Research begins for The 100 Best Companies
to Work for in America.

The 100 Best Companies to Work for in
America published.

A Great Place to Work: What makes some
employers so good—and most so bad published.

Great Place to Work® Institute founded.

Great Place to Work® Trust Index© developed.

First survey conducted at Golden Grain,
a U.S. pasta manufacturer.

FORTUNE partners with the Institute to
produce an annual list of the best U.S. workplaces.

Great Place to Work® opens offices and
publishes lists in Brazil and Korea.

Great Place to Work® selected by the European Union to
produce “100 Best Companies to Work for in Europe.”

Effort expands to 15 European and 6 Latin American
countries.

Canadian affiliate opens.

First Canadian Best Workplaces List gets published.

First Middle East (UAE) affiliate opens.

First Africa (Nigeria) affiliate opens.

Best Workplace lists produced for 45 countries making it the
world’s largest annual workplace culture survey.