Best Places to Work
The Best Places to Work survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize, and honor the best employers in their respective cities and regions across the United States. Thank you to all of our employee-owners. Your integrity, passion, leadership, and excellence as well as your feedback were instrumental in placing us on these lists of winners. Your efforts will continue differentiating our company and position us for more success for years to come.
List By Location
2021
Orange County
Orange County Business Journal ranked Swinerton Builders as #16 in the Large Employer 250+ category. Orange County’s top 100 companies were split into three categories.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles Business Journal ranked Swinerton Builders as #10 in the Large Employer 250+ category, honoring the top 100 companies setting trends and redefining the employee experience in LA.
San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Business Times and Silicon Valley Business Journal ranked Swinerton Builders as #3 in the Largest 500+ category. 125 companies placed, grouped into five categories; and we are the highest-ranked General Contractor in this category.
Georgia
The Atlanta Business Chronicle ranked Swinerton #22 in its list of Best Places to Work, Medium Companies. This is the first time Atlanta made the list; recognizing the top talent, culture, and brand awareness we are continuing to build in the Southeast region.
Hawaii
Hawaii Business Magazine ranked Swinerton at #3 for medium-sized companies (50-249 Hawaii employees). They also placed Swinerton in their Best Places to Work Hall of Fame, a Platinum level winner, for being on the Best Places list for 10 consecutive years.
To learn more, read about Hawaii’s Top Employers 2021 and Hawaii’s Best Places to Work 2021.
North Carolina
The Charlotte Business Journal ranked Swinerton in its Best Places to Work. This is the second consecutive win for Charlotte, which is key to attracting and retaining top talent and continuing to build brand recognition in the Southeast region.
Oregon
Swinerton is a 2021 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon by Oregon Business Magazine for the fifth year in a row! Swinerton jumped five spots from 2020 to a #5 ranking and is the highest-ranked General Contractor in the large companies category (100 or more employees).
To learn more, visit Oregon’s Best Places to Work.
Washington
Puget Sound Business Journal ranked Swinerton at #5 on their 2021 Best Places to Work.
Inland Northwest Business Journal ranked Swinerton the #1 Best Place to Work in the INW for its category of Enterprise businesses (1000+ employees) and amongst all categories overall.
Previous Year Rankings
2019
San Diego: #1- Mega Employer
Los Angeles: Top 100 Large Company
Portland: #63 Best Green Workplaces in Oregon
2018
San Diego: #1- Mega Employer
Hawaii: #3- Medium Company
Las Angeles: #9- Large Company
Bay Area: #13- Large Company
Orange County: #14 Large Company
2017
San Diego: #1- Mega Employer
Orange County: #2 Large Company
Las Angeles: #10- Large Company
2016
#15 of the country’s 30 Best Workplaces to Retire From by Fortune magazine and Great Place to Work®
#44 on Fortune’s 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials.
San Diego: #1- Mega Employer
Orange County: #1 Large Company
Hawaii: #1 Medium Company
2015
Orange County: #4 Large Company
San Diego: #5- Large Company
Austin: #15- Small Company