America's Best Places to Work For in 2013


Camden Property Trust
Job Growth: 13%
No. of Employees: 1,896
Rank: 10
2011 revenue ($ millions): $655
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Why Best to Work?
This apartment-management firm, which manages properties that house 100,000 people in 13 states, is generous with employees -- last year it doled out surprise bonuses, from $100 to $5,000. A discounted rentals for employees.

Ultimate Software
Job Growth: 18.7%
No. of Employees: 1,440
Rank: 9
2011 revenue ($ millions): $269
Headquarters: Weston, FL
Why Best to Work?
Founder and CEO Scott Scherr, enjoys near hero worship from employees, who appreciate a 100% health insurance premiums and coverage for all their dependents. Workers received a free vacation every two years.

Edward Jones
Job Growth: -0.9%
No. of Employees: 35,114
Rank: 8
2011 revenue ($ millions): $4,577
Headquarters: St. Louis, MO
Why Best to Work?
With some 11,000 offices across the country, the investment firm escaped the recession with nary a layoff. 40% of new hires come from employee referrals.

Hilcorp Energy Company
Job Growth: 47.7%
No. of Employees: 1,012
Rank: 7
2011 revenue ($ millions): N.A.
Headquarters: Houston, TX
Website: www.hilcorp.com
Why Best to Work?
Hilcorp is committed to retaining and rewarding their employees with innovative benefit packages and compensation programs. From health care insurance, to retirement and paid vacations. Every employee will get a $100,000 if doubles its production rate and reserves by 2015.

NetApp
Job Growth: 7.8%
No. of Employees: 7,426
Rank: 6
2011 revenue ($ millions): $6,233
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
Website: www.netapp.com
Why Best to Work?
The data storage firm's pay-for-performance program triggered huge bonuses last year. Managers informed the vice chairman when they saw an employee doing something good and right and thank them about 10 t0 20 employee everyday. They received payouts of up to 31% of their salary.

Wegmans Food Markets
Job Growth: 8.3%
No. of Employees: 43,927
Rank: 5
2011 revenue ($ millions): $6,335
Headquarters: Rochester, NY
Website: www.wegmans.com
Why Best to Work?
The family-owned grocery chain has made employee health a religion. Employees reward one another with gift cards for good service, that's why they bring in relatives, a ratio of one in five employees are related.

The Boston Consulting Group
Job Growth: 18.6%
No. of Employees: 2,314
Rank: 4
2011 revenue ($ millions): $3,550
Headquarters: Boston, MA
Website: www.bcg.com
Why Best to Work?
A perennial of the top four of our list, the global consultancy invests 100-plus hours and thousands of dollars to recruit each consultant; once hired, they earn an average of $139,000 a year. New consultants can delay their start date by six months and receive $10,000 to volunteer at a nonprofit.

CHG Healthcare Services
Job Growth: 4.7%
No. of Employees: 1,378
Rank: 3
2011 revenue ($ millions): $620
Headquarters: Salt Lake City, UT
Why Best to Work?
The medical staffing routinely acts on suggestions made by employees. They have an activities like talent shows, trivia contests and dress like. New this year are two health centers, a gym, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a paid holiday and every sales team that meet their goals an extra paid time off is given.

SAS
Job Growth: 5.6%
No. of Employees: 6,373
Rank: 2
2011 revenue ($ millions): $2,725
Headquarters: Cary, NC
Website: www.sas.com
Why Best to Work?
Employees at SAS certainly feel kneaded. Every week, several dozen of them get massages at the on-site 66,000-square-foot recreation and fitness center. SAS's "creative anarchy" as conducive to innovation where one employee said.

Google
Job Growth: N.A.
No. of Employees: 53,546
Rank: 1 
2011 revenue ($ millions): $37,905
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Website: www.google.com
Why Best to Work?
The Internet marketing leader takes the most effective Businesses crown for the 4th time, every thing was upward -- income, revenue, stock price, compensated look for clicks, hiring and not for that 100,000 hrs regarding subsidized massages that dealt out in 2012. Brand new this year are three wellness centers plus a seven-acre sports intricate, with a roller hockey rink; basketball courts, bocce, shuffle ball; and horseshoe pits. Workers are positive about their particular mission.


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