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 | 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 |