top 10 coolest companies to work for in dallas-fort worth

At Intuit, Inc., employees praise the company’s culture, work/life balance, and dedication to showing that core —principles—such as “It’s the people”—are both preached and practiced at all levels. Along with fair compensation and generous bonuses, Intuit offers employees a number of cool and progressive benefits including onsite workout facilities, an employee home loan program, adoption assistance, and domestic partner benefits. 

Transwestern—a commercial real estate, investment, and development  company— has been self-described as a company that prides itself on “teamwork, entrepreneurism, stewardship, customer service, and a commitment to sustainability,” It’s employees have reviewed Transwestern as a “Great company for work-life balance”, “Fantastic team!”, “Perks are good and morale is great” and “management really shows how they value employees.”

Improving Enterprises has a corporate culture that has been described as being committed to respect, transparency, and having fun, Improving Enterprises rewards hard work with generous benefits and perks. Among the most popular plusses are annual retreats to Las Vegas, fully stocked kitchens, free ice-cold beer, table tennis tournaments, and fun monthly social events for employees and families.

Sheraton Dallas Hotel is a recipient of the AAA four-diamond award for outstanding service, the Sheraton Dallas credits its success to inspired team members. Rewards and recognition are many and varied, including a generous quarterly award for outstanding associates, supervisors, and managers. Some the many benefits and perks, include discounted hotel nights and travel, tuition reimbursement, and discounted “DART” travel passes. To round things off hotel-style, employees also receive complimentary daily meals.

Worldwide Express has received stellar reviews as the number one company in America for career advancement. With a reputation for setting high standards, demanding hard work, and rewarding performance generously, their advancement program has been described as the “perfect storm for swift upward mobility”. Offering excellent benefits, generous bonuses, rapid advancement, a great corporate culture, and top-notch training, Worldwide Express is a company with coolness to spare. 

NetApp has an open culture dedicated to great communication, NetApp’s philosophy is that employees are the company’s biggest asset. The goal of management is to inspire employees to embrace a shared vision of the company’s true goals and objectives. This creates a sense of pride and unity that ultimately gives the company a competitive advantage. Employees also enjoy great benefits, a healthy balance between work and play, plus the opportunity to work on some very cool projects.

Southwest Search is all about coolness. Employees of the Dallas based staffing firm claim the magic ingredient is how the company treats them on a day-to-day basis. Performance is rewarded in a number of ways, including flexible hours and generous time-off for the pursuit of other passions. Southwest Search is also big on getting behind causes, such as The Hope Store and the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Although small by business standards, Southwest Search is very big on corporate coolness.

Darling Homes provides employees ample opportunities for growth and development, Darling is very health aware and has instituted a strong worksite wellness program. In addition, the company also hosts luncheons and numerous fun events throughout the year to bring employees together in a fun environment. Faced with rapid growth, Darling Homes prides itself on hiring and retaining top people who take pride in their work and desire to excel.

At Brinker International, the corporate level maintains “casual” as the the operative word, as shorts, flip flops, t-shirts, and tank tops is highly encouraged. Along with 100% free food at Chili’s, Brinker employees enjoy all kinds of cool perks including flexible hours, fun company events, an onsite gym, and visits by kids and pets. Work time is spent building relationships in a cool collaborative culture where the CEO is said to know every employees’ name.

Southwest Airlines was founded upon a winning formula for success—take care of your employees and they’ll take care of you. Employees say Southwest encourages open communication, seeks input from workers in making corporate decisions, provides great benefits, provides opportunities for advancement, and promotes a fun and challenging work environment with plenty of incentives. As a result, Southwest enjoys high employee moral and a level of legitimate corporate coolness that is the envy of the airline industry.

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