Fortune Magazine has just released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For and four Businesses with St. Louis ties are on it. Financial Services firm Edward Jones ranked the highest at #5. Scottrade, another financial firm, took the 31st spot. Build-A-Bear Workshop came in at #62 and World Wide Technology ranked #50 on the list.
Rank: 1 Google (Previous rank: 4)What makes it so great? Everything was up at Google last year -- revenue, profits, share price, paid search clicks, hiring -- and so, too, was employee love; the search giant climbed three slots in our ranking to reclaim the top spot.
The reason? Employees rave about their mission, the culture, and the famous perks of the Plex: bocce courts, a bowling alley, eyebrow shaping (for a fee) in the New York office. Then there's the food: some 25 cafe companywide, all gratis.
Wrote one Googler: "Employees are never more than 150 feet away from a well-stocked pantry."
Headquarters: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 940432010
Revenue ($ millions): 29,321 Website: www.google.com |
