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24 MI Companies Ranked Among Forbes’ Best Employers
Two dozen large and mid-sized Michigan employers made the top 500 in their respective categories in Forbes' annual list.
MICHIGAN — Workers gave high marks to a handful of companies headquartered in YOURSTATE in a survey for Forbes’ 10th anniversary edition of its America’s Best Large Employers and America’s Best Midsize Employers rankings.
The rankings are based primarily on survey responses from more than 217,000 employees working at companies within the U.S. that employ more than 1,000 people. The list for midsize companies includes those with between 1,000 and 5,000 employees. Large companies are those with 5,000 or more workers.
Michigan-based companies in the top 500 on Forbes’ America’s Best Large Employers List are:
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No. 85 Carhartt, Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment, Dearborn, 3,000 employees
No. 103 Ally Financial, Banking and Financial Services, Detroit, 11,600 employees
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No. 167 University of Michigan, Education, Ann Arbor 8,000 employees
No. 284 General Motors, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Detroit, 91,000 employees
No. 297 Auto-Owners Insurance, Insurance, Lansing, 6,009 employees
No. 358 Ford Motor, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Dearborn, 87,000 employees
No. 369 Rocket Mortgage, Banking and Financial Services, Detroit, 14,700 employees
No. 374 DTE Energy, Utilities, Detroit, 10,000 employees
No. 375 Stryker, Health Care Equipment and Services, Kalamazoo, 27,000 employees
No. 407 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Insurance, Detroit, 12,196 employees
No. 434 Continental Automotive Systems, Inc., Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Auburn Hills, 199,038 employees
No. 462 Dow, Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials, Midland, 35,900 employees
No. 466 BorgWarner, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Auburn Hills, 39,900 employees
Michigan-based companies in the top 500 on the news outlet’s America’s Best Midsize Employers list are:
No. 136 George P. Johnson Experience Marketing, Business Services and Supplies, Auburn Hills, 1,596 employees
No. 154 Priority Health, Healthcare and Social Services, Grand Rapids, 1,600 employees
No. 175 Grand Rapids Community College, Education, Grand Rapids
No. 255 Oakland County, Government Services, Oakland County, 5,000 employees
No. 279 Inteva Products, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Troy, 8,000 employees
No. 287 Jackson National Life, Insurance, Lansing
No. 337 Kaiser Aluminum, Construction, Chemicals, Raw Materials, Kalamazoo, 4,000 employees
No. 385 Hungry Howie's Pizza, Restaurants, Madison Heights
No. 469 Wolverine World Wide, Clothing, Shoes, Sports Equipment, Rockford, 4,100 employees
No. 485 Royal Technologies Corp., Engineering, Manufacturing, Hudsonville
No. 488 Belle Tire, Automotive (Automotive and Suppliers), Allen Park, 3,000 employees
Forbes’ said that for 10 years, its best employers lists have tracked companies and organizations as they’ve navigated an era of lightning-speed technological innovation, economic and geopolitical instability, a global pandemic that prompted drastic changes in how and where we do business, and cultural and generational shifts that have amalgamated the composition of the country’s adult workforce.
At the same time, Forbes said, research has shown employees have remained relatively steadfast when asked what they care about most in an employer: compensation, employee development and advancement opportunities, meaningful work, supportive colleagues, and workplace well-being and flexibility.
Most recently, a global survey of business leaders conducted in 2024 by AESC, a membership association for the industry of executive search and leadership consulting, found that the top factors that attract and retain leaders in the United States workforce are, once again, compensation packages and work-life balance.
Forbes and the research firm Statista surveyed 217,000 workers at companies with 1,000 or more employees. They were asked if they would recommend their employer to others and to rate it based on a range of criteria, including salary, work environment, training programs and opportunities to advance. Participants were also asked if they would recommend their previous employers, if within the past two years, and employers they knew through their industry experience or through friends or family who worked there.
The results were tallied and analyzed alongside data from the last three years, which Forbes said allowed for a robust assessment of organizations that consistently ranked well versus those that may have had just one good year. The more recent data and the evaluations from current employees were weighted more heavily than others.
The 1,199 organizations that made the final cut included 490 midsize companies and 701 large companies.
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