Fortune Magazine’s recently released list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For named several employee-owned companies among the ranks – a number of which are members of The ESOP Association. 

 

Eight of the companies on the list are employee owned (highlighted names are ESOP Association members):

 

Robert W. Baird & Co.

PCL Construction Enterprises

Herman Miller

 

The full list of top companies can be viewed here.

 

According to Fortune, a company has to be at least seven years old and have more than 1,000 U.S. employees to be eligible. Fortune conducts an extensive survey of employees to name the top 100 companies. Two-third of the score is based on survey responses and the rest on a culture audit which includes information about pay, benefits, demographics, and communications practices, among other criteria. The Great Places to Work Institute created the survey used by Fortune. For more information on how companies are chosen, click here.

 

“Employee owned companies are out there doing exactly as intended, creating great places to work,” said J. Michael Keeling, president of The ESOP Association. “Our nation’s leaders should be looking to these companies and examining business practices and culture to help make our economy stronger.”