REI was named among the 2013 Best Place to Work through the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, which is based on more than 500,000 employee reviews. REI beat out Trader Joe’s, Ikea, Costco and Starbucks to become the highest ranked retailer for the second year in a row.



The Employees’ Choice Awards are determined by employee feedback in Glassdoor’s anonymous online survey, now in its fifth year. Employees rate their overall workplace satisfaction and on key factors such as career opportunities, compensation and benefits, work/life balance, senior management, and culture and values.


Close to half a million company reviews were submitted by employees to Glassdoor during the past 12 months to help put their employers in the running for the awards. The list is compiled using Glassdoor’s proprietary algorithm, and the overall ranking determined according to each company’s overall Glassdoor rating. The overall rating is the cumulative average rating from US-based employees who elected to participate in the survey between Nov. 23, 2011 and Nov. 13, 2012.

The complete list of the Glassdoor 2013 Top 50 Best Places to Work is available at http://www.glassdoor.com/Best-Places-to-Work-LST_KQ0,19.htm.