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Best Tech Companies To Work For By Jennifer LeClaire January 21, 2013 9:14AM     Fortune's 2013 list of the "100 Best Companies To Work For" includes many power hitters from the tech industry, with Google in the top spot, followed by tech titans Cisco, Intel, Microsoft, SAS, Qualcomm, Salesforce.com, and Intuit, as well as Rackspace, NetApp, and Hitachi Data Systems -- with industry darling Apple notably absent.   Related Topics Best Companies Tech Jobs Employment Top Tech News Google SAS Salesforce.com NetApp Microsoft Intel Rackspace Qualcomm Latest News Recharge Your Phone in 20 Seconds? Ready for Xbox: The Next Generation China Hackers Resume U.S. Attacks Samsung Dangles $800,000 App Carrot Yahoo Vows 'Not To Screw Up' Tumblr Looking for a tech job? Wondering which tech companies are the best ones to work for and why? Fortune magazine just announced its 16th annual list of the "100 Best Companies To Work For," including a number of tech titans and technology innovators. We sorted through their rankings to find which tech companies made the grade. Read on for the list and some of the reasons these tech companies have made it to the top. Google Ranks First It seems everybody and their brother wants to work for Google. What makes Google so great? Fortune writes: "The Internet juggernaut takes the Best Companies crown for the fourth time, and not just for the 100,000 hours of subsidized massages it doled out in 2012." New this year are three wellness centers and a seven-acre sports complex, which includes a roller hockey rink; courts for basketball, bocce and shuffle ball; not to mention the horseshoe pits. With an estimated total of 34,311 employees, Google is based in Mountain View, California, and is taking the top spot on Fortune's Best Companies list now four years in a row. SAS Gets Creative SAS Institute was third on Fortunes' list last year and now ranks second among all companies. Based in Cary, North Carolina, SAS develops software for data analytics and data management . SAS has a corporate culture described by one employee as "creative anarchy" that is especially conducive to innovation. The company has 6,373 employees in the U.S. with another 6,481 employees worldwide, and was one of the first tech companies to offer on-site childcare as a benefit for employees. NetApp Ranks Sixth Based in Sunnyvale, California, data storage company NetApp believes in recognizing its employees for a job well done. According to Fortune, "Vice chairman Tom Mendoza asks managers to notify him when they 'catch someone doing something right' and then calls 10 to 20 employees every day to thank them." Fortune reports NetApp has 7,426 employees in the U.S. plus 4,723 outside the U.S. Ultimate Software in Top 10 Ranking ninth and headquartered in Weston, Florida, with close to 1,500 employees, Ultimate Software develops people management software, with customers like Google, Quicken Loans, and the New York Yankees. Fortune reports that the company covers 100 percent of health care premiums for its employees and dependents, and treats workers to a free vacation every two years. (continued...) 1  |  2  |  3  |  4  |  Next Page >   Based on your interest in this article, here's something that may be of interest to you also: (Why?) This article relates to the following term(s) that also match our recommendation: Google. (Close) Recommended Reading: Search & Destroy: Why You Can't Trust Google Inc. Synopsis: This is the other side of the Google story. In Search & Destroy, Google expert Scott Cleland, shows that the world's most powerful company is not who it pretends to be. Google pretends to be a harmless lamb, but chose a full-size model of a Tyrannosaurus Rex as its mascot. Beware the T-Rex in sheep's clothing. Tell Us What You Think Comment: Name: Also Visit: iPad Info Center Billions of Bytes Mobile Device Now Apple Info Center TopTechWire.com Redefine the way you do business by analyzing market trends, increasing conversion, and creating customer loyalty through Microsoft Dynamics. Unlock your potential through real-time CRM solutions in sales, marketing, and customer service to help your business become more dynamic than ever before.  Enterprise I.T. 1.   Cyberattacks Could Help Syrian Raids 2.   HP and SAP Team on HANA Database 3.   Cloud Computing Gains Another Rival 4.   Hackers Find Smartphones Useful 5.   GM Reinvents the Data Center Mandatory BYOD Is Catching On Will be required by many within 4 years. Average Rating: SAP Tools Gave 49ers' Scouting Edge Big tech trends get applied to sports. Average Rating: HP and SAP Team on HANA Database Large-scale, in-memory data analytics. Average Rating:

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