The 100 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts 2009 - Boston Globe

The Globe 100's top places to work

The Globe invited more than 1,000 companies to participate in the second annual Top Places to Work. Of those, 269 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 160,000 employees at those companies, and received surveys from 86,000 individuals. Each was asked to grade their organization's performance according to 24 distinct statements, ranging from "This organization demonstrates it values employees during difficult times" to "It's easy to tell my boss the truth." More on the methodology.

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Rank	Company	Description	Size	Mass. employees	Total US employees	US headquarters	2008 revenue
1	Comcast	Cable and communications	Large	4,700	100,000	Philadelphia	$34.2 billion
2	Winchester Hospital	Community hospital	Large	2,644	2,644	Winchester	$263 million
3	Harmonix Music Systems	Video game developer	Midsize	272	315	Cambridge	$1 billion
4	Winter, Wyman Cos.	HR services	Small	128	128	Waltham	$63 million
5	Edward Jones	Financial services	Small	171	37,000	St. Louis	$3.9 billion
6	Commonwealth Financial Network	Financial services	Midsize	416	460	Waltham	$508 million
7	Herb Chambers Cos.	Auto dealer network	Large	1,626	1,700	Somerville	$1.64 billion
8	Analysis Group	Economic consultant	Midsize	250	444	Boston	NA
9	Harvard Pilgrim Health Care	Health insurance	Large	1,040	1,150	Wellesley	$2.6 billion
10	Google	Software	Midsize	200+	19,665*	Mountain View, Calif.	$21.8 billion
11	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	Family services	Large	1,600	18,000	Watertown	$800 million
12	Sophos	Technology	Small	137	205	Burlington	$215 million
13	Rockland Trust	Community bank	Large	1,032	1,032	Hanover	$146 million
14	Woodmeister Master Builders	Construction	Small	160	173	Holden	$56 million
15	Aviv Centers for Living	Senior care	Midsize	425	425	Swampscott	$27 million
16	Renewal by Andersen of Greater Mass. & N.H.	Window replacement	Small	150	1,000	Northborough	$27 million
17	Mystic Valley Elder Services	Senior care	Small	118	157	Malden	$22 million
18	TechTarget	Technology media	Midsize	450	530	Needham	$105 million
19	Emerald Physicians	Health care	Small	113	113	Hyannis	$11 million
20	Lighthouse Nursing Care Center	Nursing care	Small	190	190	Revere	$11 million
21	Bingham McCutchen	Law firm	Midsize	608	2,250	Boston	$767 million
22	Christian Book Distributors	Book sales	Midsize	500	500	Peabody	NA
23	Roche Bros. Supermarkets	Supermarket	Large	4,200	4,200	Wellesley	$600 million
24	Institution for Savings	Community bank	Small	126	126	Newburyport	$983 million
25	Starent Networks Corp.	Mobile networking	Midsize	298	350	Tewksbury	$254 million
26	BBN Technologies	Research and development	Midsize	503	743	Cambridge	NA
27	Eastern Research Group	Professional services	Small	99	364	Lexington	$51 million
28	Skanska USA Building	Construction	Small	126	3,400	Parsippany, N.J.	$4.6 billion
29	Education Development Center	Education nonprofit	Midsize	412	709	Newton	$145 million
30	A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Co.	Insurance	Small	165	165	Burlington	$98 million
31	LogMeIn	Technology	Small	145	172	Woburn	$52 million
32	MITRE Corp.	Research and development	Large	1,949	6,630	Bedford & McLean, Va.	$1.24 billion
33	Liberty Commons (Broadreach Healthcare)	Nursing care	Small	182	182	Chatham	$15 million
34	Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp.	CAD software	Midsize	387	390	Concord	$407 million
35	Baystate Financial Services	Financial services	Small	150	310	Boston	$42 million
36	Equal Exchange	Fair trade wholesaler	Small	100	115	West Bridgewater	$34 million
37	Cubist Pharmaceuticals	Pharmaceuticals	Midsize	359	575	Lexington	$434 million
38	Hill Holliday	Advertising firm	Midsize	407	820	Boston	NA
39	Hanscom Air Force Base	Military	Large	2,875	5,664	Bedford	NA
40	Continuum	Design consultant	Small	108	120	Newton	NA
41	Enterprise Bank	Community bank	Midsize	318	338	Lowell	$48 million
42	e-Dialog	E-mail marketing	Midsize	270	330	Burlington	$105 million
43	Community Nurse & Hospice Care	Nursing care	Small	176	176	Fairhaven	$9 million
44	Associates for Human Services	Human services	Small	190	190	Taunton	$7 million
45	Benchmark Assisted Living	Senior living	Large	1,293	3,100	Wellesley	NA
46	Sapphire Technologies	IT staffing	Small	101	355	Woburn	$535 million
47	Vistaprint	Small-business marketing	Midsize	475	475	Lexington	$401 million
48	Vertex Pharmaceuticals	Life sciences	Large	1,100+	1,300	Cambridge	$176 million
49	William A. Berry & Son	Construction	Small	222	222	Danvers	$822 million
50	John Snow (JSI)	Health care consulting	Small	189	590	Boston	$250 million
51	Gilbane Building Co.	Construction	Small	145	2,000	Providence	$4.5 billion
52	Consigli Construction Co.	Construction	Small	134	333	Milford	$315 million
53	New England Baptist Hospital	Orthopedic hospital	Large	1,045	1,045	Boston	$181 million
54	Children's Hospital Boston	Children's hospital	Large	8,800	8,800	Boston	$1.4 billion
55	Cell Signaling Technology	Research techology	Midsize	271	281	Danvers	$73 million
56	Microsoft Corp.	Software	Midsize	872	56,552	Redmond, Wash.	$60.4 billion
57	FLIR Systems	Imaging systems	Midsize	292	1,300	Wilsonville, Ore.	$1.1 billion
58	AEW Capital Management	Real estate	Small	179	219	Boston	NA
59	Massachusetts General Hospital	General hospital	Large	21,600	21,600	Boston	$2.5 billion
60	Wequassett Resort and Golf Club	Resort	Midsize	325	325	Harwich	$17 million
61	ConvergEx's Eze Castle Software	Financial software	Small	234	316	Boston	NA
62	Employ+Ability	Medical devices	Midsize	261	261	Braintree	$12 million
63	Cambridge Associates	Investment consultant	Midsize	443	890	Boston	NA
64	Brightview Senior Living	Senior living	Midsize	300	1,900	Baltimore	$89 million
65	HarborOne Credit Union	Credit union	Midsize	350	350	Brockton	$98 million
66	Suffolk Construction Co.	Construction	Midsize	403	724	Boston	$1.6 billion
67	Blue Cod Technologies	IT services	Small	166	186	Marlborough	$16 million
68	Genzyme	Biotechnology	Large	4525	7,257	Cambridge	$4.6 billion
69	Intuit	Financial software	Small	133	8,200	Mountain View, Calif.	$3.2 billion
70	Cintas Corp.	Uniform services	Small	195	32,000	Cincinnati	NA
71	Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company	Biotechnology	Midsize	959	1,228	Cambridge	$591 million
72	Whole Foods Market	Supermarket	Large	3,300	51,000	Austin, Texas	$8 billion
73	EnerNOC	Energy-monitoring technology	Small	230	370	Boston	$106 million
74	Goodwin Procter	Law firm	Large	1,022	1,703	Boston	$690 million
75	Vanasse Hangen Brustlin	Consulting services	Midsize	366	850	Watertown	$147 million
76	Imagitas, a Division of Pitney Bowes	Marketing services	Small	127	133	Waltham	$150 million
77	Pentucket Bank	Community bank	Small	102	120	Haverhill	NA
78	RDK Engineers	Engineering services	Small	147	168	Andover	$34 million
79	Madico	Maker of window films	Small	152	171	Woburn	$91 million
80	Ernst & Young-Boston	Accounting services	Large	1,050	25,000	New York City	NA
81	Eaton Vance	Financial services	Midsize	764	842	Boston	$1.1 billion
82	Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates	Health care	Large	4,100	4,100	Newton	$1.1 billion
83	Institute for Healthcare Improvement	Health care	Small	100	110	Cambridge	$39 million
84	Princess House	Home goods sales	Small	137	250	Taunton	$86 million
85	South Shore YMCA	Human services	Midsize	800	877	Quincy	$20 million
86	NetApp	Data storage	Small	162	5,033	Sunnyvale, Calif.	$3.4 billion
87	Natixis Global Associates	Financial services	Midsize	251	1,612	Boston	NA
88	Elder Service Plan of the North Shore	Senior care	Small	162	162	Lynn	$41 million
89	Hallmark Health System	Health care	Large	2,122	2,400	Medford	$300 million
90	AVEO Pharmaceuticals	Biotechnology	Small	128	128	Cambridge	$20 million
91	Lowell General Hospital	General hospital	Large	1,896	1,896	Lowell	$189 million
92	Leader Bank	Community bank	Small	100	100	Arlington	$16 million
93	Staples	Office supplies	Large	5,220	55,375	Framingham	$23.3 billion
94	Eastern Bank Corp.	Commercial bank	Large	1,800	1,800	Boston	$287 million
95	Salter Healthcare	Health care	Midsize	700	700	Winchester	$41 million
96	Deloitte	Accounting services	Large	1,474	42,367	Wilton, Conn.	$10.7 billion
97	American Student Assistance	Financial aid	Midsize	637	665	Boston	$139 million
98	Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr	Law firm	Midsize	850	2,370	Washington, D.C., Boston	$955 million
99	Partners HealthCare	Hospital group	Large	3,793	3,801	Boston	$7 billion
100	CDM	Engineering consultants	Midsize	726	3,715	Cambridge	$1 billion

*Global figure. Many Google employees are US-based.