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Fortune's "Best Companies To Work For": 19 Offer Sabbaticals

Posted on January 23, 2009 by
Elizabeth Pagano

Fortune’s annual list of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” is in February’s issue of the magazine, and 19 of the winners offer fully-paid sabbaticals, up from 16 in 2008. More offer unpaid sabbaticals, but Fortune doesn’t track that information.

Here are the companies with fully-paid sabbaticals, with their Fortune rank in parentheses:

  • Edward Jones (2)
  • Boston Consulting Group (3)
  • Genentech (7)
  • Adobe Systems (11)
  • Recreational Equipment (REI) (12)
  • Robert W. Baird (14)
  • QuikTrip (27)
  • Container Store (32)
  • Alston & Bird (36)
  • Plante & Moran (42)
  • DreamWorks Animation SKG (47)
  • Burns & McDonnell (50)
  • Men’s Wearhouse (71)
  • Perkins Coie (82)
  • eBay (83)
  • FedEx (90)
  • Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants (95)
  • Vanderbilt University (98)
  • General Mills (99)

Who wouldn’t want to work for one of these bold and “best” companies?

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About Elizabeth Pagano

Founding Partner, yourSABBATICAL.com.

Elizabeth consults with organizations on leadership/talent development. She is co-author of THE TRANSPARENCY EDGE: How Credibility Can Make or Break You in Business (McGraw-Hill), which has been translated into four languages and is now in paperback. A former business journalist, articles by and about her have appeared in a wide array of business publications, including The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, CNN International, Outside Magazine, Oprah.com, Journal of Accountancy, CBS News, Web CPA, Business to Business, Talent Management, Employee Benefit News, Manage Smarter, and Canada’s Globe and Mail. You can find her book on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Transparency-Edge-Elizabeth-Pagano/dp/0071458840/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1291230117&sr=8-1.

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After 9/11, Elizabeth sailed with her mother on their family's 43-foot Beneteau, "Revival". To read more about their adventure at sea, go to http://yoursabbatical.com/about/team/pagano-sailing-sabbatical/. Since their sailing sabbatical, Elizabeth and her mother have been working tirelessly to ensure that every career path includes a sabbatical or two.

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