Top 25 Companies for Compensation and Benefits
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Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente comes in twelfth with an overall satisfaction score of 4.0 out of 5 for compensation and benefits. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield. Kaiser Permanente is made up of three distinct groups of entities: the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan and its regional operating subsidiaries; Kaiser Foundation Hospitals; and the autonomous regional Permanente Medical Groups. Founded in 1945, the company now has annual revenue of over $10 billion (USD).
Review highlights:
- "Work-life balance is good (though not in all parts of the company)."
- "Great benefits; diversity; flexible schedules; a lot of areas to grow your career."
- "Really good benefits (many of which kick in the day you start)."
- "The company has an important social health care mission and community benefit program."
- "Pay and benefits are second to none in the call center world."
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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