Best Analytics Companies to work for
The list of "best companies to work for" is led by Google and SAS, but there are relatively few other analytics-related companies on the list. Why is that?
Fortune magazine came up with a list of 100 Best companies to work for, and although analytics and data mining play a key role in the the top 2 companies - Google and SAS, there were relatively few analytics related companies among the remaining 100. Here are the companies from the top 100 with some analytics connection.
1. 
Google
2. 
SAS
4. The Boston Consulting Group
19. salesforce.com
22. Intuit
47. Deloitte
75. Microsoft
Here is the full list.
The sector with largest number of companies was Professional Services, with 9 entries.
If data scientist is the sexiest job of the 21st century, why are there so few analytics-related companies on the top 100 list ?
Perhaps analytics jobs are like raisins in the cake and work in small groups - recent research indicates that 80% of analytics professionals work in small groups of 11 people or less.
Also, most analytics-focused companies are too small for Fortune list (smallest company on that list had 1,440 employees).
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