These are the top 50 best-led companies, according to employee reviews

• Employee opinion of senior leadership is a crucial attraction and retention factor. 
• A new Glassdoor ranking identifies the 50 best-led companies, according to employee reviews.
• Bain & Company was #1, with tech firms like Nvidia, AMD, Adobe, and Microsoft also on the list.

Recent years have seen a renewed spotlight on company leadership and management, owing to everything from mass layoffs in various industries amid cost-cutting to return-to-office mandates to pullbacks from ESG efforts.

Employee sentiment toward senior leadership is a big factor in attracting and retaining talent. So which companies are doing the best job of leading their businesses in their employees' eyes?

A new Glassdoor ranking published Wednesday sought to find out. It's based on reviews submitted between March 1, 2023, and Feb 29, 2024, by current employees as well as former employees who left in 2023 or 2024.

To be eligible, companies needed to have at least 100 ratings across each of two leadership attributes — CEO job performance and senior management rating — from US-based employees. They also needed at least 1,000 employees at the end of the eligibility period.

The best-represented industry in the list was tech, followed by finance, consulting, and retail. Glassdoor also analyzed 5-star senior management reviews from the US in that time period and found several keywords repeatedly popped up: collaborative, supportive, flexible, inclusive, passionate, and culture.

Here are Glassdoor's 50 best-led companies:

1. Bain & Company
2. Databricks
3. Protiviti
4. NVIDIA
5. Raymond James Financial
6. Equitable Advisors
7. AMD
8. Samsara
9. In-N-Out Burger
10. Autodesk
11. USI Insurance Services
12. Eli Lilly and Company
13. Hendrick Automotive Group
14. Houston Methodist
15. Intuitive (Intuitive Surgical)
16. Power Home Remodeling
17. Total Quality Logistics
18. Schneider Electric
19. KBR
20. Turner Construction
21. Keller Williams
22. Adobe
23. Insperity
24. Booz Allen Hamilton
25. World Wide Technology
26. HEB
27. ServiceNow
28. Fidelity Investments
29. Camden Property Trust
30. Zeigler Auto Group
31. Calix
32. Gartner
33. CoreLogic
34. Delta Air Lines
35. Northwestern Mutual
36. ManTech
37. Boston Scientific
38. Omni Hotels
39. QuikTrip
40. ASML
41. TCC Verizon Authorized Retailer
42. Microsoft
43. Cardinal Group Companies
44. Mastercard
45. Quick Quack Car Wash
46. Progressive Insurance
47. SAIC
48. PSCU
49. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
50. Experian