100 Best Companies to Work For 2007: W.L. Gore & Associates snapshot

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100 Best Companies to Work For 2007

10. W.L. Gore & Associates

What makes it so great?
Great ideas (Gore-Tex, Glide dental floss) come from all corners at this nonhierarchical Delaware company, which prefers to promote from within. (CEO Terri L. Kelly joined Gore as a process engineer in 1983.)

Headquarters: Newark, Del.

Top 3 (of 28) U.S. locations: Elkton, Flagstaff , Newark

2005 revenue ($ millions): 1,984

Website: www.gore.com

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Employees
U.S. employees	4,945
Employees outside U.S.	2,466

Jobs
New jobs (1 year)	407
% job growth (1 year)	9
% voluntary turnover	5
Applicants	41,599

Pay	Average annual pay
Most common job (salaried): Field Sales Representative	N.A.
Most common job (hourly): Medical device assembler	N.A.

Benefits
Job sharing program?	Yes
Professional training (hrs./yr.)	10
Paid sabbaticals?	No
100% health care coverage	No

Diversity
% minorities	16%
% women	40%
Has nondiscrimination policy that includes sexual orientation?	Yes

From the January 22, 2007 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 2005 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 salaried and hourly employees.

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