans Food Markets	0%	36,770
4	Google	N.A.%	N.A.
5	Nugget Market	-16%	1,342
6	DreamWorks Animation SKG	13%	1,825
7	NetApp	0%	5,033
8	Boston Consulting Group	3%	1,737
9	Qualcomm	3%	12,255
10	Camden Property Trust	-6%	1,743
11	Robert W. Baird & Co.	6%	2,286
12	Bingham McCutchen	-7%	1,859
13	W. L. Gore & Associates	5%	5,764
14	Recreational Equipment	-6%	8,640
15	Zappos.com	-21%	1,300
16	Cisco	0%	37,276
17	Methodist Hospital System	6%	11,145
18	Whole Foods Market	-9%	47,478
19	Genentech	2%	11,146
20	Devon Energy	4%	3,912
21	NuStar Energy	4%	1,375
22	Johnson Financial Group	1%	1,316
23	Umpqua Bank	8%	1,836
24	Goldman Sachs Group	-13%	12,243
25	Novo Nordisk	10%	3,360
26	CHG Healthcare Services	-12%	1,142
27	Scottrade	22%	2,409
28	JM Family Enterprises	-18%	3,772
29	Quicken Loans	0%	2,893
30	Alston & Bird	7%	1,842
31	PCL Construction Enterprises	-10%	3,970
32	Baptist Health South Florida	11%	11,729
33	Shared Technologies	-21%	1,243
34	Chesapeake Energy	20%	7,720
35	American Fidelity Assurance Co.	-1%	1,502
36	Container Store	-9%	3,233
37	Aflac	-3%	4,353
38	Scooter Store	51%	2,173
39	TDIndustries	7%	1,588
40	Scripps Health	15%	11,444
41	QuikTrip	5%	10,311
42	Adobe Systems	-4%	4,065
43	Salesforce.com	21%	2,361
44	Ernst & Young	-4%	24,815
45	USAA	-1%	21,999
46	OhioHealth	3%	12,128
47	J. M. Smucker	44%	4,521
48	FactSet Research Systems	9%	1,322
49	Mercedes-Benz USA	0%	1,612
50	King's Daughters Medical Center	7%	3,263
51	Microsoft	2%	54,923
52	Booz Allen Hamilton	13%	21,303
53	Nordstrom	-8%	45,853
54	Paychex	2%	12,456
55	Mayo Clinic	0%	41,839
56	CarMax	-16%	13,030
57	DPR Construction	-2%	1,142
58	Four Seasons Hotels	-9%	12,345
59	Monsanto	5%	10,772
60	Indiana Regional Medical Center	3%	1,200
61	Brocade Communications Systems	39%	2,873
62	Kimley-Horn	-19%	1,808
63	Southern Ohio Medical Center	8%	2,286
64	Stew Leonard's	-6%	2,037
65	Arnold & Porter	1%	1,295
66	Plante & Moran	1%	1,547
67	EOG Resources	-4%	1,725
68	Men's Wearhouse	-9%	14,764
69	MITRE	2%	6,572
70	Deloitte	1%	39,065
71	PricewaterhouseCoopers	1%	29,387
72	McCormick and Company	2%	2,799
73	American Express	-10%	27,265
74	Children's Healthcare of Atlanta	13%	6,536
75	Perkins Coie	-3%	1,680
76	Balfour Beatty Construction	-12%	1,514
77	Baker Donelson	-1%	1,127
78	Mattel	-9%	5,293
79	Meridian Health	12%	7,099
80	Build-A-Bear Workshop	-14%	4,588
81	Atlantic Health	2%	7,114
82	Marriott International	-10%	110,091
83	S. C. Johnson & Son	0%	3,343
84	Accenture	-7%	30,000
85	Arkansas Children's Hospital	8%	3,733
86	Publix Super Markets	2%	139,578
87	National Instruments	2%	2,568
88	KPMG	-7%	20,972
89	Bright Horizons	0%	14,497
90	General Mills	-2%	16,681
91	FedEx	-4%	218,770
92	Gilbane	-11%	1,934
93	Starbucks Coffee	-27%	116,357
94	Intuit	-7%	6,710
95	Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	-8%	1,481
96	LifeBridge Health	5%	6,350
97	Herman Miller	-8%	5,186
98	Intel	0%	43,905
99	Winchester Hospital	4%	2,027
100	Colgate-Palmolive	2%	5,366