Facebook is the Best Place to Work, Survey Says

Facebook is the best place to work and Mark Zuckerberg is certainly well-liked.

/ James Martin/CNET

It's been a banner year for Facebook. Not only has founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg been named Time Magazine's person of the year for 2010, but his social network behemoth has also been ranked the best place to work in America, according to Glassdoor.com, a career site.

Employees of Facebook logged on to Glassdoor and gave it an average satisfaction rating of 4.6 out of 5. Just behind Facebook were Southwest Airlines, with 4.4 out 5 and Bain & Company, with 4.3 out of 5.

Facebook just got its 500 millionth member in July, and many of the company's employees, especially those who signed on early, have become millionaires by selling some of their stake in the company to big investors or on exchanges where shares in private companies trade, reports the New York Times.

The Glassdoor survey was based on eight criteria including work/life balance, recognition and, of course, compensation and benefits.

The Top 20:

1. Facebook

2. Southwest Airlines

3. Bain & Company

4. General Mills

5. Edelman

6. Boston Consulting

7. SAS Institute

8. Slalom Consulting

9. Overstock.com

10. Susquehanna International Group

11. CareerBuilder

12. MITRE

13. QuikTrip

14. Shutterfly

15. NetApp

16. Trader Joe's

17. Goldman Sachs

18. McKinsey & Company

19. National Instruments

20. Apple