Best Companies To Work For In Illinois: Fortune

ILLINOIS — The business magazine Fortune, in partnership with analytics firm Great Place to Work, has released its annual list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States.

Hilton took home the top spot on the list for the second year in a row, with Ultimate Software and Wegmans Food Markets rounding out the top three.

Illinois has four of the best companies to work for in the nation, according to Fortune.

No. 28, Hyatt Hotels

• Industry: Hospitality
• Rank last year: 32
• Employees: 49,000
• Percentage of women: 52.8%
• Percentage of minorities: 63.2%
• Revenue in 2019: $4,454M

Still largely owned by the Pritzker family, the company has a track record of promoting internally at a rate of 30 percent, "and recently committed to hiring 10,000 'opportunity youth'—people ages 16 to 24 lacking employment or education—by 2025," Fortune reported.

No. 46, West Monroe Partners

• Industry: Professional Services
• Rank last year: New
• Employees: 1,300
• Percentage of women: 33%
• Percentage of minorities: 21.8%
• Revenue in 2019: N/A

According to Fortune, West Monroe prides itself on its perks, "which include travel bonuses for frequent fliers and a $1 million fund for employees to carry out leadership programs—which can be focused on everything from golf to charity to tailgating." The company recently announced plans to double its staff.

No. 81, Crowe

• Industry: Professional Services
• Rank last year: 68
• Employees: 4,369
• Percentage of women: 44.6%
• Percentage of minorities: 19.9%
• Revenue in 2019: $952M

Employees praised Crowe's policies including flexible scheduling and telecommuting. "Many employees have said they’ve leaned on the policy to be present for first days of school or special family circumstances while hitting, if not surpassing, expectations at work too," Fortune reported. "There is a lot of trust and professionalism," one employee said.

No. 87, AbbVie

• Industry: Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals
• Rank last year: 63
• Employees: 13,883
• Percentage of women: 52.3%
• Percentage of minorities: 32%
• Revenue in 2019: $33,266M

Fortune notes that AbbVie is the maker of the world's top-selling drug, Humira, which brings in close to $20 billion in sales across the globe each year. "The company’s workers tout the biotech’s other riches, such as concierge services for new parents for those mundane but necessary day-to-day tasks, such as food delivery and laundry drop-off," Fortune said. "Multiple employees praise the robust and flexible nature of AbbVie’s parenting policies. That includes the ability to transition from full-time work to a job share, not to mention pension and profit-sharing programs."

To be considered for the list, companies submitted an application detailing over 200 data points describing their HR programs and practices. Great Place to Work, an analytics firm that has partnered with Fortune to create the list for the past 23 years, then conducted an anonymous survey of each company's workforce.

In total, 85 percent of the evaluation was based on what employees reported in the survey about “their experiences of trust and reaching their full human potential as part of their organization,” according to a methodology section for the rankings on Fortune’s website.

Companies need to employ at least 1,000 U.S. employees to be considered for the list, and government agencies aren’t eligible.

You can read the full methodology here.

Here are the top 10 companies to work for in the United States in 2020, according to Fortune:

1. Hilton
2. Ultimate Software
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Cisco
5. Workday
6. Salesforce
7. Edward Jones
8. Stryker
9. American Express
10. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants

The full list of companies on the 2020 list is available on Fortune.