February 12, 2008

Daydreaming with Fortune Magazine

Feeling stifled in your current job? Feel you have talents that aren’t being used? Check out Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work For” (February 4, 2008).

Times they are a changin’, so is the workplace. The innovations some companies are implementing will surprise you. Learn which companies are expanding in leaps and bounds and likely to be looking for fresh staff with leadership qualities (hint: see companies number 4 & 7 for starters). Learn which company offers valuable stock options to 99% of its employees (and is, again, #1 on the list); which company offers doggie daycare and an onsite farmers' market (surprise, it’s a techy company); and which medical employer offers an employee volunteer program called “No One Dies Alone.”

Browse and daydream, you’ll soon remember that your work can and should be a place where you contribute and grow and, yes, even have fun. Who knows, the list may even inspire you to initiate changes in yourself and the workplace you’re already in. Imagine the possibilities.