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.

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.