Danbury Business Named Among Best Places to Work by Forbes

DANBURY, CT — Praxair, Inc. has been recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the World’s Best Employers for 2018. The Danbury-based company ranked first in the Specialized Chemicals category and placed number 87 overall.

For the second year in a row, Google parent company Alphabet has topped the Forbes list, and was the only one to receive a perfect score.

To create the list, Forbes retained Statista to analyze more than 430,000 recommendations from 2,000 companies worldwide. The recommendations were collected via a global poll as well as regional surveys. As part of the process, employees were asked to rate their own employer as well as to recommend other employers.

“Our global work force is our most valuable asset as they serve our customers and the communities in which we operate,” said David Strauss, vice president and chief human resources officer for Praxair. "This recognition is particularly meaningful as it is based upon feedback gathered from our employees.”

Praxair is one of the largest industrial gas companies worldwide, with market capitalization of approximately $40 billion and 2017 sales of $11 billion.