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100 Best Companies to Work for in Texas

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. 1. The North Highland Company northhighland.com
2. 2. UMC Health System umchealthsystem.com
3. 3. NuStar Energy LP nustarenergy.com/careers
4. 4. SRC (Syracuse Research Corporation) srcinc.com
5. 5. Medical City Dallas Hospital medicalcityhospital.com
6. 6. Edward Jones edwardjones.com
7. 7. Camden Property Trust camdenliving.com
8. 8. Transwestern transwestern.net
9. 9. CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System christusstmichael.org
10. 10. Texas Mutual Insurance Company texasmutual.com
11. 11. Flintco Inc. flintco.com
12. 12. PAETEC paetec.com
13. 13. Duke Realty dukerealty.com
14. 14. Ryan Inc. ryan.com
15. 15. Pioneer Natural Resources pxd.com
16. 16. Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union rbfcu.org
17. 17. Deloitte LLP deloitte.com
18. 18. Intuit Inc. intuit.com
19. 19. Encompass Home Health Inc. ehhi.com
20. 20. Burns & McDonnell burnsmcd.com
21. 21. Vinson & Elkins velaw.com
22. 22. Resources Global Professionals resourcesglobal.com
23. 23. Administaff administaff.com
24. 24. Hunton & Williams LLP hunton.com
25. 25. Shared Technologies Inc. sharedtechnologies.com
26. 26. T-Mobile, USA–Rio Grande Valley (Mission, Texas) t-mobile.com
27. 27. Quest Diagnostics Inc.–Texas questdiagnostics.com
28. 28. Eagle’s Trace ericksonliving.com
29. 29. Sage sagenorthamerica.com
30. 30. Longview Regional Medical Center longviewregional.com
31. 31. Daisy Brand LLC daisybrand.com

Medium-Sized Companies (100 to 499 U.S. Employees)

1. 1. Catapult Systems catapultsystems.com
2. 2. Advancial advancial.org
3. 3. Northstar Bank of Texas nstarbank.com
4. 4. Healthpoint Ltd. healthpoint.com
5. 5. Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake texashealthsouthlake.com
6. 6. Cirrus Logic Inc. cirrus.com
7. 7. Apex Capital Corp. apexcapitalcorp.com
8. 8. Pariveda Solutions parivedasolutions.com
9. 9. SOS Staffing Services Inc., SOS Professional and SOS Engineering & Technology sosstaffing.com
10. 10. Strasburger & Price LLP strasburger.com
11. 11. Guaranty Bond Bank gnty.com
12. 12. ALK-Abelló Inc. alk-abello.com/us
13. 13. Keller Williams Realty International kw.com
14. 14. Happy State Bank happybank.com
15. 15. Whitley Penn LLP pcpa.com
16. 16. ProfitFuel Inc. profitfuel.com
17. 17. Community National Bank & Trust of Texas mycommunitybanktexas.com
18. 18. Security Bank mysbank.com
19. 19. Radiant Healthcare Services LLC radianthomehealth.com
20. 20. BuildASign.com buildasign.com
21. 21. HCSS hcss.com
22. 22. Associated Credit Union of Texas acutx.org
23. 23. Stress Engineering Services Inc. stress.com
24. 24. Coppermark Bank coppermarkbank.com
25. 25. Linbeck Group LLC linbeck.com
26. 26. StarTex Power startexpower.com
27. 27. Texas Health Center for Diagnostics & Surgery thcds.com
28. 28. Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas PC pkftexas.com
29. 29. UMC Physician Network Services pnsonline.net
30. 30. Austin Bank austinbank.com
31. 31. The Dwyer Group dwyergroup.com
32. 32. E2open e2open.com
33. 33. San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind salighthouse.org
34. 34. Farm Credit Bank of Texas farmcreditbank.com
35. 35. Targetbase targetbase.com
36. 36. USMD Hospital at Arlington usmdarlington.com
37. 37. FKP Architects Inc. fkp.com
38. 38. University Federal Credit Union ufcu.org
39. 39. Velocity Credit Union velocitycu.com
40. 40. Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP deandraper.com

Small Companies (15 to 99 U.S.Employees)

1. 1. Longnecker & Associates longnecker.com
2. 2. Range Online Media rangeonlinemedia.com
3. 3. Starr Tincup starrtincup.com
4. 4. GDSX Ltd. gdsx.com
5. 5. Möbius Partners mobiuspartners.com
6. 6. PSK LLP pskcpa.com
7. 7. MHT Partners LP mhtpartners.com
8. 8. Decypher decypher.com
9. 9. GlobalSCAPE globalscape.com
10. 10. University Title Company utitle.com
11. 11. Lasco Enterprises LLC lascoenterprises.com
12. 12. Improving Enterprises improvingenterprises.com
13. 13. SicolaMartin sicolamartin.com
14. 14. The Medicus Firm themedicusfirm.com
15. 15. Four Hands fourhands.com
16. 16. Aquire aquire.com
17. 17. The Search Engine Guys LLC tseg.com
18. 18. CAPSHER Technology Inc. capsher.com
19. 19. Patrick Henry Creative Promotions Inc. phcp.com
20. 20. K2Share LLC k2share.com
21. 21. The Albert Companies albertmoving.com
22. 22. Workforce Solutions of Central Texas workforcelink.com
23. 23. Providence Companies pristx.com
24. 24. Hartman Leito & Bolt LLP hlbllp.com
25. 25. Debt Education and Certification Foundation bkcert.com
26. 26. Barhorst Insurance Group big-usa.com
27. 27. Inspirus LLC inspirus.com
28. 28. Award Solutions Inc. awardsolutions.com
29. 29. Industrial Safety Training Council istc.net