Edward Jones, which has a number of offices in and around Wichita, is No. 2 on Fortune magazine’s list of the 100 best companies to work for.
Headquartered in St. Louis, the company has more than 30,000 in the United States. Last year, it had more than 2,000 new jobs, a growth of 9 percent. As of Jan. 13, it had more than 1,000 openings.
From Fortune:
The stock market collapse reduced partner distributions and bonuses, but Jim Weddle, who heads the brokerage, assured associates the firm had no exposure to high-risk mortgages or financial derivatives and no plans for layoffs. Jones hired 698 new financial advisors in the first ten months of 2008 and is building an addition to its St. Louis headquarters for 500 new employees.
No companies based in Kansas were on the list, but some with a significant number employees here were. Those include Cisco Systems (No. 6), Starbucks (No. 24), QuikTrip (No. 27), CarMax (No. 31), Men’s Wearhouse (No. 71), FedEx (No. 90) and T-Mobile (No. 96).