Top Large Employers - 2012 Best Places to Work - Boston Globe

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The Globe invited 1,586 employers to participate in the 2012 Top Places to Work survey. Of those, 304 organizations employing over 210,000 people 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 135,000 employees at those companies and received completed surveys from 81,907 individuals. They were asked to grade their organization’s performance according to 24 distinct statements, ranging from “New ideas are encouraged at this company,” to “My manager makes it easier to do my job well." More on methodology.

Rank	Company	Description	Ownership	Mass. locations	Mass. employees	US employees	US headquarters	Profile revenue
1	Analysis Group	Economic, financial, and strategy consulting	Private	1	273	572	Boston	N/A
2	Hill Holliday	Advertising and marketing	Parent company	1	481	850	Boston	N/A
3	Wequassett Resort and Golf Club	Luxury resort	Partnership	1	325	325	Harwich	N/A
4	Enterasys Networks	Wired and wireless network infrastructure	Private	1	516	600	Andover	N/A
5	The Fairmont Copley Plaza, Boston	Hotel	Private	1	280	280	Boston	N/A
6	Commonwealth Financial Network	Financial services	Private	1	453	530	Waltham	$640 million
7	HarborOne Credit Union	Credit union	Non-profit	380	380	380	Brockton	$7 million
8	Enterprise Bank	Banking	Public	17	364	398	Lowell	$70 million
9	HubSpot	Marketing software	Private	1	317	317	Cambridge	N/A
10	Hammond Residential Real Estate	Real estate	Private	15	403	403	Chestnut Hill	$1.4 billion (sales volume)
11	Maloney Properties	Property management	Private	54	372	400	Wellesley	$6 million
12	Google	Internet	Public	1	800	34,311 (worldwide)	Montain View, Calif.	$37.9 billion (worldwide)
13	Consigli Construction Co.	Construction	Private	2	350	650	Milford	$633 million
14	Christian Book Distributors	Book Sales	Private	1	500	500	Peabody	N/A
15	Massachusetts Medical Society	Nonprofit	Non-profit	5	406	411	Waltham	$110 million
16	Jack Conway & Co.	Real estate	Private	40	638	638	Norwell	N/A
17	Suffolk Construction Co.	Construction	Private	2	503	1,100	Boston	$1.4 billion
18	Cell Signaling Technology	Biotechnology	Private	2	363	376	Danvers	$125 million
19	William Raveis Real Estate	Real estate	Private	27	666	2,900	Shelton, Conn.	$4.5 billion
20	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	Public	1	431	681	Lexington	$754 million
21	Rockland Trust - Independent Bank Corp	Banking	Parent company	74	951	959	Hanover	$220 million
22	Natixis Global Asset Management - US Distribution	Financial services	Private	1	329	402	Boston	N/A
23	Endicott College	Education	Private	1	431	431	Beverly	$76 million (worldwide)
24	athenahealth	Health care software	Public	1	918	1,886	Watertown	$324 million
25	ConvergEx's Eze Castle Software	Technology	Private	1	308	400	Boston	N/A
26	Bristol County Savings Bank	Banking	Cooperative/Mutual	11	254	260	Taunton	$43 million (net interest income)
27	Keurig Business Unit	Coffee technology	Public	3	461	514	Reading	$2.7 billion
28	American Student Assistance	Financial services	Non-profit	1	478	495	Boston	$198 million
29	Shawmut Design and Construction	Construction	Private	1	376	600	Boston	$671 million
30	Foley Hoag LLP	Law	Partnership	2	401	461	Boston	$149 million
31	Vistaprint	E-commerce	Public	1	815	870	Lexington	$1 billion
32	The Longfellow Clubs	Tennis and fitness	Private	4	300	300	Wayland	$11.5 million
33	The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT	Biomedical research	Non-profit	4	866	872	Cambridge	$281.5 million
34	Eaton Vance	Financial services	Public	1	839	953	Boston	$1.3 billion
35	C & J Clark America Inc.	Footwear	Private	1	440	3,200	Newton	$838 million

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