Are You Working for a Great Company?

We might not be able to do too much these days about choosing our employers - most workers are happy just to have one - but nonetheless having a read of Fortune Magazine’s best company to work for lists is interesting. Some of the highlights from their statistics for the best 100 companies in the United States for 2009 include:

• The top 5 companies to work for: NetApp, Edward Jones, the Boston Consulting Group, Google and Wegmans Food Markets.
• Companies who pay 100% of health insurance premiums for their employees: From the top 100, just 15 companies did this, including Microsoft, SAS and the Boston Consulting Group.
• Highest paid employees: The average salary at Bingham McCutchen is over $256,000.
• Companies where employees feel they have a good work-life balance: In the top ten are SAS, MITRE, the Camden Property Trust and Mattel.
• Interesting extras: employees at Wegmans Food Markets get discounts on their groceries; at Devon Energy, they get larger 401(k) contributions; and at Vanderbilt University, employees can get scholarships for their children.
• Locations of the top 25 companies: They’re spread down both the east and west coasts of the United States, with a number in central states like Texas as well.