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With unemployment holding steady at the eight-year low it achieved in January, competition to snag skilled job seekers is fierce and companies from coast to coast are feeling the pressure.
Employees are in the best position to say which companies and organizations are offering the strongest opportunities—so we asked them.
Working with online statistics provider Statista, Forbes asked more than 30,000 U.S. workers employed by companies with more than 5,000 staff members to determine, on a scale of zero to 10, how likely they were to recommend their employer to someone else. Further, how did they feel about the other employers in their industry?
The resulting list includes 500 employers across 25 industries–ranging from corporate giants to universities and government agencies–where employees feel right at home at the office.
Marathon Petroleum MPC -3.45% tops this year’s list. The Findlay, Ohio-based company has more than 45,0000 employees in the U.S. was spun-off from Marathon Oil MRO -9.90% in 2011. A feature in the current issue of Forbes details the company’s efforts to bring Marathon’s management standards into a Texas refinery plagued by an abysmal safety record and a disgruntled union.
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“We’ve taken our culture into that refinery,” CEO Gary Heminger told Christopher Helman. “We’re going to operate it with the best safety and environmental skills available. We’re going to invest in maintenance.”
Company culture proves to be a universal concern across industries on this list. Commercial real estate giant CBRE, number 15 on this year’s list, told me about how they set out to redesign their Los Angeles headquarters and, in the process, shook up the way they do business–and the business itself.
More On Forbes: Ongoing Coverage of Best Employers 2016 Employees across the U.S. are in the best position to say which companies and organizations are offering the strongest opportunities—so we asked them.
“Two years ago, you could show up with a client, show them space, find the right location, prestigious building—you could make a deal,” CBRE exec Lewis C. Horne told me. “Today, if you’re not talking about workplace strategy, and incorporating things like technology or wellness into your space, you’re at a disadvantage.”
Some very familiar names make the ranks as well. Worldwide workplace favorite Google GOOGL -0.34% takes second place, with Costco and Wegman’s Food Markets immediately following. JetBlue Airways JBLU +2.26% takes eighth place overall and leads among transportation and logistics companies while the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ranks 12th and leads educational institutions.
Full Methodology
The 500 employers featured here were chosen based on the results of independent survey conducted among 30,000 American employees working at large companies and institutions (headcount of 5,000 or more). Employees were contacted anonymously online without the involvement of their employer. Respondents included in this sample are representative of the U.S. workforce by gender, age, region, education, and ethnicity.
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