Four Georgia-headquartered companies made a new list of best places to work, with three of them based in Atlanta.
Aflac, the Columbus-based insurer, joined Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, the Alston & Bird law firm and Intercontinental Hotels Group on the list of rankings compiled by Fortune magazine.
Among local companies, Alston & Bird ranked highest, No. 24 out of 100 nationally. Children's came in No. 49, Aflac at No. 77 and Intercontinental at No. 100.
Speaking of Alston & Bird, the magazine said: "Support staff at law firms are often ignored, but here they join task forces with lawyers and meet regularly to discuss operations, which the firm says ‘creates opportunities for all our staff members to make contributions.'"
Of Children's, it said: "Big on recognition, senior leaders hold frequent parties and push around beverage carts during the holidays -- occasionally at 2:45 a.m. for the night shift -- as a chance to touch base with employees."
Intercontinental was praised for having "the most generous 401(k) plan in its industry."
Several other companies with large numbers of employees in metro Atlanta also made the list, including Publix Super Markets, QuikTrip and CarMax.
