LinkedIn released its annual survey of top 50 companies to work for in the U.S., and Google cedes top spot to Amazon
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rock climbing walls, massages and even death benefits might not be enough to attract top talent anymore. Despite being notorious for incredible employee benefits, Alphabet, the company formerly known as Google, is no longer the top company to work for in America, according to one ranking at least.
Google lost the crown to a company known for its frugality and lack of a party-style campus: Amazon. Career site LinkedIn’s ranking of the top 50 companies to work for in 2018 is out, and Amazon is now No. 1.
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An employee sits in the cafe area of the new, $131 million Google Inc. campus in Boulder, Colorado.
Here’s the complete list of the top 50 companies to work for in America, according to LinkedIn:
RankingCompanyTicker (if public)1AmazonAMZN, -0.29% 2AlphabetGOOG, -0.62% 3FacebookFB, +0.74% 4SalesforceCRM, -2.73% 5TeslaTSLA, +1.93% 6AppleAAPL, -2.27% 7Comcast NBCUniversalCMCSA, -0.23% 8The Walt Disney CompanyDIS, +0.46% 9OracleORCL, -0.06% 10NetflixNFLX, -0.32% 11Spotify-12Uber-13McKinsey & Company-14AdobeADBE, -1.26% 15Airbnb-16Time WarnerTWX, +0.12% 17Dell TechnologiesDVMT, -2.86% 18JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM, +0.09% 19LVMHLVMH, +1.16% 20IBMIBM, +0.31% 21SamsungSSNLF, -3.07% 22Deloitte-23VerizonVZ, -0.86% 24Goldman SachsGS, -0.51% 25PwC-26Boston Consulting Group-27Live Nation EntertainmentLYV, -2.99% 28Morgan StanleyMS, -0.63% 29EY-30StrykerSYK, -1.07% 31CiscoCSCO, -0.14% 32Dropbox-33National Basketball Association-34AccentureACN, -0.52% 35NikeKER, +2.22% 36WeWork-37Citadel-38KeringPPRUF, -2.44% 9National Football League-40SquareSQ, -1.04% 41ADPADP, +0.69% 42Capital OneCOF, -0.50% 43TwitterTWTR, +4.40% 44BoxBOX, +4.75% 45Johnson & JohnsonJNJ, -0.02% 46StarbucksSBUX, -0.32% 47PepsiCoPEP, -1.06% 48JLLJLL, -0.36% 49Tableau SoftwareDATA, +0.61% 50AbbottABT, -0.37% LinkedIn’s 2018 survey of Top Companies to Work for in America
Seattle-based Amazon is the second-largest private employer in the U.S., with 566,000 employees globally, according to LinkedIn (the largest is Walmart WMT, +0.26% with over 2 million employees). The company saw rapid growth over the past year driven by the $13.7 billion purchase of Whole Foods and news that Amazon would open a second headquarters in North America.
Amazon may not be known for catchy perks, but recently made the news for announcing a new health initiative, along with Berkshire Hathaway BRK.A, +0.16% and J.P. Morgan JPM, +0.09%aimed at improving health care for the three companies’ employees in a more cost-effective way.
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An employee works out in the gym of the new Google Inc. campus in Boulder, Colorado.
Google came in No. 2 in LinkedIn’s workplace ranking, and is notorious for treating employees well. Google says it receives 1.1 million applications each year, and has plans to open or expand offices in nine states and hire thousands more people over the next few years. Employees cite free food, fitness centers, organized events, massage rooms, gym glasses and arcades as among the top perks, in addition to standard benefits like 401(k) match and a generous medical insurance plan.
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An employee walks past a selection of snacks which are available for free for employees at the Facebook main campus in Menlo Park, Calif.
Other tech companies dominate the top of the list, with Facebook coming in at No. 3, followed by Salesforce, Tesla and Apple. The first non-tech company to appear on LinkedIn’s list is Comcast NBCUniversal at No. 7, followed by The Walt Disney Company at No. 8.
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The Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple Inc. campus in Cupertino, Calif.
LinkedIn’s ranking is based on data from its more than 500 million members, based on metrics such as the rate of people applying for jobs through LinkedIn, employee retention and the rate of profiles visiting a company’s career page. LinkedIn and Microsoft MSFT, -0.70% which LinkedIn is a subsidiary of, were omitted from the rankings.
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