Yale-New Haven Hospital
Location: New Haven, Conn.
Type of company: Hospital/health system
Meet the organization: Yale-New Haven Hospital is the second largest employer in the New Haven area with more than 12,000 employees. More than 4,400 of those employees are nurses, and the hospital has earned Magnet recognition for excellence in the field. Nonclinical staff makes up more than a third of YNNH's total number of employees. The hospital is one of the best in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report, which ranked YNNH nationally in 11 specialties.
Added benefits: YNNH helps its employees grow by offering a full-time, certified career counselor to all employees, available in-person or online, and an on-site school at work program that gives employees the opportunity to develop or refresh their skills and knowledge. Employees are recognized in a number of ways at YNNH, including through the performance incentive plan that rewards employees if the hospital meets certain goals, and coworkers can nominate their peers to be honored through the Service Excellence Heroes program.
