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2006 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon — Top 50 Large Companies

This year's list of Best companies with 250 or more employees worldwide

Rank 2006	Rank 2005	Company/Organization Industry	City Website	Benefits, attraction and retention	Work Environment	Decision making and trust	Performance management	Career development and learning	Employer survey of benefits	TOTAL
1	2	U.S. Cellular Wireless communication services	Medford uscellular.com	90	93.2	94	91.5	91.8	70.1	530.6
2	29	The Personnel Department Employment services	Portland goodstaff.com	82.9	91	91.9	92.6	89.5	67.2	515.1
3	1	Edge Wireless LLC Wireless communication services	Bend edgewireless.com	84.7	89.6	88.5	83.3	83.6	73.9	503.6
4	8	Barco Medical Imaging Systems Graphic board design	Beaverton barco.com	79.5	89.6	86.3	80.4	88.6	70.1	494.5
5	22	Carr Auto Group Automotive sales	Beaverton carrauto.com	80.8	88.2	87.5	81	82.8	73.1	493.4
6	36	Equity Office Commercial real estate	Portland equityoffice.com	80.7	87.4	88.7	74.6	82.8	77.6	491.8
7	NR	Walsh Construction Co. Commercial/residential construction	Portland walshconstructionco.com	84.5	86.6	83.7	74.8	80.4	77.6	487.6
8	6	David Evans and Associates Engineering/architectural consulting	Portland deainc.com	80	88.2	85.9	72.9	76.1	77.6	480.7
9	7	Umpqua Bank Banking and financial services	Roseburg umpquabank.com	78.3	88	86.3	79.1	80.6	67.9	480.2
10	NR	T-Mobile USA Wireless communication services	Salem t-mobile.com	83.1	78	78.2	80.4	76.7	83.6	480
11	16	Sprint LCS/Medford Solutions Inbound and outbound call center	Medford sprint.com/local	81.3	85.1	79.8	82.4	79.3	71.6	479.5
12	NR	Autodesk Software design/services	Tualatin autodesk.com	80	85.9	78.1	75.7	73.5	85.1	478.3
13	43	Ron Tonkin Family/Dealerships Automotive sales and service	Portland tonkin.com	78.5	85.7	82.4	74.7	77.8	78.4	477.5
14	5	Cintas Corporation Uniform and facility supplies	Portland cintas.com	78.7	83.7	85.6	79.7	80.9	68.7	477.3
15	15	Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Legal services	Portland schwabe.com	78.6	84.6	81.1	73.9	78.3	79.9	476.4
16	51	The Randall Group Real estate investment	Portland randallgroup.com	76.4	84.6	85.8	81.7	78.6	67.9	475
17	18	Bank of the Cascades Banking and financial services	Bend botc.com	76.9	82.8	83.1	74.7	77.8	78.4	473.7
18	44	Oregon Comm. Credit Union Banking and financial services	Eugene oregoncommunitycu.org	80.9	85.8	81.3	74.6	76.4	74.6	473.6
19	60	WRG Design Land development and engineering	Portland wrgdesign.com	80.8	84.4	78.8	77.2	75.2	76.9	473.3
20	23	Comcast Cable TV, Internet and telecom svcs.	Portland comcast.com	76.9	83.6	81.1	75.3	74.6	81.3	472.8
21	30	West Coast Bancorp Banking and financial services	Lake Oswego wcb.com	75.1	83.8	84.4	78.7	75.6	74.6	472.2
22	39	Kelly Services Employment services	Portland kellyservices.com	74.7	85.8	86.6	73.2	78.3	71.6	470.2
23	26	HSBC Card Services Banking and financial services	Tigard hsbc.com	76.8	79.2	79	78.6	76.4	79.1	469.1
24	NR	Edelman Public relations and marketing	Portland edelman.com	69.1	85.5	83.3	74.4	76.1	80.6	469
25	NR	The Paradies Shops Airport retail sales	Portland theparadiesshops.com	73.1	81.1	84.8	78.1	77.3	73.9	468.3
26	3	Avista Utilities Natural gas distribution and services	Medford avistautilities.com	78.2	84.6	80.6	72.5	72.2	77.6	465.7
27	11	R&H Construction Commercial construction	Portland rhconst.com	78.7	81.1	80.4	71.5	77.2	75.4	464.3
28	21	Nike Footwear/apparel design and marketing	Beaverton nike.com	75.8	82	77.1	66.3	66.9	95.5	463.6
29	25	Bullivant Houser Bailey PC Legal services	Portland bullivant.com	77	84.6	80	69	75.3	77.6	463.5
30	24	Oregon Medical Laboratories Clinical reference laboratory services	Eugene omlabs.com	78.5	83	79.6	73.1	75.3	71.6	461.1
31	14	Wells Fargo Bank Banking and financial services	Portland wellsfargo.com	72	81.5	81.8	78.7	77.2	67.9	459.1
32	NR	Kaiser Permanente NW Health care organization	Portland kaiserpermanente.org	80.7	82	78.5	67.1	72.3	78.4	459
33	NR	Symantec Corporation Software design and services	Springfield symantec.com	76.5	82.5	76	70.6	73.5	79.1	458.2
34	NR	Stimson Lumber Company Forest products manufacturing	Portland stimsonlumber.com	82.8	81.1	82.4	73.1	75.1	63.4	457.9
35	57	Lime Financial Services Ltd. Mortgage lending	Lake Oswego limefinancial.com	69.5	86.9	84	76.2	75.4	65.7	457.7
36	42	SYSCO Food Svcs. of Portland Food products distribution	Wilsonville syscoportland.com	77.1	78.2	81	75.2	74.4	70.9	456.8
37	72	Henningsen Cold Storage Co. Refrigerated warehousing and transp.	Hillsboro henningsen.com	77.3	80.1	79.5	70	76.1	73.1	456.1
38	NR	Wieden+Kennedy Advertising	Portland wk.com	77.6	84.5	80.2	67.1	67.9	78.4	455.7
39	13	Heffernan Insurance Brokers Commercial and personal insurance	Portland heffgroup.com	74.9	85.5	80.7	70.8	76.6	66.4	454.9
40	NR	KeyBank, Oregon/SW Wash. Banking and financial services	Portland key.com	71.4	81.3	79.6	74.5	71.5	75.4	453.7
41	34	Providence Health System, Ore. Health care system	Portland providence.org/oregon	75.5	81.2	76.4	65.9	70.4	82.8	452.2
42	10	Perkins Coie LLP International legal services	Portland perkinscoie.com	77.8	78.7	75.4	71.2	70.8	76.1	450
43	12	Parametrix Engineering and environmental sciences	Portland parametrix.com	74.8	82.2	79.3	68.9	67.3	76.1	448.6
44	35	Andersen Construction Co. Commercial construction	Portland andersen-const.com	78.8	82.9	82.6	69.6	71.7	62.7	448.3
45	56	Harland Financial Solutions Financial software	Portland harlandfinancialsolutions.com	72.7	78.4	75.7	65	71.3	79.9	443
46	9	The Stoller Group Employment services	Tualatin expresspersonnel.com	65.9	79.3	79.3	68.8	74.9	74.6	442.8
47	36	PremierWest Bank Banking and financial services	Medford premierwestbank.com	67.3	80.2	81.7	71.6	70	69.4	440.2
48	48	Columbia River Bank Banking and financial services	The Dalles columbiariverbank.com	65.9	78.4	77.8	68.7	68	80.6	439.4
49	NR	First American Title Ins. of Ore. Title insurance	Portland firstam.com	73	81	80.2	68.4	71.4	64.9	438.9
50	NR	Portland Impact Nonprofit anti-poverty services	Portland portlandimpact.org	68.1	84.5	84.1	65.3	66.1	69.4	437.5

NR = Not ranked in 2005

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Links:

• Introduction to 2006 list
• 2006 Best Small Companies
• Methodology
• 2006 category winners
• 2006 alphabetical company index

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