Before accepting your current gig, you probably checked Glassdoor, a jobs and recruiting site, for ratings and reviews on the company. Glassdoor provides information on salaries, benefits, the interview process, number of employees, revenue, and location of headquarters for individual businesses — safe to say these details are helpful when you're nose-deep in the job search.
Based on its site data, Glassdoor has officially revealed the top 50 companies to work for in the United States in the past few years. Common themes among the winners include employees feeling valued, unique cultures that align with the company's mission, smart colleagues, great perks and benefits, clear direction, opportunity for advancement, mission/values driven, transparent senior leadership, and challenging or exciting work. And the best places to work in 2016 are: