A Closer Look at the Top Companies

Fair & Open Work Environment (Overall): 8.2
Fair, Open Management Style: 7.7
Equal Opportunity to Succeed: 7.8
Personal Initiative, Shared Goals: 9.0

Personal Benefits (Overall): 8.3
Realistic Workload/Supportive Company: 7.5
Respect for Employee Personal Life: 9.5
Satisfying Benefits Package: 8.2

Among Reasons It Was Nominated:
• flexible work hours
• team environment
• pride in products

16 Reed Business Information
New York (headquarters)
www.ReedBusiness.com
The largest business-to-business publisher in the United States, serving the media, manufacturing, electronics, construction and retail industries with 80+ market-
leading b-to-b publications, 55 webzines and Web portals, custom publishing, directories and how-to books, research and direct-
marketing lists. Reed Business Information–US is a business unit of Reed Business, the
b-to-b division of Reed Elsevier.

➜ Overall Rating: 83.5

Company size: Large

Satisfying, High-Performance Company (Overall): 9.0
Overall Job Satisfaction: 8.8
Company Reputation, Performance & Pride: 9.4
Supportive Employees & Team Spirit: 8.7

Fair & Open Work Environment (Overall): 8.0
Fair, Open Management Style: 7.5
Equal Opportunity to Succeed: 8.3
Personal Initiative, Shared Goals: 8.3

Personal Benefits (Overall): 8.5
Realistic Workload/Supportive Company: 7.0
Respect for Employee Personal Life: 8.4
Satisfying Benefits Package: 9.7

Among Reasons It Was Nominated:
• great benefits package
• encouraging environment
• forward-thinking management
• employees feel their contributions are valued

17 Scholastic Inc.
New York (headquarters)
www.Scholastic.com
The world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books for use in school and at home. In addition to children’s books, Scholastic also produces magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys.

➜ Overall Rating:: 82.8

Company size: Large

Satisfying, High-Performance Company (Overall): 8.4
Overall Job Satisfaction: 8.2
Company Reputation, Performance & Pride: 8.7
Supportive Employees & Team Spirit: 8.2

Fair & Open Work Environment (Overall): 8.4
Fair, Open Management Style: 7.8
Equal Opportunity to Succeed: 10.0
Personal Initiative, Shared Goals: 7.3