Cincinnati Children's makes top 10 on Forbes 'Best Large Employers' list

Wayne Baker, Cincinnati Enquirer
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Cincinnati Children's Avondale campus is one of its locations that offers operating rooms.

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center has made the top 10 on the Forbes’ annual “America’s Best Large Employers" list for 2023.

The hospital garnered the No. 10 spot topping Google, which landed at No. 11. It was the third-highest rated hospital in the nation behind only Houston Methodist and the Mayo Clinic and was the top pediatric hospital on the list.

This year's list was completed via a partnership by Forbes and a market research company, Statista. The companies surveyed 45,000 workers from some of the largest companies in the United States.

According to Forbes, the workers were asked to rate their willingness to recommend their employers to family and friends, in addition to rating other companies in their industry on factors like working conditions, salary and potential for development.

They were asked questions such as whether they would recommend their current workplace to family or friends and were also given the chance to cite other employers they would recommend. The 500 large employers on the list are those that received the most recommendations, a news release from Forbes stated.

The release states, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center "on the pandemic’s front lines, offers an impressive range of mental health services. Employees can see a licensed therapist onsite (or virtually) at no cost for up to eight sessions. Another option: A program called Peer2Peer Supporters gives clinicians access to a trained peer within 24 hours."

Nerissa Morris, senior vice president and chief human resources and diversity officer at Cincinnati Children’s, said in the release that, “A lot of stressful things happen in the moment and you need support right then and there. With this program, employees can receive on-the-spot help from a colleague who can talk through stressful situations. “It’s been really, really powerful and helpful."

The Cincinnati pediatric hospital was also praised for its support for employee families with an onsite childcare facility or a free subscription to Care.com for employees.

Nationally, the Top 10 large employers on Forbes’ list are:

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

  • Houston Methodist in Texas.

  • Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

  • BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee,

  • Retail and grocery chain H-E-B in Texas).

  • The University of Kentucky.

  • Fidelity Investments in Massachusetts.

  • Microsoft in Washington.

  • In-N-Out Burger in California.

  • Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Ohio.

Healthcare organizations took eight of the top 25 slots in the annual list and made up 20% of the top 100.

Here's how some other regional employers ranked:

  • Procter & Gamble is No. 103.

  • University of Cincinnati No. 368.

  • Cintas No. 389.

  • Great American Insurance No. 435.

This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati Children's makes top 10 on Forbes 'Best Large Employers' list