{"id":6069,"date":"2018-12-12T13:30:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T13:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=6069"},"modified":"2019-04-17T00:54:27","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T00:54:27","slug":"best-places-to-work-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/best-places-to-work-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Places to Work 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

What are the best companies to work for today? As 2018 comes to a close, Comparably<\/a> has published its annual Best Places to Work 2018<\/b> lists, a compilation of culture awards showcasing companies that received the highest ratings on Comparably.com throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Comparably’s mission is to make work transparent and rewarding for employees and employers. These lists are meant to highlight the leaders and businesses who are helping to drive positive culture change across companies large and small.<\/p>\n

Each list we publish seeks to recognize an important aspect of workplace culture, and the companies and business leaders who make the cut tend to have markedly higher approval ratings than their peers. For example, the leaders who appear on our Best CEOs<\/a> list this year had an average approval rating of 88% from their employees versus 70% on average.<\/p>\n

This year’s lists also highlighted companies who are raising the bar when it comes to having a culture that honors diversity and inclusion. Some examples include Sunrun being the first solar company to reach pay parity; Bumble\u2019s CEO launching a\u00a0fund to invest in female founders; and two-thirds of Aflac’s workforce being women. At General Mills, the CEO personally reviews diversity and inclusion progress quarterly and sets the tone for accountability throughout the company.<\/p>\n

The awards come at a time when businesses in nearly every sector are looking for ways to innovate and compete amid great technological change.\u00a0The people and companies featured on our lists are a way forward, raising the bar in everything from compensation and professional development to work-life balance and perks and benefits. We encourage business leaders to be inspired by the way in which these companies are navigating new business norms.<\/p>\n

See below for a look at all of the lists in our Best Places to Work 2018<\/b> series as well as a methodology for how the awards are calculated. And don’t forget to check out our Best Places to Work 2017<\/a> series as well.<\/p>\n

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Check out our full Best Places to Work 2018 series:<\/b><\/p>\n

Best Company Culture 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best CEOs 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies for Women 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies for Diversity 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best CEOs for Women 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best CEOs for Diversity 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Leadership 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Managers 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies for Professional Development 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best CEOs in Seattle 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies in Seattle 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies in Los Angeles 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best CEOs in Los Angeles 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Company Compensation 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies for Work-Life Balance 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Best Companies for Perks and Benefits 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Happiest Companies 2018<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

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Best Company Culture (Top 50 Large)<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Best<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Costco<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(Issaquah, WA)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Google<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Mountain View, CA)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0T-Mobile<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Bellevue, WA)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0HubSpot<\/a><\/b><\/span>\u00a0(Cambridge, MA)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Aflac<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Columbus, GA)<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Insight Global<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Atlanta, GA)<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0Intuit<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Mountain View, CA)<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0Salesforce<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Blizzard Entertainment<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Irvine, CA)<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Starbucks<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Seattle, WA)<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0UiPath<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0<\/b>Qualtrics<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>(Provo, UT)<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0The Home Depot<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Atlanta, GA)<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0Shipt<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Birmingham, AL)<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0Delta Air Lines<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Atlanta, GA)<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Menlo Park, CA)<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0Dynatrace<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Waltham, MA)<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0Workfront<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Lehi, UT)<\/p>\n

19.\u00a0Fanatics<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Jacksonville, FL)<\/p>\n

20.\u00a0Nextiva<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Scottsdale, AZ)<\/p>\n

21.\u00a0Nevro<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Redwood City, CA)<\/p>\n

22.\u00a0Microsoft<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Redmond, WA)<\/p>\n

23.\u00a0ADP<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Roseland, NJ)<\/p>\n

24.\u00a0Globant<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

25.\u00a0LinkedIn<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Mountain View, CA)<\/p>\n

26.\u00a0Northside Hospital<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Atlanta, GA)<\/p>\n

27.\u00a0LogMeIn<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

28.\u00a0Overstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Midvale, UT)<\/p>\n

29.\u00a0Sunrun<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

30.\u00a0TaskUs<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Santa Monica, CA)<\/p>\n

31.\u00a0Red Bull<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Santa Monica, CA)<\/p>\n

32.\u00a0Axon<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Scottsdale, AZ)<\/p>\n

33.\u00a0The Walsh Group<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Chicago, IL)<\/p>\n

34.\u00a0Golden Hippo<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Woodland Hills, CA)<\/p>\n

35.\u00a0Pegasystems<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Cambridge, MA)<\/p>\n

36.\u00a0SmileDirectClub<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Nashville, TN)<\/p>\n

37.\u00a0VMware<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Palo Alto, CA)<\/p>\n

38.\u00a0Kaiser Permanente<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Oakland, CA)<\/p>\n

39.\u00a0International Flavors & Fragrances<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

40.\u00a0Edifecs<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Bellevue, WA)<\/p>\n

41.\u00a0Adobe<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Jose, CA)<\/p>\n

42.\u00a0General Mills<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Minneapolis, MN)<\/p>\n

43.\u00a0Indeed.com<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Austin, TX)<\/p>\n

44.\u00a0Hyatt<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(Chicago, IL)<\/p>\n

45.\u00a0U.S. Bank<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Minneapolis, MN)<\/p>\n

46.\u00a0Chick-fil-A<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Atlanta, GA)<\/p>\n

47.\u00a0Liberty Mutual Insurance<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

48.\u00a0Akvelon<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(Bellevue, WA)<\/p>\n

49.\u00a0Sport Clips<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Georgetown, TX)<\/p>\n

50.\u00a0H-E-B<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(San Antonio, TX)<\/p>\n

Best Company Culture\u00a0(Top 50 Small\/Mid-Size)<\/u><\/b><\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

\"Best<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Highspot<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Seattle, WA)<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Drift<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/b>(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0SendGrid<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Denver, CO)<\/p>\n

4.\u00a0TripActions<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Palo Alto, CA)<\/p>\n

5.\u00a0Phenom People<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Ambler, PA)<\/p>\n

6.\u00a0Pipedrive<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

7.\u00a0People.ai<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

8.\u00a0<\/b>CultureIQ<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

9.\u00a0Sitetracker<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Palo Alto, CA)<\/p>\n

10.\u00a0Greenhouse Software, Inc.<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

11.\u00a0Gainsight<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Redwood City, CA)<\/p>\n

12.\u00a0Wibbitz<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

13.\u00a0Disruptive Advertising, Inc.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Lindon, UT)<\/p>\n

14.\u00a0Periscope Data<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

15.\u00a0Mobilewalla<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

16.\u00a0Eargo<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(San Jose, CA)<\/p>\n

17.\u00a0PeerStreet<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(El Segundo, CA)<\/p>\n

18.\u00a0Barry’s Bootcamp<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Los Angeles, CA)<\/p>\n

19.\u00a0Branch Metrics<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Redwood City, CA)<\/p>\n

20.\u00a0Life360<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

21.\u00a0Impact<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Santa Barbara, CA)<\/p>\n

22.\u00a0Pendo<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Raleigh, NC)<\/p>\n

23.\u00a0KRT Marketing<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Lafayette, CA)<\/p>\n

24.\u00a0Intersys Consulting<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Austin, TX)<\/p>\n

25.\u00a0Bumble<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Austin, TX)<\/p>\n

26.\u00a0Celtra, Inc.<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

27.\u00a0Sonder<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

28.\u00a0Revenue River Marketing<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Golden, CO)<\/p>\n

29.\u00a0NUXEO<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Brooklyn, NY)<\/p>\n

30.\u00a0HomeLight<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

31.\u00a0OJO Labs<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Austin, TX)<\/p>\n

32.\u00a0Acorns<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Irvine, CA)<\/p>\n

33.\u00a0SmartProcure \/ GovSpend<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Deerfield Beach, FL)<\/p>\n

34.\u00a0Cybereason<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

35.\u00a0Help Scout<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

36.\u00a0Divvy<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Lehi, UT)<\/p>\n

37.\u00a0Overtime<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

38.\u00a0Axtria<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Berkeley Heights, NJ)<\/p>\n

39.\u00a0Billtrust<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Lawrenceville, NJ)<\/p>\n

40.\u00a0Clorder<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(El Segundo, CA)<\/p>\n

41.\u00a0Avionos<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Chicago, IL)<\/p>\n

42.\u00a0Red Dot Storage<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Louisville, CO)<\/p>\n

43.\u00a0The ExecRanks<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Novato, CA)<\/p>\n

44.\u00a0Aptris<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/b>(Rockford, IL)<\/p>\n

45.\u00a0<\/b>Nylas<\/a><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>(San Francisco, CA)<\/p>\n

46.\u00a0AdTheorent<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(New York, NY)<\/p>\n

47.\u00a0AgileCraft<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Austin, TX)<\/p>\n

48.\u00a0SmartBug Media<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Newport Beach, CA)<\/p>\n

49.\u00a0Buildium<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Boston, MA)<\/p>\n

50.\u00a0Karat<\/a><\/span><\/b>\u00a0(Seattle, WA)<\/p>\n

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About the awards:<\/b><\/p>\n

There was no submission process, fee or cost associated with inclusion. To be considered, companies had to have a minimum threshold of ratings from employees who left anonymous public ratings on their company page on Comparably.com.<\/p>\n

To leave a rating, employees were encouraged to visit comparably.com\/companies<\/a>, search for their company, and click on the \u201cRate your company\u201d button.<\/p>\n

\"Screen<\/p>\n

Companies with 500+ employees need at least 50 employees to qualify and companies with less than 500 employees need at least 15 employees to qualify. However, the more employee participants the better since additional weight is given to scores at companies with more participation from their employee base.<\/p>\n

For questions regarding the awards process, reach out to contact@comparably.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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