Top Medium Employers - 2011 Best Places to Work - Boston Globe

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The Globe invited 1,076 employers to participate in its fourth annual Top Places to Work. Of those, 237 organizations went all the way through the process, allowing us to conduct a confidential survey of their workers. Research partner WorkplaceDynamics of Exton, Pa., specialists in employee engagement and retention, contacted more than 121,000 employees at those companies and received completed surveys from 73,813 individuals. Each was asked to grade their organization's performance according to 24 statements, ranging from "New ideas are encouraged at this company" to "It's easy to tell my boss the truth." More on methodology.

Rank	Company	Description	Ownership	Mass. locations	Mass. employees	US employees	US headquarters	Global revenue
1	Google	Technology	Public	1	300+	29,000	Mountain View, Calif.	$29.3 billion
2	Commonwealth Financial Network	Financial services	Private	1	413	518	Waltham	$572 million
3	Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program	Health care	Non-profit	80	285	285	Boston	$36 million
4	Consigli Construction Co.	Construction	Private	2	350	609	Milford	$449 million
5	Christian Book Distributors	Book sales	Private	1	500	500	Peabody	N/A
6	Cell Signaling Technology	Biotechnology	Private	1	346	346	Danvers	$100 million
7	Keurig	Coffee supply and services	Public	1	292	322	Reading	$894 million
8	Acme Packet	Technology	Public	1	462	530	Bedford	$231 million
9	Burtons Grill	Restaurant	Partnership	5	308	470	Andover	$25 million
10	ConvergEx Group's Eze Castle Software	Technology	Private	1	287	370	Boston	N/A
11	Rockland Trust - Independent Bank Corp.	Community bank	Parent company	86	995	1,030	Hanover	$211 million
12	Massachusetts Medical Society	Nonprofit	Non-profit	5	391	393	Waltham	$100 million
13	Bingham McCutchen LLP	Law Firm	Private	1	600	1,867	Boston	$860 million
14	Hammond Residential Real Estate	Real estate	Private	14	417	420	Chestnut Hill	$1.4 billion
15	HarborOne Credit Union	Credit union	Non-profit	16	376	376	Brockton	$97 million
16	Hill Holliday	Advertising and marketing	Parent company	1	439	850	Boston	$160 million**
17	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	Public	1	396	635	Lexington	$636 million
18	Clarks Cos.	Footwear	Private	12	351	2,600	Newton	$2.0 billion
19	Jack Conway & Co.	Real estate	Private	42	631	700	Norwell	N/A
20	American Student Assistance	Financial services	Non-profit	1	472	472	Boston	$154 million
21	Natixis Global Associates	Financial services	Private	1	311	382	Boston	N/A
22	Suffolk Construction Co.	Construction	Private	2	475	1,200	Boston	$1.7 billion
23	The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston	Hotel	Private	1	314	314	Boston	N/A
24	ImmunoGen	Biotechnology	Public	2	250	250	Waltham	$14 million
25	Unum	Insurance	Private	2	675	8,565	Chattanooga, Tenn.	$10.2 billion
26	The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard	Biomedical Research	Non-profit	4	865	865	Cambridge	$300 million
27	Foley Hoag	Law firm	Partnership	2	400	450	Boston	$145 million
28	Microsoft Corp.	Software	Public	4	881	54,000	Redmond, Wash.	$62.5 billion
29	athenahealth	Healthcare software as a service	Public	1	741	1,100	Watertown	$245 million
30	FLIR Systems	Manufacturing	Public	2	378	2,000	Wilsonville, Ore.	$1.4 billion
31	International Data Group	Research	Private	4	743	1,200	Boston	$3.2 billion
32	Digitas	Advertising and marketing	Parent company	1	616	2,300	Boston	$502 million
33	Vistaprint	Small business marketing	Public	1	621	621	Lexington	$670 million
34	TripAdvisor	Online travel services	Parent company	2	308	600	Newton	$486 million
35	Eaton Vance	Investment management	Public	1	819	1,120	Boston	$1.1 billion

** As reported by Advertising Age.

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