Software company Adobe, warehouse chain Costco, drink and snack maker PepsiCo, wireless company T-Mobile and domain name registrar and web hosting company GoDaddy are among the top 50 companies for women, according to a new survey from compensation, culture and career monitoring website Comparably.
Yes, GoDaddy, the company whose sexually charged ads led to a movement to boycott the company's services in protest — was voted as a top place to work, by women.
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Part of the reason GoDaddy made the list is because of a deliberate decision to change its approach, says Comparably CEO Jason Nazar.
After CEO Blake Irving took the helm at GoDaddy, he began working to move away from the racy ads. Irving also focused on recruiting and promoting a diverse workforce and pledged to close the gender pay gap.
The Comparably rating isn't the first time GoDaddy has been singled out for being a good place for women to work. Among the accolades: In 2015, AnitaB.org, a nonprofit organization focused on the advancement of women in computing, named the company one of the top companies where women in technology could thrive.
"He made a very dedicated and concerted effort both internally and publicly to dramatically change the GoDaddy culture and specifically move as far away from their sexist past," Nazar says of Irving.
Other qualities Comparbly's survey found were important to women included work-life balance and for their companies to be transparent and to demonstrate integrity.
Comparably's results, which were not ranked, reflect women's answers to questions about compensation, being challenged at work, getting valuable feedback, having a mentor at work and whether or not their companies are invested in their career growth, among others.
The lists below represent the best companies for women, as rated by their employees on Comparably.com, and are listed in alphabetical order. Large companies are organizations with 500 or more employees. Small-to-medium companies are organizations with fewer than 500 employees.
Best 50 large companies for women
Top 50, in alphabetical order
Accenture, New York, N.Y.
Adobe, San Jose, Calif.
ADP, Roseland, N.J.
Aetna, Hartford, Conn.
Alorica, Irvine, Calif.
Anthem, Indianapolis
Apple, Cupertino, Calif.
Capital One, McLean, Va.
Chegg, Santa Clara, Calif.
Cornerstone OnDemand, Santa Monica, Calif.
Costco, Issaquah, Wash.
Dropbox, San Francisco
Facebook, Menlo Park, Calif.
GoDaddy, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Golden Hippo Media, Woodland Hills, Calif.
Google, Mountain View, Calif.
H E B, San Antonio, Texas
HCA Holdings, Nashville
HubSpot, Cambridge, Mass.
Indeed, Austin, Texas
Insight, Tempe, Ariz.
Insight Global, Atlanta
Intuit, Mountain View, Calif.
Jive Communications, Orem, Utah
Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif.
Lyft, San Francisco
MAC Cosmetics, New York, N.Y.
Marriott, Bethesda, Md.
Microsoft, Redmond, Wash.
Netflix, Los Gatos, Calif.
Nike, Beaverton, Ore.
NVIDIA, Santa Clara, Calif.
Pegasystems, Cambridge, Mass.
PepsiCo, Purchase, N.Y.
Petco, San Diego, Calif.
Pinterest, San Francisco, Calif.
Pluralsight, Farmington, Utah
Publix Super Markets, Lakeland, Fla.
Red Hat, Raleigh, N.C.
Salesforce, San Francisco, Calif.
Slack, San Francisco, Calif.
Starbucks, Seattle, Wash.
Sunrun, San Francisco, Calif.
T-Mobile, Bellevue, Wash.
Vertafore, Denver, Colo.
VMware, Palo Alto, Calif.
Workday, Pleasanton, Calif.
Workfront, Lehi, Utah
Xero, San Francisco, Calif.
Zillow, Seattle, Wash.
Best 25 small/mid-size companies for women
Top 25, in alphabetical order
Acorns, Irvine, Calif.
Bigcommerce, Austin, Texas
BizMerlin, Vienna, Va.
BoldLeads, Chandler, Ariz.
Branch Metrics, Palo Alto, Calif.
Chatterkick, Sioux City, Iowa
Chrome River Technologies, Los Angeles, Calif.
Code.org, Seattle, Wash.
CreativeLive, Seattle, Wash.
EdCast, Mountain View, Calif.
Envoy, San Francisco, Calif.
Fueled, New York, N.Y.
Help Scout, Boston, Mass.
IMPACT Branding & Design, Wallingford, Conn.
Jammber, Chicago, Ill.
Mobomo, Vienna, Va.
OmegaFi, Columbus, Ga.
Periscope Data, San Francisco, Calif.
Pipedrive,New York, N.Y.
RealSelf, Seattle, Wash.
RevLocal, Granville, Ohio
SendGrid, Denver, Colo.
SiteTraker, Palo Alto, Calif.
Striim, Palo Alto, Calif.
XLA, Vienna, Va.
Methodology
Comparably's "Best Of" lists are derived from sentiment ratings provided by employees who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com during the 2017 eligibility period (1/1/17– 11/17/17). There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required.
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