2. Company Life By Julie Nguyen, 9/29/2014

3. Google Mountain View, California, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 48,584 American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. I would work here for the money

4. Yahoo Sunnyvale, California, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 12,300 Globally known for its Web portal, search engine Yahoo Search, and related services, including Yahoo Directory, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Groups, Yahoo Answers, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, fantasy sports and its social media website. I would work here for the money

5. Facebook Menlo Park, California, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 7,185 Online social networking service headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Its name comes from a colloquialism for the directory given to students at some American universities I would work here for the money

6. IBM Armonk, New York, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 431,212 IBM manufactures and markets computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology I would work here for the money

7. Apple Cupertino, California, USA Sector: Electronics Number of Employees: 21,500 Designs, develops, and sells consumer electronics, computer software, online services, and personal computers. Its best-known hardware products are the Mac line of computers, the iPod media player, the iPhone smartphone, and the iPad tablet computer. I would work here for the money

8. Microsoft R edmond, Washington, USA S ector: Technology N umber of Employees: 128,076 D evelops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. I would work here for the money

9. Dell Round Rock, Texas, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 111,300 Develops, sells, repairs and supports computers and related products and services I would work here for the money

10. Hewlett-Packard (HP) Palo Alto, California, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 317,500 It provides hardware, software and services to consumers, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises, including customers in the government, health and education sectors. I would work there for the money

11. Coca-Cola Atlanta, Georgia, USA Sector: Consumer Goods Number of Employees: 130,600 American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola I would work there for the money

12. UPS Atlanta, Georgia, USA Sector: Services Number of Employees: 395,000 One of the largest shipment and logistics companies in the world. UPS is known for its brown delivery trucks and uniforms, hence the company nickname "Brown". UPS also operates its own airline and air cargo delivery service I would work there for the money

13. Sonic Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Sector: Services Number of Employees: 320 Corporate Employees Fast-food burger & fries joint with an old-school feel, including retro drive-in service. Known for its use of carhops on roller skates. I would work here for the food.

14. 3M Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA Sector: Industrial Goods Number of Employees: 88,000 Produces more than 55,000 products, including: adhesives, abrasives, laminates, passive fire protection, dental products, electronic materials, medical products, car-care products, electronic circuits, and optical films. I would work here for the money

15. Johnson & Johnson New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA Sector: Healthcare Number of Employees: 128,000 American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturer founded in 1886. Among its well-known consumer products are the Band-Aid Brand line of bandages, Tylenol medications, Johnson's baby products, Neutrogena skin and beauty products, Clean & Clear facial wash and Acuvue contact lenses. I would work here for the money.

16. Walmart Bentonville, Arkansas, USA Sector: Services Number of Employees: 2.2 million Operates chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. I would work here for the merchandise

17. Starbucks Seattle, Washington, USA Sector: Services Number of Employees: 160,000 Largest American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Serve hot and cold beverages, whole-bean coffee, microground instant coffee, full-leaf teas, pastries, and snacks I would work here for the drinks

18. ExxonMobil Irving, Texas, USA Sector: Basic Materials Number of Employees: 75,000 American multinational oil and gas corporation. ExxonMobil markets products around the world under the brands of Exxon, Mobil, and Esso. It also owns hundreds of smaller subsidiaries such as Imperial Oil Limited I would work here for the money

19. Mustang Public School Mustang, Oklahoma, USA Sector: Education Number of Employees: more than 1,000 employees The school district offers a comprehensive compensation package for full-time employees, in addition to a satisfying working environment I would work here to give back to my school

20. Pepsi Purchase, New York, USA Sector: Consumer Goods Number of Employees: 274,000 American multinational food and beverage corporation with interests in the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods, beverages, and other products. I would work here for the Pepsi

21. Target Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA Sector: Services Number of Employees: 361,000 It is the second-largest discount retailer in the United States that carry hardlines, softlines (clothing), and a limited amount of groceries, mostly non-perishable. I would work here for the merchandise

22. Intel Santa Clara, California, United States Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 107,600 Intel is one of the world's largest and highest valued semiconductor chip makers. Intel also makes motherboard chipsets, network interface controllers and integrated circuits, flash memory, graphic chips, embedded processors and other devices related to communications and computing. I would work here for the money

23. Ford Dearborn, Michigan, USA Sector: Consumer Goods Number of Employees: 181,000 The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand and most luxury cars under the Lincoln brand. I would work here for the money

24. Mercedes Stuttgart, Germany, Germany Sector: Consumer Goods Number of Employees: 275,087 The brand is used for luxury automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. I would work here for the money

25. Digital River Minnetonka, Minnesota, USA Sector: Technology Number of Employees: 1,239 Public company that provides global ecommerce, payments and marketing services. Digital River has a history of acquiring other companies in the e-commerce (including digital software delivery) industry I would work here for the money

26. British Petroleum (BP) London, England, United Kingdom Sector: Basic Materials Number of Employees: 83,900 British multinational oil and gas company. BP is vertically integrated and operates in all areas of the oil and gas industry I would work here for the money

27. Chesapeake Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA Sector: Basic Materials Number of Employees: 12,598 Its operations are focused on discovering and developing unconventional natural gas and oil fields onshore in the U.S. Chesapeake owns leading positions in the Eagle Ford, Utica, Granite Wash, Cleveland, Tonkawa, Mississippi Lime, and Niobrara unconventional liquids plays, in addition to leading the Marcellus, Haynesville/Bossier, and Barnett unconventional natural gas shale plays I would work here for the money

28. Devon Oil O klahoma City, Oklahoma, USA S ector: Basic Materials N umber of Employees: 5,900 T he company's operations are focused on North American onshore exploration and production. Devon is one of North America’s larger processors of natural gas liquids and owns natural gas pipelines and treatment facilities in many of the company’s producing areas I would work here for the money