Rockville Employers Rank High On 'Top Workplace For 2018' List

ROCKVILLE, MD — Two Rockville employers are among the top workplaces in the region, according to The Washington Post's newest ranking.

Century 21 New Millennium was ranked 10 on the list, while Emmes Corporation was ranked 20.

Century 21 is a real estate firm that urges agents to be "fun, fair and profitable." There are 19 DC-area locations and 947 local employees. The firm made almost $3 billion last year and hired about 200 people.

Emmes Corporation is a contract research organization that works to complete the massive clinical trials required for Food and Drug Administration approval, The Post says. The 599 local employees work with some of the leading researchers from government and industry.

"I am one small part of a very impressive research community that is making incredible advances in healthcare," an employee wrote in a survey, The Post reports.

The Post ranked 150 companies based on the highest ratings from employees. After the public nominated companies with at least 50 employees in the fall, 2,807 DC area employers were invited to take an employee survey. The survey looked at 24 factors, from effectiveness to managers and engagement. 341 companies in all took the survey.

Here are the top 10 workplaces for 2018 in the DC region:

• Appian (Reston)
• Great American Restaurants (Fairfax)
• FireEye (Reston)
• WilmerHale (Washington, DC)
• Hitt Contracting (Falls Church)
• Jim Koons Automotive (DC, Maryland, Virginia, Delaware)
• Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld (Washington, DC)
• ActioNet (Vienna)
• MIL Corporation (Bowie, Md.)
• Century 21 New Millennium (DC, Maryland and Virginia)

See all of the Top Workplaces for 2018 here.

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