The 2009 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon
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 30,000 EMPLOYEES HAVE SPOKEN
What makes a great place to work? This year’s winners of
our 16th annual 100 Best Companies show the way.
Oregon companies are indomitable. With the economy crashing and
burning all around us, this was a record-breaking year for the
100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon project: 372
organizations and nearly 30,000 employees took part in our 16th
annual ranking of the 100 Best.
Even in the worst of times, companies value being a great
place to work.
To improve our company focus, this year we introduced a new
medium-size category so the 100 Best is now composed of the Top
33 Large, the Top 34 Medium and the Top 33 Small Companies.
Participating companies had to have at least 20% of their
Oregon workforce complete the confidential employee survey as
well as fill out an employer survey of benefits.
Sectors prominent among the 100 Best this year include
professional services, with a strong showing from law and
staffing firms, finance, construction, technology and
marketing/communications. The Portland metro area continues to
dominate 100 Best geographically with 69 companies, followed by
the Willamette Valley (17), Central Oregon (six) and Southern
Oregon (six). The 30,000 employees who completed the survey
equal about 1.6% of those employed in the state.
The average overall score of 100 Best Companies inched up
2.1%. Twenty companies are new to the list and 31 more
weren’t listed in 2008, so half the list changed since
last year. The competition gets tougher and best practices get
better. Congratulations to this year’s winners.
THE EDITORS
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