FORTUNE Magazine: Mayo Clinic One of Best Companies to Work For

FORTUNE has announced that Mayo Clinic has been ranked 55 on the magazine's 13th annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list. The full list and related stories appear in the Feb. 8, 2010 issue of the publication.

Hank Gilman, deputy managing editor of FORTUNE, says, "The most important considerations for this year's list were hiring and the ways in which companies are helping their employees weather the recession. All 100 companies on our list are currently hiring, many of them aggressively, leading to more than 96,000 open job positions expected in the next year."

John Noseworthy, M.D., president and CEO of Mayo Clinic, attributes this honor to all Mayo Clinic employees. "The spirit of collaborative service that we all benefit from reflects the people who choose to be here, who bring integrity and compassion to their work every day," says Dr. Noseworthy. "The past year has been a challenging one, but staff rose to that challenge. Their ideas, their energy and their teamwork made a significant difference in Mayo's performance."

Shirley Weis, chief administrative officer, adds, "Our patients constantly tell us they think Mayo Clinic employees are the best, and we agree wholeheartedly. They are Mayo Clinic."

FORTUNE also included some Mayo Clinic employee efforts in a short "Creative recession solutions" feature about what the Best 100 companies have done to operate more efficiently during the recession.

To pick the 100 Best Companies, FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the Institute's Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sampling of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes about job satisfaction, camaraderie and management's credibility. The other one-third of the scoring is based on the company's responses to the Institute's Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefits, and a series of open-ended questions about hiring, communication and diversity.

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