A technology company has been named the best place to work by Fortune magazine, but it is not the usual suspects of Google, Cisco or Microsoft. Nope, it is perk-heavy SAS, which according Fortune offers employees child care, unlimited sick days and free access to a 66,000 square-foot fitness center. The Cary, North Carolina maker of business analytics software -- with revenue of $2.3 billion last year -- actually rose 20 spots to claim the honor.

So, where did the other tech stalwarts rank? Google -- with offices in Seattle and Kirkland -- remained steady in 4th place. Microsoft, meanwhile, tumbled from 38th to 51st place. Others on the list included NetApp (#7), Cisco (#16), Adobe (#42), Salesforce.com (#43) and Intel (#98). Noticeably absent from the list was Amazon.com, which is Seattle's second largest technology company.

Perhaps Amazon will need to take a page out of the employee handbook of recently purchased Zappos.com, whose legendary culture helped catapult it to 15th place on the list. (A few other well known tech companies that didn't appear on the list: Apple, EBay and Yahoo).

Other Seattle companies that made the list included Perkins Coie, Starbucks, Nordstrom and REI. In fact, outdoor retailer REI -- despite falling two slots -- was the best performer of the Washington-headquartered companies coming in at 14th place.

California had the most companies on the list at 16, followed by Texas with 13 and New York with 10. Washington's five companies actually ranked fourth, which is not too shabby considering that California, Texas and New York have much larger populations.

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