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Some companies do a better job than others of putting a smile on their employees' faces.
And no company does it better than Johnson & Johnson, according to a new study from the online career community CareerBliss. The New Jersey-based consumer health company tops this year's CareerBliss 50 Happiest Companies in America rankings, which recognizes businesses that are dedicated to creating a happier work environment for their workers.
Following Johnson & Johnson in the top 10 are Broadcom, Chevron, Texas Instruments, McAfee, Google, Intuit, Adobe, Amgen and SAP.
Heidi Golledge, chief happiness officer and co-founder of CareerBliss, said this year's study saw a surge of STEM-related companies (science, technology, engineering and math) rank in the top 10.
"As we evaluate the factors that impact happiness such as growth opportunity and company culture, it is also important to understand what type of industries are creating happier work environments overall," Golledge said in a statement.
CareerBliss adviser Bradley Brummel said not only do these industries pay employees well, but employees in STEM-related companies are happier in their jobs overall.
"This may reflect the positive features in the type of jobs these companies offer, but it also might reflect the fact that employees with these skills have lots of choices of whom to work for," Brummel said. "This means the companies have to keep them happy to keep them at the company."
To determine the happiest companies, CareerBliss collected thousands of employee reviews between 2013 and 2014. The reviews evaluated eight key factors that affect work happiness: work-life balance, an employee's relationship with his or her boss, an employee's relationship with co-workers, work environment, job resources, compensation, growth opportunities and company culture.
This year's 50 happiest companies:
- Johnson & Johnson
- Broadcom
- Chevron
- Texas Instruments
- McAfee
- Intuit
- Adobe
- Amgen
- SAP AG
- Fidelity Investments
- Qualcomm
- Advanced Micro Devices
- FedEx
- Visa
- Farmers Insurance
- Intel
- DirecTV
- WellPoint (Anthem)
- Bank of America
- Microsoft
- Medtronic
- Accenture
- Flextronics
- Chrysler
- Pepsi
- NetApp
- Honeywell
- Nationwide Insurance
- NBCUniversal
- Sabre Holdings
- Thomson Reuters
- Walt Disney Co.
- Abbott Laboratories
- Union Bank
- Yahoo
- Citibank
- Nokia
- Kaiser Permanente
- Boeing
- Cisco Systems
- Ford Motor
- Parker Hannifin
- Juniper Networks
- Caterpillar
- General Dynamics
- Oracle
- eBay
- PayPal
- Apple
Last year's happiest company, Pfizer, dropped out of the topped 50 rankings this year, while Google saw one of the largest climbs up the poll, moving from 18 a year ago to the sixth spot this year.
"It is important to see how workplaces are constantly evolving and changing," Golledge said. "Creating happiness at work is a very fluid process, building and adapting to a changing workforce, while accounting for the key factors that create happier environments."
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