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What does it take to keep your employees happy? Opportunities for professional growth? Employee recognition? A healthy work-life balance? Many Tennessee companies have found a not-so-secret formula for keeping their employees not only happy and engaged, but more importantly, retaining them.
More than 40 companies headquartered in Tennessee have been named Best Employers of 2024 by Forbes. Companies range from government services to healthcare to education and more.
Of the 42 companies, six are headquartered in Nashville: Asurion, Bridgestone, HCA Healthcare, the State of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Bridgestone (No. 432) and HCA Healthcare (No. 191) were also named to the 2024 Global 2000 list, which ranks the world’s largest companies by revenue, profit, assets and market value.
The full list of best employers can be found below.
Top jobs: Here are the winners for 2024. Is your Middle Tennessee company one of them?
Forbes’ Best Employers in Tennessee 2024
- Acadia Healthcare (health and social services), Franklin
- Asurion (IT software and services), Nashville
- Autozone (retail and wholesale), Memphis
- Averitt Express (transportation and logistics), Cookeville
- Ballad Health (health and social services), Johnson City
- Baptist Memorial Health Care (health and social services), Memphis
- BlueCross Blueshield of Tennessee (Insurance), Chattanooga
- Bridgestone (automotive and supplier), Nashville
- Community Health Systems (health and social services), Franklin
- City of Knoxville (Government Services), Knoxville
- Clayton Homes (Engineering/Manufacturing), Maryville
- Covenant Health (health and social services), Knoxville
- Covenant Transportation (transportation and logistics), Chattanooga
- Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (restaurants), Lebanon
- Dollar General (retail and wholesale), Goodletsville
- East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (Health and Human Services), Knoxville
- East Tennessee State University (Education), Johnson City
- Eastman (construction, chemicals, raw materials), Kingsport
- Erlanger Health System (health and social services), Chattanooga
- FedEx (Transportation and Logistics), Memphis
- First Horizon (banking and financial services), Memphis
- HCA Healthcare (Health and Human Services), Nashville
- International Paper (engineering, manufacturing), Memphis
- Knox County Schools (Education), Knoxville
- Life Care Centers of America (health and human services), Cleveland
- Mary Regional Medical Center (Health and Human Services), Columbia
- National Healthcare (Health and Human Services), Murfreesboro
- Nissan Motor (automotive industry and suppliers), Smyrna
- Pilot Company (retail and wholesale), Knoxville
- Regional One Health (health and social services), Memphis
- Rutherford County School District (Education), Murfreesboro
- St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital (Health and Human Services), Memphis
- State of Tennessee (Government Services), Nashville
- TeamHealth (healthcare devices and financial services), Knoxville
- Tennessee Valley Authority (utility company), Knoxville
- Tractor Supply (retail and wholesale), Brentwood
- University of Tennessee Knoxville (Education), Knoxville
- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (Education), Chattannooga
- University of Tennessee Medical Center (Health and Human Services), Knoxville
- Unum Group (insurance), Chattanooga
- Vanderbilt University (Education), Nashville
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (Health and Human Services), Nashville
methodology
To determine the best places to work across the country, Forbes, in partnership with market research firm Statista, surveyed over 160,000 employees at companies with at least 500 employees. Survey respondents were asked how likely they were, on a scale of zero to ten, to recommend their employer to others.
Respondents were also asked to rate employers they had worked for in the past two years, as well as companies they knew from their industry or from friends or relatives who worked there. Responses were received from all 50 states and Washington DC.
The responses were evaluated along with survey data from the last three years and incorporated into a scoring system. Greater weight was given to more recent data and responses from current government employees.
The highest-scoring companies in each state made the list, with each state ranking between three and 101 employers, depending on the size of the state and the number of responses received. Companies paid no participation or selection fee.
Diana Leyva covers breaking news and service journalism for The Tennessean. Reach her at [email protected] or follow her on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, at @_leyvadiana.
