Airbnb has dethroned Google atop Glassdoor’s “Best Places to Work” list for 2016.
The peer-to-peer lodging company, now valued at $25.5 billion, finished No. 1 on Glassdoor’s annual “Best Places to Work” list, which pulls data from surveys that ask U.S.-based employees about career opportunities, compensation, senior management, work/life balance, culture, and more.
There were 21 tech companies among the top 50, which is up from 14 last year. Guidewire (3rd), Hotspot (4th), Facebook (5th), and LinkedIn (6th) were all ahead of Google (8th), which ranked No. 1 last year.
Seattle-based Zillow Group ranked No. 10. Expedia, which did not make the list last year, was No. 16. Other Seattle-area companies include Slalom Consulting (30th), F5 Networks (33rd), Costco Wholesale (40th), REI (45th), and Concur (49th).
Neither Amazon or Microsoft have made the top 50 since Glassdoor began releasing the annual list in 2009.
Here are some of the “common themes” Glassdoor found among the top companies on this list.
- Employees feel valued
- Unique cultures that align with mission
- Mission/values driven
- Smart colleagues
- Great perks and benefits
- Clear direction
- Opportunity for advancement
- Transparent senior leadership
- Challenging/exciting work
For this particular list, companies are required to have at least 1,000 employees and 75 company reviews on Glassdoor, which uses an algorithm to calculate the rankings that assesses the quantity, quality and consistency of Glassdoor-approved company reviews shared by U.S.-based employees between November 3, 2014 and November 1,2015.
Here’s the full list:
- Airbnb
- Bain & Company
- Guidewire
- Hubspot
- Boston Consulting Group
- Nestlé Purina PetCare
- Zillow
- Eastman Chemical
- World Wide Technology
- In-N-Out Burger
- MINDBODY
- Power Home Remodeling Group
- Expedia
- H E B
- Riot Games
- Adobe
- Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Delta Air Lines
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
- Protiviti
- QuikTrip
- Apple
- Vivint Solar
- Paycom
- Wegmans Food Markets
- Slalom Consulting
- Akamai
- Salesforce
- F5 Networks
- Genentech
- Workday
- Turner Construction
- Red Hat
- Gensler
- Chevron
- Costco Wholesale
- GE Aviation
- Southwest Airlines
- Stryker
- Gartner
- REI
- Red Bull
- NIKE
- Total Quality Logistic
- Concur
- SolarCity