The Scientist Best Places to Work Industry 2008

**Survey open January through February**

The competitive world of industry fosters an appetite to get ahead. In our sixth annual survey, we uncover the recipe for a successful workplace.
Elie Dolgin

See all the ranking results from this year's survey. Review the Top 30 Companies, Top Large Companies and the Top Small Companies in sortable online tables or in handy printable PDFs.

Find out what it takes to be one of the Best Places to Work in Industry - survey respondents rank their most important factors when rating their place of employment. Watch a slideshow of some of this year's winning institutions.

Organon ranked seventh among large companies - its first year on our charts. The company was acquired by Schering-Plough last year - what are employees so happy about?
Andrea Gawrylewski

Pushing forward from 26th place overall in 2007 to number nine this year, read what makes Lexicon Pharmaceuticals a great place to work.
Bob Grant

Failure parties, foosball tables, and scientific sabbaticals are just some of the things that make this year's top companies stand out from the crowd.
Edyta Zielinska

How we arrived at this year's results

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