Top Workplaces 2011
An archive of the second annual Star Tribune Top Workplace survey. Employees ranked their workplaces based on leadership, benefits and the company's strategic direction.
Top Workplaces
Large companies: Cargill, Kwik Trip join Keller Williams at top
These big businesses know that valued employees are assets whose worth translates into a better bottom line.
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Top Workplaces: Real estate firms rate highly
For people who sell real estate, the "cloud" is taking the place of the cubicle as they rely more on technology. And yet for many agents, it's the face-to-face connections between them and their managers that seem to matter most.
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Community: Making connection to something beyond the business
It's not only about wages and benefits. Employees want to feel they contribute to more than a bottom line.
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Top leaders: Striving to have their companies reflect their values
But it takes many people devoted to a common goal, regardless of the title on their business cards, to be leaders and to make something great.
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Top firms investing in new technology to make employees happier
Minnesota's top employers find that satisfied, loyal employees often help to create satisfied, loyal customers, too.
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Medium companies: It's a loyalty thing for The Emily Program
By promoting things like scheduling flexibility, creativity or a feeling of family, these businesses connect with employees.
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Small companies: Employees come first at The Container Store
Employers such as The Container Store earned top rankings by making workers stakeholders in their enterprises' success.
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And the winner is ... 12 that went above and beyond
Most ethical? Best management? Most appreciative of its employees? Survey says these are the best employers.
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Selecting the top 100
A year ago, the Star Tribune and Pennsylvania research firm WorkplaceDynamics set out to identify the Top 100 Workplaces in the Twin Cities. We found in our 2010 survey that good employers share similar traits workers consider important.
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Top 35 companies with 150 to 499 employees
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