Bain, Other Consultants, Top Best Places To Work List

McKinsey, MITRE, and Shalom Consulting were all among the top 10. Tech leaders were also near the top of the list. These included Facebook, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Rackspace, and Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM).

Widely regarded companies which make many “most admired” lists also topped the list. These included Costco (NASDAQ: COST), Southwest Air (NYSE: LUV), and Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX)

Douglas A. McIntyre

HIGHLIGHTS from this year’s top 50 Best Places to Work list, which is solely based on employee reviews: Top 5 Best Places to Work: Bain & Company (Rank: 1, Rating: 4.7), McKinsey & Company (Rank: 2, Rating: 4.3), Facebook (Rank: 3, Rating: 4.3), MITRE (Rank: 4, Rating: 4.1), Google (Rank: 5, Rating: 4.0) (Company ratings based on a 5-point scale: 5=very satisfied, 3=OK, 1=very dissatisfied).

·         Most Improved Company: McKinsey & Company is the most improved company among winners appearing on both the 2012 and 2011 list. The company garners a 4.3 rating among employees in 2012, up .6 from last year’s 3.7 rating. (McKinsey ranked #18 on the 2011 list)

·         Company to see the Biggest Decline: Southwest Airlines saw the biggest decline — the airline dropped from #2 last year to #17 in 2012, as the company rating fell from 4.4 to 3.8.

·         Most Consistent Best Places to Work: 13 companies on the 2012 list have made it on all previous Best Places to Work lists (2009, 2010 & 2011), including Apple (Rank: 10, Rating: 3.9), Bain & Company, Chevron (Rank: 16, Rating 3.8), Google, and Procter & Gamble (Rank: 25, Rating 3.7), among others.

·         New to the Best Places to Work list: 17 companies are making their debut as a Best Place to Work, including , J.Crew (Rank: 24, Rating 3.8), Disney Parks & Resorts (Rank 33, Rating 3.6), Starbucks (Rank: 34, Rating 3.6), Cleveland Clinic (Rank: 36, Rating 3.6) & Coach (Rank: 37, Rating 3.6), among others.

Douglas A. McIntyre