These pet brands are America’s best large employers

American business magazine Forbes asked 170,000 employees working for large American firms to rate their companies.

Of the 600 companies ranked in this year’s list, 8 belong to or do business in the pet industry. 

Pet food manufacturer General Mills was the highest pet player on the list, at position 168. The maker of Blue Buffalo was closely followed by online pet food retailer Chewy at 190. 

Private label manufacturer Simmons Foods stands in third place at 195, followed by Merck & Co—the parent firm of Merck Animal Health—at 208. Tractor Supply, the owner of Petsense, came in at 321.

Big multinationals with a pet business also made it onto the Forbes List, including Mars (264), Nestlé (379), and J.M. Smucker (489).

The survey, carried out in partnership with Statista, asked employees a range of questions about job satisfaction and how they would rank and recommend their employers.