These 6 VA Companies Are Nation's Best To Work For: Fortune

McLEAN, VA — Hilton — based in McLean — is America’s best company to work for in 2019, according to Fortune’s annual list released on Thursday.

The Virginia-based company jumped to the No.1 spot in 2019 after placing No.33 on the list in 2018. Fortune writes that the company’s ascent is thanks to several employee-focused changes, including more comfortable work wear and upgrading spaces used by employees.

Six Virginia businesses placed on Fortune’s 100 best companies to work for list.

The Virginia companies on the list are:

• No. 1 Hilton
• No. 29 Navy Federal Credit Union
• No. 33 CarMax
• No. 39 Capital One Financial
• No. 86 Custom Ink
• No. 98 Mars

Fortune says of Hilton: "... In early 2018 the company launched a partnership with Under Armour to have the sports apparel giant redesign lighter, more comfortable work wear. That’s just one of several ­employee-focused changes that have crowned the 100-year-old Hilton as the Best Company to Work For in America. It’s sweet validation for (CEO Chris) Nassetta, who upon taking the reins at Hilton in 2007 found an organization that “had lost our way a bit,” he said. “We forgot that we are a business of people serving people, and the corporate environment got very disconnected from the front line.”

Here's more stats on the hotel chain:

• Rank last year: 33
• Years on list: 4
• HQ location: McLean
• Employees: 62,403
• Job openings (as of February 2019): 6,492
• Industry: Hospitality
• Revenue, 2018 or most recent year ($M): $8,906
• Year founded: 1919
• Type of organization: Public
• Number of work sites: 275
• Website: http://www.hilton.com/corporate

To be considered for the list, a company has to have at least 1000 employees, according to Fortune. The list is compiled by the analytics firm Great Place to Work, which conducts a workforce survey where employees respond to over 60 questions. According to Fortune, the survey responses account for 85 percent of the analysis. The rest of the analysis is based on factors like people’s ability to contribute new ideas and effectiveness of leaders, Fortune explains. (You can read the full methodology here.)

Here are the top 10 companies on the list:

1. Hilton
2. Salesforce
3. Wegmans Food Markets
4. Workday
5. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
6. Cisco
7. Edward Jones
8. Ultimate Software
9. Texas Health Resources
10. Boston Consulting Group

You can see the full list here.

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