Best Places to Work | 2008

Yesterday, the Boston Business Journal honored the 2008 Top 60 Best Places to Work in Greater Boston.

Best Places to Work

The best work environments usually attract the best employees. Here are the 60 best places to work in metro Boston based on input from a 38-question online survey taken by workers throughout Massachusetts.

NOTE: Beantown Web now features the LinkedIn Company Insider Widget. Simply log into your LinkedIn account on a separate tab, then click the "in" icon next to the company name below to identify the LinkedIn connections you might have within that organization.

Small Companies (between 20 and 100 Massachusetts employees)

1. Treeline, Inc. | Wakefield
2. Oasis Technology Partners | Boston
3. Fama PR | Cambridge
   
4. John Galt Staffing, Inc. | Burlington
5. Longfellow Benefits | Boston
6. Atlantic Associates, Inc. | West Roxbury
   
7. The Travel Collaborative | Somerville
8. CM&B, Inc. | Lynnfield
9. MaidPro Franchising | Boston
10. CresaPartners | Boston
11. Vlingo Corp. | Cambridge
12. Matter Communications, Inc. | Newburyport
13. Insight Direct | Boston
14. The Pentad Group | Wellesley Hills
15. Cadence Capital Management | Boston
16. The Mount Vernon Company | Boston
17. OnForce | Lexington
18. Memento, Inc. | Concord
19. SwervePoint, LLC | Middleton
20. Copanion, Inc. | Andover

Mid-Sized Companies (between 101 and 500 Massachusetts employees)

1. Google, Inc. | Cambridge
2. Commonwealth Financial Network | Waltham
3. Eze Castle Software | Boston
4. The Ritz-Carlton, Boston Common | Boston
5. Triumvirate Environmental | Somerville
6. Suffolk Construction Company | Boston
   
7. Bromberg & Sunstein LLP | Boston
   
8. The Winter, Wyman Companies | Waltham
9. SolidWorks Corporation | Concord
10. Consigli Construction Company, Inc. | Milford
11. Gilbane Building Company | Boston
12. Kforce Professional Staffing | Boston
13. EnerNOC, Inc. | Boston
14. Communispace Corporation | Watertown
    
15. Ahura Scientific | Wilmington
    
16. Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP | Boston
    
17. VistaPrint | Lexington
18. Infinity Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge
19. Sapphire Technologies | Woburn
20. Tofias PC | Cambridge

Large Companies (more than 500 Massachusetts employees)

1. Winchester Hospital | Winchester
2. Microsoft Corporation | Waltham & Cambridge
3. Shawmut Design & Construction | Boston
4. Seaport Companies | Boston
5. Bingham McCutchen LLP | Boston
6. Hallmark Health System | Melrose
7. Comcast Corporation | multiple locations
8. Mount Auburn Hospital | Cambridge
9. Vertex Pharmaceuticals | Cambridge
10. Harvard Pilgrim Health Care | Wellesley
11. New England Baptist Hospital | Boston
12. Digitas | Boston
13. Bright Horizons Family Solutions | Watertown
14. American Student Assistance | Boston
15. Newton-Wellesley Hospital | Newton
16. KPMG LLP | Boston
17. Sun Microsystems | Burlington
18. TechTarget | Needham
    
19. Genzyme Corporation | Cambridge
20. International Data Group | Framingham

The Next Step

According to one conclusion from the 7th Annual Sources of Hire Study:

"Good or bad, we advise job seekers to never apply to a company without first networking to an employee in that firm for a referral. The difference in probability of getting 'up to bat' is too large to ignore."

If you believe you are one of the best employees and want to work for one of the best employers, then tap into your LinkedIn network to gain an introduction into that organization and explore ways in which you can add your unique value to their operation.