We are always curious to know what the top ranked places to work are, and Indeed just released their ranking of the best places to work in 2017. They came to this ranking via a formula which involved comparing employee reviews — as sourced from over 15 million reviews on Indeed itself — with the 2017 Fortune 500 list.
With that in mind, of course the scope of this ranking is contained — the companies featured are all part of the Fortune 500. Still it's a great place to find businesses which are not just thriving, but are also great places to work. Indeed mentions company culture and clear values as paramount to employees and big indicators of what made a company a contender for the coveted top 50. People want their workplaces to not just be hugely successful but to also be mission-driven, with strong leadership and (obviously) competitive pay and benefits. Without further ado, the top 50.
- Salesforce
- Southwest Airlines
- JetBlue Airways Corporation
- CenterPoint Energy
- DTE Energy
- NIKE
- Apple
- The Walt Disney Company
- Delta
- Costco Wholesale
- Discovery Communications, Ltd
- Johnson & Johnson
- Chevron
- Fannie Mae
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Exelon
- Viacom
- Starbucks
- Estee Lauder
- Microsoft
- Publix
- Pfizer Inc.
- Biogen
- Stryker
- Capitol One
- Charles Schwab
- Edward Jones
- John Deere
- American Airlines
- Amgen
- MasterCard
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
- ConocoPhilips
- Monsanto
- The Clorox Company
- Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Freeport McMoRan
- L Brands
- Eli Lilly
- Lockhead Martin
- Northwestern Mutual
- USAA
- Cisco
- Avon
- The Dow Chemical Company
- Ameriprise Financial
- Discover Financial Services
- American Express
For more details on all the companies featured, see here.