What makes for a great workplace? Employees have lots to say on the matter, and we listened again this year for our annual Best Places to Work feature.

In this installment, 189 companies participated, and 162 were good enough to make the list. We named 100 winners. To identify the top 100 workplaces, Best Companies Group, an independent workplace excellence research rm, conducted a two-part survey. Part one was an employer questionnaire, which gathered information about benefits, policies, practices and other general information. Part two was a confidential 78-question employee survey used to evaluate local employees’ workplace experience and culture.