Top Small 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	Institution for Savings	Mutual bank	Private	6	118	118	Newburyport	$52 million
2	Alexander, Aronson, Finning & Co.	Public accounting	Private	3	120	120	Westborough	N/A
3	Emerald Physicians	Health care	Private	10	114	114	Hyannis	$11 million
4	Allen & Gerritsen	Advertising	Private	1	112	112	Watertown	$150 million*
5	Ipswitch	Software	Private	1	133	279	Lexington	$55 million
6	New England Law \| Boston	Law school	Non-profit	1	137	137	Boston	$38 million
7	RE/MAX Leading Edge	Real estate	Private	6	104	104	Winchester	$380 million
8	Associates for Human Services	Human services	Non-profit	1	154	161	Taunton	$7 million
9	A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos.	Insurance	Cooperative/Mutual	4	143	146	Burlington	$100 million
10	John Snow	Health consulting	Private	1	195	500	Boston	$290 million
11	Rapid7	Software	Private	1	100	190	Boston	$19 million
12	Analysis Group	Consulting	Private	1	223	487	Boston	N/A
13	DataXu	Media buying	Private	1	80	100	Boston	N/A
14	Broad Reach Healthcare/Liberty Commons	Health care	Private	1	219	219	Chatham	$17 million
15	Sports and Physical Therapy Associates	Physical therapy	Private	14	109	109	Wellesley	$10 million
16	Elder Services of the Merrimack Valley	Elder services	Non-profit	1	208	211	Lawrence	$36 million
17	HubSpot	Marketing software	Private	1	242	242	Cambridge	$15 million
18	Hyde Square Task Force	Youth services	Non-profit	3	128	128	Jamaica Plain	$3 million
19	Winter, Wyman	Staffing services	Private	2	154	158	Waltham	$48 million
20	VERC Enterprises	Retail	Private	23	195	200	Duxbury	$117 million
21	Flour Bakery + Cafe	Bakery/cafe	Private	3	107	107	Boston	N/A
22	Princess House	Direct sales	Private	1	151	226	Taunton	$105 million
23	Adnexus	Biotechnology	Parent company	1	102	103	Waltham	N/A
24	Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Co.	Insurance	Cooperative/Mutual	1	193	300	Quincy	$307 million
25	Baystate Financial Services	Financial services	Private	7	191	450	Boston	$48 million
26	Harmonix Music Systems	Video game developer	Private	1	161	162	Cambridge	N/A
27	AEW Capital Management	Real estate investment	Private	1	177	231	Boston	$90 million
28	Quantech Services	Professional services	Private	1	137	356	Lexington	$67 million
29	Softworld	IT staffing	Private	2	111	290	Waltham	$25 million
30	Edward Jones	Financial services	Partnership	91	190	36,500	St. Louis	$4.1 billion
31	Randstad Technologies	Staffing services	Public	2	117	410	Woburn	$18.8 billion
32	Recreational Equipment	Retail	Cooperative/Mutual	4	240	9,000	Kent, Wash.	$1.7 billion
33	Mystic Valley Elder Services	Elder services	Private	1	114	114	Malden	$30 million
34	Lighthouse Nursing Care Center	Nursing home	Non-profit	1	200	200	Revere	$13 million
35	South Shore Regional School District	Secondary school	Public	1	103	103	Hanover	$12 million
36	Madico	Manufacturing	Private	1	159	296	Woburn	$37 million
37	Fidelity Bank	Community Bank	Cooperative/Mutual	7	115	115	Leominster	$27 million
38	Harpoon Brewery	Brewing	Private	1	128	185	Boston	N/A
39	Linedata	Software	Private	1	162	185	Boston	$188 million
40	Integrated Financial Partners	Financial services	Private	38	112	185	Worcester	N/A

* Total billings.

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