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Bingham McCutchen $211,017
Arnold & Porter $194,575
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Quicken added jobs at the fastest rate last year, but FedEx added the most jobs total: 10,187.
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Quicken Loans 68%
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To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work for, Fortune partners with Great Place to Work Institute® to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Of some 1,500 firms that were contacted, 407 companies participated in this year's survey. Nearly 100,000 employees at those companies responded to a 57-question survey created by the Great Place to Work Institute®, a global research and consulting firm with offices in 30 countries. More
W. L. Gore & Associates
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15. W. L. Gore & Associates
What makes it so great?
The Gore-Tex maker protects its unique culture by hiring those driven by opportunity "rather than the title or status that goes along with it."

Headquarters: Newark, DE
2006 revenue ($ millions): 2,126
Website: www.gore.com
U.S. employees 5,211
Employees outside U.S. 2,610
New jobs (1 year) 272
% job growth (1 year) 6
% voluntary turnover 5
Applicants 34,585
Most common job (salaried):
Field Sales Representative 		N.A.
Most common job (hourly):
Medical Device Assembler 		N.A.
Professional training (hrs./yr.) 20
Paid sabbaticals No
Onsite child care Yes
100% health-care coverage No
Onsite fitness center Yes
Subsidized gym membership Yes
Job sharing program Yes
Compressed workweek Yes
Telecommuting Yes
% minorities 17%
% women 39%
Has nondiscrimination policy
that includes sexual orientation? 		Yes
Offers domestic partner benefits
for same-sex couples? 		Yes
From the February 4, 2008 issue
Notes:
N.A.: Not available. U.S. employees includes part-timers as of time of survey. Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover are full-time only. Revenues are for 2006 or latest fiscal year. All data based on U.S. employees.
* Average annual pay: yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of full-time salaried and hourly employees.
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