Jobs & Money Detail
Want to work for a US company?
After completing the long road to American citizenship you can start looking for work. The US workplace has a reputation of being somewhat dog-eat-dog
The following companies should be somewhere near the top of your list when it comes to looking for vacancies within companies. They are some of the biggest employers across the US and they all made the 'Fortune 100 best companies to work for' 2006 list:
Fed Ex
Headquarters: Memphis, Tennessee
Industry: mail, package, freight Delivery
What makes the company so great?
Promotion from within is gospel: 92 per cent of managers come up from the ranks. FedEx has more than doubled in size since 1998.
US employees: 212,241
Employees outside US: 29,639 n Most common job (salaried): Operations Manager US$74,070
Publix Super Markets
Headquarters: Lakeland, Florida
Industry: food and drug stores
What makes the company so great?
The Southeastern supermarket chain is 100 per cent employee-owned. To celebrate the company's 75th birthday in 2005, 850 stores hosted parties.
US employees: 129,412
Employees outside US: 0
Most common job (salaried): Store Manager US$101,800
Marriott International
Headquarters: Washington, DC
Industry: hotels, casinos, resorts
What makes the company so great?
They are a dedicated bunch at this hotel chain, where JW Marriott Jr, the 73-year-old son of the founder, visits 200 sites a year. Nearly a quarter of employees have more than ten years of service; 5,000 more have 20-plus.
US employees: 126,704
Employees outside US: 6,600
Most common job (salaried): Sales Manager US$50,333
Starbucks
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington
Industry: food services
What makes the company so great?
New president and CEO Jim Donald keeps in touch with the 'partners,' as employees are called, by randomly calling 12 district managers and several stores daily.
US employees: 91,056
Employees outside US: 11,444
Most common job (salaried): Store Manager US$43,600
Washington Mutual
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington
Industry: savings institutions
What makes the company so great?
CEO Kerry Killinger uses fun as the unifying theme.
U.S. employees: 54,396
Employees outside US: 0
Most common job (salaried): Assistant Financial Centre Manager US$50,024
Intel
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California
Industry: semiconductors and other electronic components
What makes the company so great?
Intel is known for its tough, confrontational culture in which employees are encouraged to speak up. Workers get an eight-week paid sabbatical every seven years.
US employees: 48,655
Employees outside US: 35,974
Most common job (salaried): Component Design Engineer US$101,816
Nordstrom
Headquarters: Seattle, Washington
Industry: merchandisers
What makes the company so great?
Act as if "it's your name on the door" is the motto at this chain of upscale specialty stores, where salespeople have the power to make decisions and top sellers can earn over US$100,000 a year in commission.
US employees: 45,112
Employees outside US: 8
Most common job (salaried): Sales Department Manager US$46,200
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