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- Forbes named the University of Tennessee Medical Center as the best employer for company culture in the U.S.
- The ranking was based on a survey of over 218,000 employees from large U.S. companies.
- Nine Tennessee-based businesses were included in the top 600 companies on the inaugural list.
A medical center in Tennessee is the best employer for company culture in the nation, according to a new ranking by Forbes.
To develop the first “America’s Best Employers for Company Culture” list, more than 218,000 employees from U.S. companies with at least 1,000 workers were surveyed. They were asked how likely they would be to recommend their current and past employers, as well as other companies they were familiar with through their industry or through friends and family who had worked there.
The data collected from surveys over the past three years was organized into a scoring system. Higher weight was given to more recent data and responses from current employees. Ultimately, the top 600 U.S. companies with the highest scores were ranked, with a Tennessee-based business earning the overall top spot.
Here are the Tennessee companies that made the inaugural list.
Which Tennessee companies are in the top 600 of Forbes’ Best Employers for Company Culture list?
Forbes and Statista asked employees to evaluate their employers on fairness, inclusivity and opportunities. They included questions about whether employers recognize good performance, promote a healthy work-life balance, and offer avenues for advancement.
Forbes’ Best Employers for Company Culture list includes nine Tennessee businesses. Of the 600 enterprises analyzed in the list, the top company in Tennessee was also at the top of the entire list.
The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville ranked as the overall best employer for company culture. Other Tennessee employers on the list are:
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, ranked No. 21
- Kirkland’s, in Brentwood, ranked No. 24
- BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, in Chattanooga, ranked No. 159
- Genesco, in Nashville, ranked No. 275
- Eastman, in Kingsport, ranked No. 278
- First Horizon, in Memphis, ranked No. 384
- Tennessee Valley Authority, in Knoxville, ranked No. 436
- FedEx, in Memphis, ranked No. 453
Forbes’ top 10 employers for company culture
- University of Tennessee Medical Center, located in Tennessee
- Progressive, headquartered in Ohio
- Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, located in Georgia
- University of California, Irvine, located in California
- Cleveland State University, located in Ohio
- Mutual of Omaha, headquartered in Nebraska
- Western Carolina University, located in North Carolina
- Verisk Analytics, headquartered in New Jersey
- Intel, headquartered in California
- Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Michigan, headquartered in Michigan
Jordan Green covers trending news for The Commercial Appeal. She can be reached at jordan.green@commercialappeal.com.