Comment Re:Small companies is where its at (Score 1) 317
You said "This list is more about who can impress the editors with the best story about why their place is awesome to work at", but much of a company's inclusion on the list is based on positive responses from a randomly selected pool of their employees. So, I suppose it is possible that Google has been really successful at brainwashing a high majority of their people but it seems more likely to me that they have a high proportion of really happy employees, which likely makes a pretty sweet place to work.
http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best/approach.php