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Best Companies to Work For 2009
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6. Cisco Systems
Previous Rank: 6
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What Makes It So Great: CEO John Chambers is focusing on collaborative efforts to give employees more say in decision-making. With over $26 billion in cash and investments, Cisco is poised to ride out the business slowdown and has about 500 job openings, mostly across engineering disciplines and in "customer advocacy."
Headquarters: 170 West Tasman Drive
San Jose, CA 95134
2007 Revenue ($ Millions): 34,900
 Courtesy: Genentech |
7. Genentech
Previous Rank: 5
What Makes It So Great: The biotech leader continued to resist a takeover by shareholder Roche; it also implemented retention bonuses and severance ranging from 18 to 52 weeks' pay for anyone terminated after a merger.
Headquarters: 1 DNA Way
South San Francisco, CA 94080
2007 Revenue ($ Millions): 11,724
 Courtesy: Methodist Hospital System |
8. Methodist Hospital System
Previous Rank: 10
What Makes It So Great: Methodist broke ground on $2 billion in construction in 2008, filled 300 new jobs, and awarded merit pay raises of 3%. Salaried employees who worked long hours after Hurricane Ike got $250 Kroger gift cards.
Headquarters: 6565 Fannin St
Houston, TX 77030
2007 Revenue ($ Millions): 1,742
 Courtesy: Goldman Sachs |
9. Goldman Sachs
Previous Rank: 9
What Makes It So Great: Wall Street survivor turned itself into a bank holding company in September and laid off some 3,000 people across the globe by year-end. Top seven officers agreed to forgo bonuses, but rest of staff was in line to receive performance bonuses, albeit at a lower rate.
Headquarters: 85 Broad Street
New York, NY 10004
2007 Revenue ($ Millions): 45,987
 Courtesy: Nugget Market |
10. Nugget Market
Previous Rank: 12
What Makes It So Great: Sales have yet to slump at this crazy-fun supermarket chain, which in 81 years has never had a layoff.
Headquarters: 168 Court St.
Woodland, CA 95695
2007 Revenue ($ Millions): 273
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