Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For

Rank	Company	Job growth	U.S. employees
1	NetApp	12%	5,014
2	Edward Jones	9%	34,496
3	Boston Consulting Group	10%	1,680
4	Google	40%	12,580
5	Wegmans Food Markets	6%	37,195
6	Cisco Systems	7%	37,123
7	Genentech	5%	10,969
8	Methodist Hospital System	1%	10,535
9	Goldman Sachs	2%	14,088
10	Nugget Market	22%	1,536
11	Adobe Systems	9%	4,255

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As might be expected, the Big Four Accountancy firms all feature on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list, but all of them are lagging behind a smaller, less well known company.

Plante and Moran, a financial services firm based in Michigan USA, features on the list for the 11th year running and, coming in at 42nd, is the highest ranked certified public accounting firm.

According to Bill Hermann, managing partner at the firm, the secret of the company's success is based on a simple plan which has been exercised over its 85-year history.

"We strive to be 100 per cent jerk-free and that has allowed us to find and retain talented staff who provide quality service to our clients," he said.

In tough economic times it is even more important that clients are able to deal with accountants who are "smart, trained, motivated and happy to serve", he added.

Plante and Moran is the 12th largest accountancy firm in the US and also has offices in China and Mexico.