微软公司
公司总部所在地：美国华盛顿州雷德蒙德
2010年公司收益：699亿美元
入选理由亮点：带薪义工服务

    微软（Microsoft）员工表达了他们希望为社会多做贡献的想法之后，公司授予员工每年40个小时的带薪时间从事志愿者服务，不论是每周在赊粥救济处工作一天还是花一周时间修建孤儿院都可以。这家比尔•盖茨领导下的公司还为初为人父母的员工提供支持：挪威分公司给家中有新生儿的员工相当长的产假时间；此外公司每季度都会组织“少儿午餐会”，邀请休假中的员工带孩子一同赴宴，帮他们跟同事加强联系并了解最新的公司动态。

    一名员工表示，“在微软你可以尽情做自己。公司期待你拥有自己的观点，你也会有很多机会去真正为公司和社会做贡献。除非亲身经历，否则很难相信微软员工所展现出的激情。”

Microsoft
Headquarters: Redmond, WA, USA
2010 Revenue ($ millions):69,900
What makes it so great?

    After Microsoft employees voiced their desire to contribute more to their communities, the software company gifted its workers with 40 paid hours a year to dedicate to volunteer activities -- ranging from working in a soup kitchen once a week to spending a week building an orphanage. Bill Gates' brainchild also supports employees who are new parents: In Norway, where maternity and paternity leaves are quite generous at the federal level, Microsoft hosts a "Junior Lunch" every quarter, allowing new parents on leave to come to the office for a lunch with their children, keeping the working parents in touch with their colleagues and up-to-date with office happenings.

    "Microsoft is a place where you can be yourself," says an employee. "It's expected that you have an opinion, and there are multiple opportunities to really make a contribution to the company and to society. Unless you work here, it is hard to believe the passion that people display."