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TOP PLACES TO WORK 2020

LARGEST COMPANIES
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Top largest employers in Massachusetts in 2020

HubSpot: No. 1 on the list of Massachusetts’ largest companies

LARGE COMPANIES
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Top large employers for 2020 in Massachusetts

Enterprise Bank: No. 1 again on the list of Massachusetts’ large companies

Medium COMPANIES
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Top medium-size employers for 2020 in Massachusetts

Aqueduct Technologies: No. 1 on the list of Massachusetts’ medium-size companies

smallest COMPANIES
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Top small employers in Massachusetts for 2020

P.J. Spillane Co.: No. 1 on the list of Massachusetts’ small companies

The 2020 Top Places to Work in Massachusetts

In a year when the pandemic upended, well, everything, these 150 organizations put their employees first. Explore the searchable and sortable lists to see if your employer made this year's list.
Illustration of six workers on a Zoom video conference. One with a child on his lap and another with a dog peeking over his shoulder.

Also in this issue

Image of office building as a film projector. The office building contains profile images of a diverse group of workers.

How these companies are digging deep to address racial inequity at work — and beyond

By Shirley Leung
Life preserver illustration

When forced to furlough employees, these companies had one goal: Bring everyone back

By Tim Logan
Illustration of animals, kids, and other chaos going on in a home during a Zoom conference meeting.

A funny thing happened while I was working from home

By Janelle Nanos
BOSTON, MA - 10/27/2020: 112220FRONTLINE ...( L-R) RN nurses, Samantha Hanrahan, Lauren Tetreault and Melanie Arsenault working at the VA Boston Healthcare System in West Roxbury, dressed in PPE stand outside the doorway by the COVID-19 ward. (David L Ryan/Globe Staff ) SECTION: MAGAZINE

As these workers faced off with COVID-19, their employers had their backs.

By Hiawatha Bray
Miss Conduct

Advice: My co-workers’ side talk during Zoom calls is really distracting

What to do when colleagues stop paying attention. Plus, video conferencing for the holidays?
Perspective

In the Zoom era, dads not doing enough at home have nowhere left to hide

Online, my friend could see that her colleagues “clearly aren’t asking their spouses to pick up any slack.” The marital house of cards is now on screen for all to observe — and judge.
i love my job

10 employees on why they love their jobs

From a home health aide fending off COVID-19 to an 83-year-old still going strong, stories of commitment.
Employees who are celebrating.

The Phia Group’s human resources manager, Linda Pestana (right), has been bringing her 17-year-old son to the office to log on to school.
Getting creative to help workers whose kids are stuck at home
From creating online courses to connecting parents with baby-sitters, employers are innovating to assist employees and their families. By Andy Rosen

From left: David Cancel, CEO of chatbot software firm Drift; Jim Heppelmann, president and CEO of PTC; and Stefania Mallett, CEO of business catering marketplace ezCater.
Has the pandemic changed the workplace forever? CEOs look to the future.
The handshake has no future, but there will still be reasons to go into the office. Eventually. By Jon Chesto

Illustration of young people working on a long greeting card.
How companies are working to keep morale high when everything else is falling apart
By Kara Baskin

Connections
FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2014, file photo, Jaime Camil poses in the press room at the 15th annual Latin Grammy Awards at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Las Vegas. Camil plays a telenovela star on The CW’s “Jane The Virgin,” airing Mondays. (Photo by Al Powers/Invision/AP, File)

That time #Rogelio from ‘Jane the Virgin’ sang happy birthday to my co-worker

PERKS OF THE JOB

8 ways companies worked to keep employee morale up during the pandemic

Free lunches, gift cards, mental health days, and music shows were all part of the plan.
Iconic illustrations to go with story on work perks during the pandemic.