Top 25 Companies for Compensation and Benefits
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Costco Wholesale
Costco Wholesale came in second with an overall score of 4.4 out of 5 for satisfaction with compensation and benefits. This company is the largest wholesale club operator in the U.S., and operates more than 590 membership warehouse stores serving some 64 million cardholders in 40 U.S. states and Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico, South Korea, Taiwan, and the UK, primarily under the Costco Wholesale name. The company was founded in 1984 and has annual revenue of more than $10 billion (USD).
Review highlights:
- "You are able to grow within the company and the pay and benefits are wonderful."
- "There are great benefits available for part-time and full-time employees."
- "Good pay - The pay at Costco is great for the type of work being done."
- "Great pay and benefits even for part time, plenty of ways to move up in the company."
- "Offers its part-time employees more benefits than many other companies."
While many factors play into the notion of feeling satisfied with your job and your employer, without a doubt one of the top criteria is adequate compensation and benefits. Let's face it, having adequate financial resources just makes life easier. Feeling that your company appreciates your contribution and supports your well-being, well, that doesn't hurt either.
Recently, Glassdoor.com identified the Top 25 Companies for Compensation & Benefits based on workplace insights shared on their website by people who know these companies best – the employees. Based entirely on U.S. employee feedback shared over the past 12 months, employees report high satisfaction with not only pay, but also overall benefits packages and perks like free food or even company-wide trips to Hawaii.
Not surprisingly, tech-related companies were well represented on the list, including Google, which took the number-one spot with a 4.4 out of 5 rating for compensation and benefits. Also on the list were Facebook, Riverbed, VMware and Microsoft, just to name a few.
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