Best Companies To Work For In Massachusetts: Fortune

Four businesses headquartered in Massachusetts are among Fortune's 100 best to work for. The business magazine, in partnership with analytics firm Great Place to Work, released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States.

Hilton took home the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, with Ultimate Software and Wegmans Food Markets rounding out the top three.

Four companies based in the Bay State made the list:

HubSpot

• Rank: 30
• Industry: IT
• Based in: Cambridge
• Rank last year: 64
• Employees: 2,171
• Percentage of women: 45.1
• Percentage of minorities: 17.5
• Revenue in 2019: $647.9 million

"Every quarter at this marketing, sales, service, and CRM software platform provider, employees eagerly sign up for a mystery dinner. Hours before the meal, they’re alerted to the time and location of their reservation, where they’ll dine with a surprise exec and 10 to 12 others they’ve probably never had reason to work alongside."

Kronos

• Rank: 52
• Industry: IT
• Based in: Lowell
• Rank last year: 78
• Employees: 4,013
• Percentage of women: 43.4
• Percentage of minorities: 17.9
• Revenue in 2019: $1.433 billion

"Through the company’s Manager Effectiveness Index, managers get feedback from employees every six months through a survey to foster better employee-manager relationships. At the company’s annual Courage to Lead award contest and gala, those leaders who stand out, across all areas of the business, are awarded a travel voucher to use for a vacation (last year’s voucher was for $5,000)."

Bain & Co.

• Rank: 69
• Industry: Professional Services
• Based in: Boston
• Rank last year: —
• Employees: 4,000
• Percentage of women: —
• Percentage of minorities: —
• Revenue in 2019: —

"Bain & Company keeps most details about its workers and the benefits they’re offered confidential, but employees say the company’s culture is supportive."

Bright Horizons Family Solutions

• Rank: 75
• Industry: Education & Training
• Based in: Watertown
• Rank last year: 66
• Employees: 23,499
• Percentage of women: 94.4
• Percentage of minorities: 50.7
• Revenue in 2019: $2.062 billion

"Last year the company sprang to action to help families at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Bright Horizons Foundation immediately began plans to create a “Bright Space” at the border to help families in need and raised $25,000 toward the effort through company and employee donations."

To be considered for the list, companies submitted an application detailing over 200 data points describing their HR programs and practices. Great Place to Work, an analytics firm that has partnered with Fortune to create the list for the past 23 years, then conducted an anonymous survey of each company's workforce.

In total, 85 percent of the evaluation was based on what employees reported in the survey about “their experiences of trust and reaching their full human potential as part of their organization,” according to a methodology section for the rankings on Fortune’s website.

Companies need to employ at least 1,000 U.S. employees to be considered for the list, and government agencies aren’t eligible.

You can read the full methodology here.

Here are the top 10 companies to work for in the United States in 2020, according to Fortune:

1. Hilton
2. Ultimate Software
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Cisco
5. Workday
6. Salesforce
7. Edward Jones
8. Stryker
9. American Express
10. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

The full list of companies on the 2020 list is available on Fortune.