best companies to work for 2014

<a href="https://fortune.com/company/alphabet/" target="_blank">Google</a> tops the list once again, marking its eighth appearance and fifth time as No. 1.

Google's stock climbed past $1,000 in 2013 -- a boon for Googlers, all of whom are stockholders. CEO Larry Page urged them to be "audacious," especially in philanthropy. Google donates $50 for every five hours an employee volunteers. Last year a new program sent employees to Ghana and India to work on community projects.

Google

Employees of the software developer use the services of its onsite health center, which is also open to family members. The facility counts 53 medical and support staff, including 11 nurse practitioners, three family-practice physicians, three registered dietitians, 11 nurses, five lab techs, a psychologist, and three physical therapists.

The strategy consultant celebrated 50 years last June with a special global broadcast. Everyone received an interactive desk sculpture inspired by founder Bruce Henderson's favorite quote: "Archimedes said that if he were given a long enough lever and a place to stand, he could move the world. We have a place to stand. It is BCG."

The Boston Consulting Group

The fourth-largest financial services firm in the U.S. rivals Starbucks in number of locations and added 3,000 employees last year -- they join a network of financial planners and Tax accountants who stick around for a while. Turnover is at an industry low of 8%, and more than a third of the firm's financial advisers are more than 50 years old.

Edward Jones

The mortgage lender is intent on reversing brain drain from Michigan. A recent job fair in downtown Detroit attracted 2,500 applicants for 500 jobs. It also partnered with area businesses to offer incentives to employees willing to move to the city, including $20,000 in forgivable home loans.

Quicken Loans

The staff at the biotech giant is inspired by patient stories. When a new breast-cancer drug got FDA approval last February, employees pulled out all the stops to ship the drug overnight to the UCLA Medical Center, where they had heard three women were desperately awaiting treatment.

Genentech

The leader in cloud computing has doubled its workforce from 5,000 to 10,000 in the past two years, adding 1,264 full-time jobs in 2013. New hires joined a team motivated by recognition programs and rich incentives -- last year top sellers were rewarded with a two-week trip to Bhutan.

salesforce.com

The Silicon Valley software firm (Quicken, TurboTax) gives employees fitness incentives of up to $650 a year for gym membership, swimming lessons, basketball-league fees, and Pilates classes. Some new hires are encouraged to spend their first month getting acclimated, with no specific assignments.

Intuit

A capped 37 1/2-hour workweek for hourly associates, lengthy service (13% of employees have been here more than 15 years), and employee ownership (80% of the stock is owned by non-senior-management associates) are all cultural hallmarks of this financial services company, which has 106 locations.

Robert W. Baird & Co.

Now one of the nation's top 50 general contractors, with a client list that includes Facebook, Pixar, Genentech, and Stanford University Hospital, DPR prides itself on an open-office floor plan, two net-zero-energy office buildings in Phoenix and San Diego, business cards with no titles, and a phantom stock program for employees.

DPR Construction

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Google tops the list once again, marking its eighth appearance and fifth time as No. 1.

Best Companies to Work For 2014

The Top 10