According to data provided by the recruiting website Glassdoor, the best places to work in America in 2024 are Bain & Company and Nvidia.
While opinions on the ideal time to hunt for a new job are split, the start of a new year certainly tends to bring with it psychological benefits including fresh starts, improved clarity, and a revitalized sense of purpose. Thus, it’s helpful to know which businesses, according to their employees, are the greatest places to work in the nation for people who are searching.
According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2024, the fastest-growing jobs in 2024 will be AI and machine learning specialists and sustainability specialists.
America’s top 15 best places to work in 2024 are displayed in the graphic below by Niccolo Conte of Visual Capitalist, based on data acquired by the recruiting website Glassdoor.
Ranked: America’s Best Places to Work in 2024
Employees at Boston, Massachusetts-based consulting firm Bain & Company have rated their workplace on Glassdoor as the greatest place to work in 2024. What makes the organization great is outlined on its website: perks, dependable coworkers, room for advancement, and most importantly, capable leadership.
The top 15 places to work in America in 2024 are shown below.
Listed second is chipmaker Nvidia, whose stock has surged dramatically over the past year. Reviews include focused leadership, company culture, and job flexibility. Indeed, according to a recent ranking by the professional social networking site Blind, Jensen Huang is the most popular CEO in America.
The top five best workplaces in America are rounded out by three mid-sized tech companies: Procore Technologies (construction management software), MathWorks (software for mathematical computation), and ServiceNow (cloud computing).
One exception to the trend so far is the well-liked fast-food chain In-N-Out Burger, which comes in sixth position.
Google is not included in the 2024 ranking, having fallen from ninth to 26th in 2023. In doing so, no large technology company appears in the top 15 best workplaces for the first time in the previous five years.
| Rank | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HubSpot | Bain & Co | NVIDIA | Gainsight |
| 2 | Bain & Co | NVIDIA | HubSpot | Box |
| 3 | DocuSign | In-N-Out Burger | Bain & Co | Bain & Co |
| 4 | In-N-Out Burger | HubSpot | eXp Realty | McKinsey |
| 5 | Sammons Financial Group | McKinsey | Box | NVIDIA |
| 6 | Lawrence Livermore National Lab | BCG | MathWorks | |
| 7 | Intuitive Surgical | Delta Air Lines | BCG | |
| 8 | UKG | Lululemon | Veterans United Home Loans | |
| 9 | VIPKid | Microsoft | Lululemon | ServiceNow |
| 10 | Southwest Airlines | H E B | Salesforce | In-N-Out Burger |
| 11 | Meta | Royal Caribbean Group | HubSpot | |
| 12 | BCG | NASA Jet Propulsion | Slalom | |
| 13 | BCG | Five9 | Microsoft | |
| 14 | Trader Joe’s | Stryker | Twilio | Adobe |
| 15 | CoverMyMeds | DocuSign | Johns Hopkins Applied Physics | CrowdStrike |
Big Tech performs fairly low on these rankings, even though its annual sales and profit margins are record-breaking.
Tech & Consulting Losing Sheen
Apple, for instance, last achieved a ranking of 31 in 2021 and has never been higher.
Although Google, Microsoft, and Meta have performed better in the past, they have fallen quickly in Glassdoor’s rankings due to their repeated major layoffs over the past two years.
Although Bain & Co. tops the list this year, McKinsey & Company and Boston Consulting Group, two significant participants in the same industry, are currently ranked lowest since 2019.
The past year or two has seen a decline in smaller consulting firms as increased interest rates have affected banks, real estate conglomerates, technology corporations, and other typical advisory clients.
