2009 Top 100 Employers. Where do you work or will work?

Fortune 500 magazine has announced top 100 companies in US for best emplyer. Alas, dream company of many, Google, has fallen to 4th place from its 1st position in this list. Below are the top 10 in this list -
NetApp
Edward Jones
Boston Consulting Group
Google
Wegmans Food Markets
Cisco Systems
Genentech
Methodist Hospital System
Goldman Sachs
Nugget Market

Adobe is on 11th place and couldn't make it to top 10 for 2009.

Though these are best employer, it doesn't mean that people are happy there becuase of a big fat paycheck. You will be surprised to see list below who are actually giving a hefty pay to their employees. Looks like, lower the pay and better is employer :). So think before you join company just based on what is coming in your pocket.

Company Name	Pos in Top 100	Role	Annual Pay
--------------------------	------	-----------------------	---------
Bingham McCutchen	30	Associate	$256,312
Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network	76	Physicians	$244,605
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe	87	Associate	$240,955
Alston & Bird	36	Associate	$203,655
Perkins Coie	82	Associate	$190,126
Devon Energy	13	Engineer	$186,882
Chesapeake Energy	73	Toolpusher	$178,108
Salesforce.com	55	Senior Sales Engineer	$172,303
Arnold & Porter	21	Associate	$172,192
Adobe Systems	11	Sr. Computer Scientist Software Development	$165,947

If you sutdy the other details for top companies, you might find that people are more satisfied due to facilities and perks being offered in these companies. While 2nd position Edward Jones has a 8th position for work life balance list, it also offers fully paid Sabbaticals. So it is great for your career inside and outside company. Also most of good companies are now allowing telecommuting and flexible office timing, which are much easier to employee in this internet world.