The Most Radical Companies to Work For!!!

Do you LOVE the outdoors? Work for PATAGONIA

Patagonia is now one of the biggest retail stores for travelers and outdoor clothing and products. Whether you’re looking for climbing gear, surf wear, running outfits, and the list goes on and on. Any type of outdoors gear you’re looking for, they’ve got it. Not to mention, they company is SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE promoting fair labor and environmental protection. 
What kinds of jobs could you get at Patagonia?Retail jobs at the stores themselves, Creative Director, Manager of Product Development, Fabric Quality Analyst, Visual Merchandiser, and more….
Why they’re good to work for?If you have a passion for the outdoors this company is for you! It isn’t uncommon that an employee will take a half an hour before or after a meeting to go surfing or take a job. After all the products do have to be tested out!! As long as the work gets done, use your time the way you want!!

Quirky Office and Secret Hideouts: Work at The Wonderfactory

The Wonderfactory is basically the coolest office I’ve ever seen. The company itself does web development, design, brand creation, and invent creative, new advertising. They also brainstorm in idea labs and help companies come up with specific goals and problem solving! 
What types of jobs could you have? Visual design, art director, designer, intern, UI designer….and more. 
Why this company is rad- besides the building itself:There’s no “b” team to quote them, they have swings and secret passageways, you’re in the heart of NYC, Mac users, Xbox and Wii are available anytime you need to relax, there’s free swimming lessons, great benefits!

You don't have a cool office? Meet HERE

Meet at the Apartment was designed to hold meetings and intimate gatherings. So if you and your team need to get out and brainstorm in a new space try planning in the parlour, meeting in the “kitchen”, or any of the eight creative spaces. 

What's The Evans Group?

The architectural firm Evans Group conducts business in a 240,000-cubic-foot biosphere designed to look like an ideal village community. The eight streets and alleyways connect libraries, movie theaters and private homes — which are actually the Evans Group’s conference rooms and private offices.
Why you should work there? DUH, YOU GET A SECOND HOME.

Work for Palotta Teamworks

Pallotta teamworks’ headquarters can be found in Los Angeles inside what must be the world’s most homely warehouse. All the offices and workhouses have been constructed using recycled materials, the majority of the staff’s offices housed inside old shipping containers. Palotta makes huge amounts of money for charitable causes. They do fundraising and event planning.
This is what they say:
“We The People in order to form a more beautiful world, do hereby commit our time on earth and place in history to the here and now, to open the flood gates of our hearts onto the parched deserts of the undeserved and overburdened, so that no soul be denied the dignity of our full attention; so that no heart be held in contempt of its dreams; so that every darkness may be enlightened; so that a sea change may be effected on our planet and kindness be an island no more.”

Fortune 500 ranked this company number ten on best companies to work for in 2009:

WHY?!
Sales have yet to slump at this crazy-fun supermarket chain, which in 81 years has never had a layoff. Plsu five weeks of paid vacation a year and great benefits. 

What do they do?

“Our Agents are eager to try new products and share their opinions throughout their social networks. But our members do more than increase awareness about your products. Their honest recommendations add a layer of trust that’s absent in traditional media. BzzAgent’s network can offer something that no other medium can: credibility.”

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What is pixar??

Pixar are those crazy creative people behind movies like; Monsters Inc, UP, The Incredibles, Bugs Life ad Toy Story! They took animation to a whole new level! So not only is this the perfect business for the creative type, but the work space is pretty groovy too. What kind of jobs could you get? Animator, Software engineer, Story artist, producer, camera and staging artist, technical director, and more….

EVERYONE WANTS TO WORK FOR GOOGLE, THIS IS WHY:

• There’s free laundry, Drop it off at the beginning of the day and at the end it’s clean and ready to take home!
• FREE Cafeteria food with different cuisine from around the world, feel like Indian food today?  
• They take annual ski trips to Sierra 
• You can take a nap in the “sleeping pods” if you’re feeling tired. 
• THERE’S A GYM! 
• They’re environmentally conscious, want to drive somewhere? Use their parking lot full of Prius’. 
• There’s an on-sight Dr, Dentist, YOGA and massage therapist! 
• There’s a lot of snacks :) yum, snacks. 

THIS IS NOT A BAD GIG:

“The goal is to strip away everything that gets in our employees’ way. We provide a standard package of fringe benefits, but on top of that are first-class dining facilities, gyms, laundry rooms, massage rooms, haircuts, carwashes, dry cleaning, commuting buses – just about anything a hardworking employee might want. Let’s face it: programmers want to program, they don’t want to do their laundry. So we make it easy for them to do both.” Eric Schmidt, CEO Google

DO YOU LOVE THE OUTDOORS?

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Work at Threadless and wear COOL T-SHIRTS

Crazy graphic t-shirts, outrageous designs, graffiti work and young cool energy…does this sound like the gig for you? Looks like you’re moving to Chicago!

What's Affinity Lab?

“Affinity Lab simplifies the process of starting and growing entrepreneurial ventures. We provide our member organizations with tiered business space, tools and services in an environment that engenders the sharing of knowledge, resources and opportunities.”
Washington Business Journal names this company one of the best to work at. Notice the comfy reclining chairs? 

DO YOU LOVE SHOES? WORK AT ZAPPOS.COM

Why? Zappos has created their company on ten core values that they believe make a great business and since fORTUNE 500 ranked them #23 in the top 100 companies to work for, they’re doing an alright job! So what are those values? EMBRACE DRIVE AND CHANGE, be creative and open minded (notice the crazy cubicles), positive team, honest communication, do more with less, be passionate, and be humble. 

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