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The year ahead: Best companies to work for in 2014
There are many companies in the world, but not all companies receive rave reviews from the people who matter - the employees.
Let's take a look at some of the companies rated best by their workers.
Source: glassdoor.com
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The year ahead: Best companies to work for in 2014
Bain & Company
Industry: Management consulting
Founded: 1973
Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts
Employees: 6,000
Overall rank: 1
Bain & Company, which provides advisory services to some of the largest organisations in the world, has 50 offices in 32 countries.
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Industry: Internet
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Employees: 2,000
Overall rank: 2
Twitter, an online social networking and microblogging service, is one of the 10 most-visited websites.
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Industry: Internet
Founded: 2003
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Employees: 5,000
Overall rank: 3
Linkedin, a social networking website for professionals, has more than 260 million users in over 200 countries.
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Eastman Chemical
Industry: Manufacturing
Founded: 1920
Headquarters: Kingsport, Tennessee
Employees: 15,000
Overall rank: 4
Eastman Chemical, which manufactures and sells chemicals, fibres, and plastics, has 44 plants around the world.
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Industry: Internet
Founded: 2004
Headquarters: Menlo Park, California
Employees: 6,000
Overall rank: 5
Facebook, an online social networking service, has more than 1 billion active users.
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Guidewire
Industry: Computer Software and hardware
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Foster City, California
Employees: 1,000
Overall rank: 6
Guidewire, which provides core back-end software for property and casualty insurance carriers, has three main software products: ClaimCenter, PolicyCenter, and BillingCenter.
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Interactive Intelligence
Industry: Technology
Founded: 1994
Headquarters: Indianapolis, Indiana
Employees: 1,500
Overall rank: 7
Interactive Intelligence, a software company that provided business communications solutions for call centres, enterprise IP telephony, and business process automation, has strategic partnerships with major companies, such as HP, IBM and Microsoft.
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Industry: Internet and computer software
Founded: 1998
Headquarters: Mountain View, California
Employees: 47,000
Overall rank: 8
Google, which specialises in search, cloud computing and software, runs more than one million servers in data centres around the world.
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Orbitz Worldwide
Industry: Travel services
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois
Employees: 2,000
Overall rank: 9
Orbitz Worldwide, which operates a website to research, plan and book travel, is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Nestle Purina PetCare
Industry: Pet food
Founded: 1894
Headquarters: St Louis, Missouri
Employees: 7,000
Overall rank: 10
Nestle Purina PetCare, a pet food division of Swiss-based Nestle, also annually honours animals for their exemplary work in Canada.
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John Deere
Industry: Heavy equipment
Founded: 1837
Headquarters: Moline, Illinois
Employees: 57,000
Overall rank: 11
John Deere, which is one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery in the world, has operations around the globe.
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Edelman
Industry: Public relations
Founded: 1952
Headquarters: New York City
Employees: 5,000
Overall rank: 12
Edelman, which is one of the largest independently owned public relations firm in the world, has revenues of more than $600 million annually.
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Qualcomm
Industry: Telecommunications equipment and semiconductors
Founded: 1985
Headquarters: San Diego, California
Employees: 26,000
Overall rank: 13
Qualcomm, which designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services, has operations in 157 locations around the world.
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Chevron
Industry: Oil and gas
Founded: 1984
Headquarters: San Ramon, California
Employees: 62,000
Overall rank: 14
Chevron, an energy company that is engaged in every aspect of oil, gas, and geothermal energy, operates in more than 180 countries.
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Slalom Consulting
Industry: Professional services
Founded: 2001
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington
Employees: 2,000
Overall rank: 15
Slalom Consulting, a business and technology consulting firm, is based in Seattle.
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Costco
Industry: Retail
Founded: 1983
Headquarters: Issaquah, Washington
Employees: 175,000
Overall rank: 16
Costco, which is the seventh-largest retailer in the world, operates in 632 locations around the world.
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Riverbed Technology
Industry: Networking hardware
Founded: 2002
Headquarters: San Francisco, California
Employees: 1,500
Overall rank: 17
Riverbed Technology, which specialises in improving the performance of networks and networked applications, focuses on products that solve network bandwidth and performance problems.
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SolarCity
Industry: Energy
Founded: 2006
Headquarters: San Mateo, California
Employees: 2,500
Overall rank: 18
SolarCity, which designs, finances and installs solar energy systems, is the second-biggest solar installation company in the US.
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Intuit
Industry: Computer software
Founded: 1983
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Employees: 8,200
Overall rank: 19
Intuit, which develops financial and tax preparation software and related services for companies, has offices around the world, including India.
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Gartner
Industry: Research
Founded: 1979
Headquarters: Stamford, Connecticut
Employees: 5,300
Overall rank: 20
Gartner, which is an information technology research and advisory company, targets research at senior IT leaders in both government and private sector.