Four Colorado companies among Fortune’s Top 100 in nation

Fortune magazine recently named Qualcomm of Boulder, CH2M Hill of Englewood, PCL Construction Enterprises of Denver and MITRE of Colorado Springs to its 2009 Top 100 Companies to Work For list.

The magazine considers business and job growth as well as benefits, turnover, child care, job sharing, telecommuting, onsite fitness center, diversity, paid sabbaticals and other perks companies offer their employees.

Qualcomm, ranked 16th overall with its headquarters in San Diego and a site in Boulder, was among the 15 companies recognized for paying 100 percent of their employees’ health-care premiums. Fortune noted that Qualcomm keeps its creative juices flowing with an award-winning recruitment program, hiring 750 interns a year from 38 countries. However, it dropped eight slots in the rankings from 2008.

General Contractor PCL, which built Denver International Airport and Mall of America, added more than 860 people to its payroll in the last year and has a healthy backload of projects for this year. The company is 100 percent employee-owned, but no one owns more than 5 percent. PCL jumped from No. 77 in 2008 to No. 28 this year.

Fortune recognized MITRE’s CEO for a reasonable salary and the company’s excellent retirement plan, while CH2M Hill welcomed 4,000 new employees from its acquisition of Velco with $2,500 each in stock and cash, making them instant owners in the company.

Here’s a look at the top 10 Best Companies to Work For nationwide as well as where Colorado companies ranked: