Atlanta Spotlight - Coca Cola

By Staff Writer Atlanta Trend

• Nov 01, 2015

Coca-Cola has ranked among the world’s Top 25 Employers, according to Fortune Magazine.
Google, SAS and NetApp are the world’s top three multinational corporations to work for, according to a recent study by the workplace consultant and research firm Great Place to Work, Fortune reported.

To qualify as one of the top 25 companies, these companies should have appeared on at least five of GPTW’s national great workplace lists, employ more than 5,000 people worldwide, and must have 40% of their workforce located outside of their home country.

The following are some of the U.S. companies ranked on the list:

2. SAS

Industry: Information Technology

Headquarters: Cary, N.C.

Revenue: $3.02 billion

Employees: 13,679

The company has an Employee Volunteer Fund that provides a cash contribution to education-based nonprofit organizations where an employee has donated at least 50 hours of volunteer support in three out of four quarters throughout a year.

4. W.L. Gore & Associates

Industry: Manufacturing & Production | Textiles and textile products

Headquarters: Newark, D.E.

Revenue: $3.09 billion

Employees: 10,337

At Gore, leadership positions are earned, not appointed.

7. Marriott

Industry: Hospitality | Hotel/Resort

Headquarters: Bethesda, MD

Revenue: $12.78 billion

Employees: 203,685

The company’s CEO announced, in a blog post, that at Marriott, the employee, not the customer, comes first.

10. American Express

Industry: Financial Services & Insurance | Banking/Credit Services

Headquarters: New York

Revenue: $33 billion

Employees: 62,800

The company’s “BlueWork” initiative, launched in 2010, attempts to redesign workspaces, provide flexible work arrangements like telecommuting and shared positions and to support technology that makes it easier to work remotely.

15. National Instruments

Industry: Manufacturing & Production

Headquarters: Austin, TX

Revenue: $1.17 billion

Employees: 7,134

The company’s CEO, James Truchard — known as “Dr. T” among employees — frequently drops in on staff and meetings throughout the company to keep apprised of the business, communicate strategies, and hear feedback. Truchard calls it “sneaker management.”

18. EMC

Industry: Information Technology | Storage/Data Management

Headquarters: Hopkinton, MA

Revenue: $23.2 billion

Employees: 47,812

This spring, the company raised $300,000 in partnership with charity:water to build clean water wells in Africa.

22. Mars

Industry: Manufacturing & Production | Food Products

Headquarters: McLean, VA

Revenue: $33 billion

Employees: 75,000

Free candy, drinks and ability to bring pets into the workplace are some of the perks that come with working at this maker of candy, beverages and pet food.

25. The Coca-Cola Company

Industry: Manufacturing & Production | Food Products/Beverages

Headquarters: Atlanta, GA.

Revenue: $46.9 billion

Employees: 130,600

Last year, the company launched an entrepreneurship program called the Coca-Cola Founders that gives small business owners access to Coca-Cola’s relationships, resources and reach before they develop their next startup.