Career growth is an important factor that job seekers tend to prioritize when making their next move. Entry-level workers are looking to build a solid foundation while those in their mid-career look to find jobs where they can gain expertise or add more skills to their resume. When employees believe their employers care about their growth and provide avenues to help them reach their goals, they become more engaged and willing to give more to their jobs.
Comparably’s annual Best Companies for Professional Development 2020 represents the highest-ranked companies for professional development from employees who anonymously rated their career growth opportunities. The ranked list is segmented into: Top 50 large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 small/mid-size companies (less than 500 employees).
To determine the list, Comparably analyzed anonymous survey feedback from employees working across 60,000 U.S. companies large and small. The ranking is based on sentiment ratings on the opportunities to learn and grow inside organizations. The list is segmented by Top 50 large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 50 small/mid-size businesses (less than 500 employees).
Top-Rated Large Companies for Professional Development
1. GitLab (San Francisco, CA)
2. Apple (Cupertino, CA)
3. LexisNexis (New York, NY)
4. Microsoft (Redmond, WA)
5. Insight Global (Atlanta, GA)
6. Sage (Atlanta, GA)
7. HubSpot (Cambridge, MA)
8. Zoom Video Communications (San Jose, CA)
9. Bell (Fort Worth, TX)
10. Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
11. Workfront (Lehi, UT)
12. Northside Hospital (Atlanta, GA)
13. Loanpal (Roseville, CA)
14. Concentrix (Fremont, CA)
15. Qualtrics (Provo, UT)
16. Google (Mountain View, CA)
17. LinkedIn (Sunnyvale, CA)
18. RingCentral (Belmont, CA)
19. ManTech (Herndon, VA)
20. Deloitte (US) (New York, NY)
21. TTEC (Englewood, CO)
22. Outreach (Seattle, WA)
23. BambooHR (BambooHR)
24. Vector Marketing (Oelan, NY)
25. Smile Brands (Irvine, CA)
26. Anritsu (Morgan Hill, CA)
27. Dell Technologies (Round Rock, TX)
28. Phenom (Ambler, PA)
29. Egnyte (Mountain View, CA)
30. ADP (Roseland, NJ)
31. Nordic Consulting Partners (Madison, WI)
32. JPMorgan Chase & Co (New York, NY)
33. UiPath (New York, NY)
34. Amazon (Seattle, WA)
35. Verizon (Basking Ridge, NJ)
36. Cherwell Software (Colorado Springs, CO)
37. Chipotle (Newport Beach, CA)
38. Confluent (Mountain View, CA)
39. LogMeIn (Boston, MA)
40. Stanley Black & Decker (New Britain, CT)
41. Genesis10 (New York, NY)
42. Malouf (Logan, UT)
43. Dynatrace (Waltham, MA)
44. Realtor.com (Santa Clara, CA)
45. Comcast (Philadelphia, PA)
46. KeepTruckin (San Francisco, CA)
47. Fuze (Boston, MA)
48. Instacart (San Francisco, CA)
49. GoDaddy (Scottsdale, AZ)
50. goPuff (Philadelphia, PA)
Top-Rated Small/Midsize Companies for Professional Development
1. Salsify (Boston, MA)
2. GoSite (San Diego, CA)
3. Verisys Corporation (Alexandria, VA)
4. Contentstack (San Francisco, CA)
5. EQRx (Cambridge, MA)
6. Fuel Cycle (Los Angeles, CA)
7. Newsela (New York, NY)
8. Assurance (Bellevue, WA)
9. Branch (Redwood City, CA)
10. TaxJar (Woburn, MA)
11. Blend (San Francisco, CA)
12. Osmosis (Salt Lake City, UT))
13. InvestCloud (West Hollywood, CA)
14. Phaidon International (New York, NY)
15. AdTheorent (New York, NY)
16. Globality (Menlo Park, CA)
17, NEXT Trucking (El Segundo, CA)
18. Buy Box Experts (Lindon, UT)
19. Quick Base (Cambridge, MA)
20. Snapdocs (San Francisco, CA)
21. RFPIO (Beaverton, OR)
22. Snyk (Boston, MA)
23. Zevia (Los Angeles, CA)
24. PACE Staffing Network (Bellevue, WA)
25. Other World Computing (Woodstock, IL)
26. TeamDynamix (Columbus, OH)
27. Drift (Boston, MA)
28. ClearSale (Miami, FL)
29. Tophatter (San Francisco, CA)
30. AXIOS (Alrington, VA)
31. ArbiterSports (Sandy, UT)
32. Nylas (San Francisco, CA)
33. ThomasARTS (Farmington, UT)
34. Karyopharm Therapeutics (Newton, MA)
35. EdCast (Mountain View, CA))
36. Checkr (San Francisco, CA)
37. SmartBug Media (Newport Beach, CA)
38. Seaman Corporation (Wooster, OH)
39. CultureIQ (New York, NY)
40. Lulu Press (Raleigh, NC)
41. Events.com (La Jolla, CA)
42. Pendo (Raleigh, NC)
43. Flowhub (Denver, CO)
44. HopSkipDrive (Los Angeles, CA)
45. AODocs (Atlanta, GA)
46. Wondery (West Hollywood, CA)
47, HomeX (Chicago, IL)
48. StackCommerce (Venice, CA)
49. Next Caller (New York, NY)
50. Theorem (Encino, CA)
Methodology
- Comparably’s Best Companies for Professional Development 2020 list is derived from employees who anonymously rated their companies on Comparably.com over a 12-month period (June 30, 2019 through June 30, 2020). The final data set was compiled from 10 million ratings across 60,000 U.S. companies large and small.
- Final rankings were determined based on the most positive sentiment ratings from employees regarding their professional development opportunities, along with the company’s overall workplace culture score (based on 20 different workplace categories). Questions included:
- Are you challenged at work?
- How often do you get valuable feedback on how to improve at work?
- Do you have a mentor at work?
- How often to you receive valuable feedback from your manager?
- Does your current company provide meaningful opportunities for career advancement?
- To qualify, Large companies (more than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 75 employee participants and Small/Mid-Size companies (fewer than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 25 employee participants. Additional weight was given to companies with more participation from their employee base, relative to their company size, for statistical significance.
- There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required.
About Comparably
Comparably is a workplace culture and compensation monitoring site with a mission to provide more transparent and rewarding workplaces. Employees can access salary data and rate their companies, CEOs, and work experiences through the lens of specific demographics including gender, ethnicity, age, tenure, industry, location, and education. With10 million ratings from employees at over 60,000 U.S. companies, Comparably has become one of the most used SaaS solutions for employer branding and trusted third party sites for salary and workplace culture data. For more information on Comparably, go to www.comparably.com. For highly-cited workplace culture and compensation studies, including Comparably’s annual Workplace Culture Awards, log onto www.comparably.com/blog.
