
5. Ultimate Software
Weston, Florida
Industry: Information Technology
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 99% │ Great atmosphere: 99% │ Great rewards: 99% │ Great pride: 99% │ Great communication: 98% │ Great bosses: 97%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "Ultimate thrives on listening and learning what is concerning or hindering employees. Every employee, no matter their role, gender, racial/ethnic/sexual identity has an equal voice to suggest and make changes to improve their work and personal lives."

10. Progressive Insurance
Mayfield Village, Ohio
Industry: Financial Services and Insurance
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 95% │ Great atmosphere: 97% │ Great rewards: 95% │ Great pride: 96% │ Great communication: 95% │ Great bosses: 94%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "Our people - they are simply our most valuable asset! Everyone can be themselves, we celebrate diversity that you can see and what you can't see below the surface. This enables us to deliver a better product and service to our customers."

9. Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
San Francisco, California
Industry: Hospitality
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 96% │ Great atmosphere: 98% │ Great rewards: 94% │ Great pride: 98% │ Great communication: 97% │ Great bosses: 96%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "A lot of companies claim to be diverse and support equality, but I have never seen them to anything beyond write it out in their mission statement. Here at Kimpton we live it every single day."

8. Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Chicago
Hotelier
Comment from a millennial employee: "From top to bottom and across the board the quality of the people and the care they show remains evident consistently. That's why I love working here."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 94 percent
Great atmosphere: 96 percent
Great rewards: 94 percent
Great pride: 97 percent
Great communication: 96 percent
Great bosses: 95 percent

7. Veterans United Home Loans
Columbia, Missouri
Originates VA loans for military veterans
Comment from a millennial employee: "This company is in very involved in our personal lives and loves getting everyone together to build trust and strengthen relationships. Interests that strengthen the spirit and make a happy healthy life are things I don't need to leave at the door."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 98 percent
Great atmosphere: 98 percent
Great rewards: 98 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 97 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent
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6. Power Home Remodeling
Chester, Pennsylvania
Construction company that provides exterior remodeling services to homes and businesses
Comment from a millennial employee: "It doesn't matter where you came from -- at Power you're at the same level as everyone else. It doesn't matter if you were the cool kid in high school or the kid who got picked on, as soon as you walk through that door we all play for the same team."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 99 percent
Great atmosphere: 98 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 99 percent
Great communication: 98 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent

5. Kimley-Horn
Raleigh, North Carolina
A planning and architectural design consulting firm that also provides engineering services
Comment from a millennial employee: "Business decisions are based on grassroots information gathering, not decrees from above. It is exhilarating to feel like you are responsible for building a practice at a young age: technically, financially and as a contributor to the community."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 98 percent
Great atmosphere: 99 percent
Great rewards: 98 percent
Great pride: 99 percent
Great communication: 98 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent

4. Workday Inc.
Pleasanton, California
IT company that provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources.
Comment from a millennial employee: "It's incredibly atypical for an organization of this size to have such a high-trust environment and be able to sustain it. There is a mentality that 'we didn't hire smart people to tell them exactly what to do' I so appreciate."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 99 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 96 percent
Great bosses: 97 percent

3. Edward Jones
St. Louis
Financial advisory firm for investments and insurance products
Comment from a millennial employee: "Every single person I've met at Edward Jones, whether in the field or home office, is genuinely concerned with helping you completely fulfill your potential. There is a pay-it-forward mentality that permeates the company and inspires employees."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 97 percent
Great rewards: 96 percent
Great pride: 97 percent
Great communication: 97 percent
Great bosses: 96 percent

2. Salesforce
San Francisco
IT company that provides customer relationship management solutions
Comment from a millennial employee: "I have not seen a company that puts giving back front and center [like Salesforce does]. The involvement and help from others in the organization to help a team or person in a community are inspirational."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 97 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 95 percent
Great bosses: 96 percent
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5. Ultimate Software
Weston, Florida
Industry: Information Technology
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 99% │ Great atmosphere: 99% │ Great rewards: 99% │ Great pride: 99% │ Great communication: 98% │ Great bosses: 97%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "Ultimate thrives on listening and learning what is concerning or hindering employees. Every employee, no matter their role, gender, racial/ethnic/sexual identity has an equal voice to suggest and make changes to improve their work and personal lives."

10. Progressive Insurance
Mayfield Village, Ohio
Industry: Financial Services and Insurance
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 95% │ Great atmosphere: 97% │ Great rewards: 95% │ Great pride: 96% │ Great communication: 95% │ Great bosses: 94%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "Our people - they are simply our most valuable asset! Everyone can be themselves, we celebrate diversity that you can see and what you can't see below the surface. This enables us to deliver a better product and service to our customers."

9. Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants
San Francisco, California
Industry: Hospitality
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 96% │ Great atmosphere: 98% │ Great rewards: 94% │ Great pride: 98% │ Great communication: 97% │ Great bosses: 96%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "A lot of companies claim to be diverse and support equality, but I have never seen them to anything beyond write it out in their mission statement. Here at Kimpton we live it every single day."

8. Hyatt Hotels Corp.
Chicago
Hotelier
Comment from a millennial employee: "From top to bottom and across the board the quality of the people and the care they show remains evident consistently. That's why I love working here."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 94 percent
Great atmosphere: 96 percent
Great rewards: 94 percent
Great pride: 97 percent
Great communication: 96 percent
Great bosses: 95 percent

7. Veterans United Home Loans
Columbia, Missouri
Originates VA loans for military veterans
Comment from a millennial employee: "This company is in very involved in our personal lives and loves getting everyone together to build trust and strengthen relationships. Interests that strengthen the spirit and make a happy healthy life are things I don't need to leave at the door."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 98 percent
Great atmosphere: 98 percent
Great rewards: 98 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 97 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent
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6. Power Home Remodeling
Chester, Pennsylvania
Construction company that provides exterior remodeling services to homes and businesses
Comment from a millennial employee: "It doesn't matter where you came from -- at Power you're at the same level as everyone else. It doesn't matter if you were the cool kid in high school or the kid who got picked on, as soon as you walk through that door we all play for the same team."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 99 percent
Great atmosphere: 98 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 99 percent
Great communication: 98 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent

5. Kimley-Horn
Raleigh, North Carolina
A planning and architectural design consulting firm that also provides engineering services
Comment from a millennial employee: "Business decisions are based on grassroots information gathering, not decrees from above. It is exhilarating to feel like you are responsible for building a practice at a young age: technically, financially and as a contributor to the community."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 98 percent
Great atmosphere: 99 percent
Great rewards: 98 percent
Great pride: 99 percent
Great communication: 98 percent
Great bosses: 98 percent

4. Workday Inc.
Pleasanton, California
IT company that provides enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources.
Comment from a millennial employee: "It's incredibly atypical for an organization of this size to have such a high-trust environment and be able to sustain it. There is a mentality that 'we didn't hire smart people to tell them exactly what to do' I so appreciate."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 99 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 96 percent
Great bosses: 97 percent

3. Edward Jones
St. Louis
Financial advisory firm for investments and insurance products
Comment from a millennial employee: "Every single person I've met at Edward Jones, whether in the field or home office, is genuinely concerned with helping you completely fulfill your potential. There is a pay-it-forward mentality that permeates the company and inspires employees."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 97 percent
Great rewards: 96 percent
Great pride: 97 percent
Great communication: 97 percent
Great bosses: 96 percent

2. Salesforce
San Francisco
IT company that provides customer relationship management solutions
Comment from a millennial employee: "I have not seen a company that puts giving back front and center [like Salesforce does]. The involvement and help from others in the organization to help a team or person in a community are inspirational."
Ratings of all employees:
Great challenges: 96 percent
Great atmosphere: 97 percent
Great rewards: 97 percent
Great pride: 98 percent
Great communication: 95 percent
Great bosses: 96 percent
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5. Ultimate Software
Weston, Florida
Industry: Information Technology
How employees ranked the company: Great challenges: 99% │ Great atmosphere: 99% │ Great rewards: 99% │ Great pride: 99% │ Great communication: 98% │ Great bosses: 97%
What employees are saying, according to Great Places to Work: "Ultimate thrives on listening and learning what is concerning or hindering employees. Every employee, no matter their role, gender, racial/ethnic/sexual identity has an equal voice to suggest and make changes to improve their work and personal lives."
While many millennials may be serial job-hoppers, those who work at top-rated employers plan to stay for the long term, according to Great Place to Work's 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials, in partnership with Fortune magazine.
Young employees at these workplaces are also nearly times as likely than other employees to be engaged at work, says Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "In other words, these employers have cracked the code on how to retain millennials," Bush says. Related: 3 ways to improve employee retention To keep millennial talent, employers should create authentic and meaningful professional opportunities such as industry leadership, philanthropy, teamwork, or other company purpose where they can make an impact, he says. It's also important that millennials receive the professional development, feedback and mentoring they need. Other key ways to retain the younger set include leading with sincerity, in which leaders "practice what they preach," promoting the organization's workplace "with the same zeal" as products and services; and treating all employees equally, no matter their background or role in the organization, Bush says. Check out the slides above for a quick snapshot of the top 10 of the 100 Best Workplaces for millennials. READ MORE: Millennial pessimism over capitalist system, job-killing AI, affects retirement saving 6 tips to better manage millennials in the workplace Disappearing jobs? Don't worry -- early and middle boomers are retiring© 2025 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.