Fortune's Best Companies to Work For in 2006

Fortune's Best Companies to Work For in 2006

Trust in management, pride in your work, and enjoyment of your workplace all fall within the parameters of what constitutes a great company to work for in 2006. Also important for today’s multifaceted employee are extensive benefit packages, equality in the workplace, and professional learning and development opportunities. Fortune’s yearly list gives insight into what makes employees fulfilled in the workplace.

RankCompanyJob GrowthU.S. Employees 
1Genentech20%8,121 
2Wegmans Food Markets7%31,890 
3Valero LP5%16,582 
4Griffin Hospital2%1,049 
5W.L. Gore & Associates6%4,537 
6Container Corporation of America16%2,857 
7Vision Service Plan-2%1,915 
8J.M. Smucker-13%2,930 
9Recreational Equipment (REI)9%7,443 
10S. C. Johnson & Son0%3,404 
11Boston Consulting Group17%1,261 
12Plante & Moran9%1,356 
13Quicken Loans60%2,951 
14Homebanc9%1,342 
15Whole Foods Market18%33,248 
16Edward Jones Investments3%29,197 
17Republic Bank & Trust Company-9%1,190 
18Baptist Health Care0%4,003 
19Alston & Bird LLP3%1,509 
20Kimley-Horn & Associates24%1,777 
21QuikTrip6%7,819 
22American Century Investments0%1,778 
23Qualcomm23%7,562 
24David Weekley Homes18%1,361 
25Cisco Systems8%26,644 
26Goldman Sachs3%11,836 
27Network Appliance26%2,712 
28Four Seasons Hotels-12%10,625 
29Starbucks26%91,056 
30SAS Institute1%5,118 
31Robert W. Baird-1%2,125 
32Alcon Laboratories Inc1%6,227 
33Nugget Markets10%1,091 
34CDW7%3,948 
35American Fidelity eDirect1%1,385 
36TDIndustries-9%1,297 
37American Express-3%42,453 
38Milliken-3%9,300 
39Amgen6%11,374 
40JM Family Enterprises Inc.9%4,114 
41Timberland-2%1,978 
42Microsoft1%37,746 
43Intuit6%6,516 
44Pella7%8,758 
45SRA International23%3,986 
46Nordstrom3%45,112 
47AFLAC5%4,034 
48Perkins Coie-4%1,553 
49Nixon Peabody4%1,563 
50Northwest Community Hospital1%3,089 
51Genzyme9%5,399 
52Eli Lilly and Company-7%21,898 
53Hot Topic22%8,314 
54Arnold & Porter-4%1,383 
55Station Casinos6%10,967 
56Publix Super Markets3%129,412 
57Synovus0%11,860 
58Stew Leonard's-2%1,819 
59Baptist Health South Florida3%10,706 
60Vanguard Group8%11,070 
61Sherwin-Williams Company14%27,938 
62Memorial Health2%4,301 
63Russell Investment Group22%1,092 
64FedEx7%212,241 
65PCL Construction26%2,543 
66MITRE4%5,575 
67Ernst & Young5%23,657 
68Bronson Healthcare Group6%3,396 
69Valassis Communications, Inc.0%1,803 
70A.G. Edwards0%15,708 
71PricewaterhouseCoopers11%26,392 
72Booz Allen Hamilton9%15,582 
73Yahoo29%5,444 
74Standard Pacific Lp22%2,317 
75Quad/Graphics1%10,399 
76Children's Heathcare of Atlanta4%4,910 
77National Instruments4%2,148 
78Methodist Hospital System6%8,714 
79East Penn Manufacturing2%4,082 
80CH2M Hill48%17,770 
81Autodesk5%2,098 
82Bingham McCutchen0%1,542 
83Texas Instruments-6%16,102 
84Worthington Industries-4%6,233 
85First Horizon National Corporation11%13,228 
86Principal Financial Group2%12,723 
87Washington Mutual-7%54,396 
88Morrison & Foerster LLP3%2,145 
89Mayo Clinic4%38,085 
90John Wiley & Sons1%2,090 
91Granite Construction6%4,300 
92Men's Wearhouse9%10,757 
93CarMax12%11,400 
94Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc.8%13,551 
95Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company-2%3,372 
96IKEA (U.S.)18%9,499 
97Intel Corporation1%48,655 
98General Mills-5%17,993 
99Marriott International3%126,704 
100Nike5%12,502 
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