| Fortune magazine recently released their top one | | | | sold late last year. |
| hundred best companies to work for in 2010 | | | | Ranked 3rd - Wegmans Food Markets (New |
| based on job growth, amount of employees, the | | | | York) |
| best paying, and those with the best perks. Below | | | | Job Growth - 0 percent |
| we've listed the top five companies from | | | | U.S. Employees - 36,770 |
| Fortune's list of 100, look for Part 2 to 10 Best | | | | Wegmans Food Markets, founded in 1916, is a |
| Companies to Work for in 2010 for the second | | | | supermarket chain in the mid-Atlantic region with |
| five best companies to work for. | | | | an estimated 75 store locations. Formally ranked |
| Ranked 1st - SAS Institute Inc. (North Carolina) | | | | first in Fortune's 2005 best company report, |
| Job Growth - 2 percent | | | | Wegmans has never had a layoff and more than |
| U.S. Employees - 5,487 | | | | 4,000 employees have been employed with the |
| Those who have followed Fortune's prior lists of | | | | company for more than fifteen years, that's |
| best companies are not surprised to see SAS on | | | | eleven percent of their workforce. |
| top. Headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, SAS | | | | Ranked 4th - Google (California) |
| (Statistical Analysis System) is a major producer | | | | Job Growth - not available |
| of computer software. Benefits include high quality | | | | U.S. Employees - not available |
| childcare allowance of $410 per month and 90 | | | | Google, for those of you who don't already know, |
| percent coverage of health insurance premium. | | | | is the world's leading internet search engine. In |
| Ranked 2nd - Edward Jones (Missouri) | | | | addition to offering web-surfers a user-friendly |
| Job Growth - 8 percent | | | | website search tool, Google offers hundreds of |
| U.S. Employees - 37,079 | | | | services, mainly internet related. Rumor has it that |
| Edward Jones Investments, currently | | | | Google, which was first founded in 1998, will be |
| headquartered in Des Peres, Missouri, was first | | | | hiring thousands of employees in 2010. Employee |
| founded in 1922 and is one of the few | | | | benefits are great and Google recently increased |
| investment advisory companies that managed to | | | | 401k matching and added a stock-option |
| weather the recession. Throughout our recent | | | | exchange program. |
| economic downturn, Edward Jones managed to | | | | Ranked 5th - Nugget Market (California) |
| keep all 12,615 office locations open, though | | | | Job Growth - (-16) percent |
| salaries were frozen and their British division was | | | | U.S. |