BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, the state’s biggest health insurer, was ranked as one of the nation’s top employers in a new study by Forbes magazine.
BlueCross in Tennessee, which employs about 6,000 employees including more than 4,300 in Chattanooga where it maintains its headquarters, ranked as the 390th best employer in the country among major employers included in the Forbes study.
Other companies with local employees included on the Forbes list of best employers include Publix, ranked no. 62; Starbucks, ranked No. 94; Keller William Realty, ranked No. 97; Aldi, ranked No. 197; FedEx, ranked No. 202; the state of Tennessee, ranked No. 235; Best Buy, ranked No. 298; Cigna, ranked No. 334; T Mobile, ranked No. 350; IPS, ranked No. 372; BASF, ranked No. 375, and Darden Restaurants, ranked No. 399.
Overall, Forbes said the best employers in the U.S. are, in order, Trader Joe’s, Southwest Airlines, Lilly, Costco Wholesale and Garmin.
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