In today’s competitive business environment, it is a distinction to be named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas. This program was designed to recognize the best employers in the state, the ones that make it a priority to create better workplaces for their employees. Best Companies Group and its partners, the Texas Association of Business and the Texas State Council of the Society for Human Resource Management, are breaking ground in Texas with this program.

The list of the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas 2011 program—published here for the first time in order of their ranking—names companies with the best practices among Texas employers. An awards luncheon, coordinated by the Texas Association of Business, was held in Austin on January 27, 2011 recognizing each of the 100 companies. Governor Rick Perry spoke at the special ceremony.
How the 100 Best Companies Were Selected
Best Companies Group, an independent organization managing this program in many states around the country and in Canada, launched its survey in Texas in the summer of 2010. According to Peter Burke, president of Best Companies Group, “Identifying outstanding employers is a very effective way of recognizing the importance of creating cultures where employees love to come to work. From recruiting advantages to increased morale, these organizations will enjoy many benefits from this prestigious distinction. All companies that participated also received the results of their employee survey, which will be used to help make their companies even better places to work.”

Companies that chose to participate completed a two-part survey, including an organizational overview of the company’s policies and procedures as well as an in-depth employee questionnaire. The survey, analysis, and list selection were conducted by Best Companies Group. Participation was available to for-profit and nonprofit companies with 15 or more employees working in Texas. Each company that participated, whether it made the Top 100 list or not, received an Employee Feedback Report. This report included a summary of the employee responses and state benchmarking.
The 100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas in Order of Their Ranking Under Size Categories


LARGE COMPANIES (500 or More U.S. Employees)

1. The North Highland Company northhighland.com

2. UMC Health System umchealthsystem.com

3. NuStar Energy LP nustarenergy.com/careers

4. SRC (Syracuse Research Corporation) srcinc.com

5. Medical City Dallas Hospital medicalcityhospital.com

6. Edward Jones edwardjones.com

7. Camden Property Trust camdenliving.com

8. Transwestern transwestern.net

9. CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System christusstmichael.org

10. Texas Mutual Insurance Company texasmutual.com

11. Flintco Inc. flintco.com

12. PAETEC paetec.com

13. Duke Realty dukerealty.com

14. Ryan Inc. ryan.com

15. Pioneer Natural Resources pxd.com

16. Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union rbfcu.org

17. Deloitte LLP deloitte.com

18. Intuit Inc. intuit.com

19. Encompass Home Health Inc. ehhi.com

20. Burns & McDonnell burnsmcd.com

21. Vinson & Elkins velaw.com

22. Resources Global Professionals resourcesglobal.com

23. Administaff administaff.com

24. Hunton & Williams LLP hunton.com

25. Shared Technologies Inc. sharedtechnologies.com

26. T-Mobile, USA–Rio Grande Valley (Mission, Texas) t-mobile.com

27. Quest Diagnostics Inc.–Texas questdiagnostics.com

28. Eagle’s Trace ericksonliving.com

29. Sage sagenorthamerica.com

30. Longview Regional Medical Center longviewregional.com

31. Daisy Brand LLC daisybrand.com
Medium-Sized Companies (100 to 499 U.S. Employees)

1. Catapult Systems catapultsystems.com

2. Advancial advancial.org

3. Northstar Bank of Texas nstarbank.com

4. Healthpoint Ltd. healthpoint.com

5. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake texashealthsouthlake.com

6. Cirrus Logic Inc. cirrus.com

7. Apex Capital Corp. apexcapitalcorp.com

8. Pariveda Solutions parivedasolutions.com

9. SOS Staffing Services Inc., SOS Professional and SOS Engineering & Technology sosstaffing.com

10. Strasburger & Price LLP strasburger.com

11. Guaranty Bond Bank gnty.com

12. ALK-Abelló Inc. alk-abello.com/us

13. Keller Williams Realty International kw.com

14. Happy State Bank happybank.com

15. Whitley Penn LLP pcpa.com

16. ProfitFuel Inc. profitfuel.com

17. Community National Bank & Trust of Texas mycommunitybanktexas.com

18. Security Bank mysbank.com

19. Radiant Healthcare Services LLC radianthomehealth.com

20. BuildASign.com buildasign.com

21. HCSS hcss.com

22. Associated Credit Union of Texas acutx.org

23. Stress Engineering Services Inc. stress.com

24. Coppermark Bank coppermarkbank.com

25. Linbeck Group LLC linbeck.com

26. StarTex Power startexpower.com

27. Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery thcds.com

28. Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas PC pkftexas.com

29. UMC Physician Network Services pnsonline.net

30. Austin Bank austinbank.com

31. The Dwyer Group dwyergroup.com

32. E2open e2open.com

33. San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind salighthouse.org

34. Farm Credit Bank of Texas farmcreditbank.com

35. Targetbase targetbase.com

36. USMD Hospital at Arlington usmdarlington.com

37. FKP Architects Inc. fkp.com

38. University Federal Credit Union ufcu.org

39. Velocity Credit Union velocitycu.com

40. Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP deandraper.com
Small Companies (15 to 99 U.S.Employees)

1. Longnecker & Associates longnecker.com

2. Range Online Media rangeonlinemedia.com

3. Starr Tincup starrtincup.com

4. GDSX Ltd. gdsx.com

5. Möbius Partners mobiuspartners.com

6. PSK LLP pskcpa.com

7. MHT Partners LP mhtpartners.com

8. Decypher decypher.com

9. GlobalSCAPE globalscape.com

10. University Title Company utitle.com

11. Lasco Enterprises LLC lascoenterprises.com

12. Improving Enterprises improvingenterprises.com

13. SicolaMartin sicolamartin.com

14. The Medicus Firm themedicusfirm.com

15. Four Hands fourhands.com

16. Aquire aquire.com

17. The Search Engine Guys LLC tseg.com

18. CAPSHER Technology Inc. capsher.com

19. Patrick Henry Creative Promotions Inc. phcp.com

20. K2Share LLC k2share.com

21. The Albert Companies albertmoving.com

22. Workforce Solutions of Central Texas workforcelink.com

23. Providence Companies pristx.com

24. Hartman Leito & Bolt LLP hlbllp.com

25. Debt Education and Certification Foundation bkcert.com

26. Barhorst Insurance Group big-usa.com

27. Inspirus LLC inspirus.com

28. Award Solutions Inc. awardsolutions.com

29. Industrial Safety Training Council istc.net
source:www.texasmonthly.com