NEW YORK, Nov. 17 Crain-Top50Workplaces
New York's Most Outstanding Employers Featured in November 17 Issue
NEW YORK, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Crain's New York Business today announced the winners of the "Best Places to Work in New York City for 2008" competition. The 50 finalists represent a diverse range of industries including architecture, engineering, technology, hospitality and real estate. A ranking of the top 50 companies appears in this week's Crain's. Lockton Companies, LLC, an insurance broker, took the coveted first place.
Winners were chosen based on the results of an employee-driven survey conducted by Crain's New York Business in partnership with Quantum Research. It is the first study ever conducted to determine the most desirable companies to work for in New York City.
"Crain's 'Best Places to Work in New York City' represents the most outstanding employers from throughout our five boroughs, as defined by their employees," said Jill Kaplan, VP & publisher of Crain's New York Business. "In these challenging times, this distinguished group of winners can be proud knowing it was the praise and support of their employees that earned them this honor."
In addition to a ranking of the top 50 companies, this week's Crain's also lists the top ten companies in three categories, according to company size: Small companies, with up to 149 employees; mid-sized companies, with 150 to 499 employees; and large companies, with 500 or more employees.
A sample of 2008 winners includes the Microsoft Corporation, Silverstein Properties, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York, Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex and Cushman & Wakefield.
The Top 50 Best Places to Work in New York City for 2008 are:
- Lockton Companies, LLC
- Alison Brod Public Relations
- Village Pourhouse
- Metis Group, LLC
- Marcum & Kliegman
- Microsoft Corporation
- Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
- Michael Page International
- Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP
- Loews Regency Hotel
- New York Cares
- Iris
- Friedman LLP
- Prestone Printing Company
- Deutsch Inc
- Shawmut Design and Construction
- Bingham McCutchen LLP
- SeamlessWeb Professional Solutions, LLC
- Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
- The Concept Farm
- Silverstein Properties
- RiskMetrics Group
- SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc.
- Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
- Services for the UnderServed, Inc.
- RAND Engineering & Architecture, PC
- Andrews Kurth LLP
- Visiting Nurse Service of New York
- Undertone Networks
- Ted Moudis Associates
- Berdon LLP
- YAI/Nat'l. Instit. People w/Disabilities Network
- Logicworks
- Sam Schwartz Engineering
- Hunton & Williams LLP
- Studley, Inc.
- Anvil NY
- Chelsea Piers Sports and Entertainment Complex
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP
- ID Media
- Pryor Cashman LLP
- Booz & Company
- HOK
- Studio Daniel Libeskind
- Donnelly Mechanical Corp.
- Weiser LLP
- Alston + Bird, LLP
- Amper, Politziner & Mattia
- The Execu|Search Group, Inc
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