From a press release issued by Harley-Davidson:

HARLEY-DAVIDSON NAMED IN THE 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR

Harley-Davidson Motor Company ranks 79 in Fortune magazine’s list of “100 Best Companies to Work For.” Fortune selects companies for this list based on what employees say about their workplaces.

Some 46,526 randomly selected employees from 304 candidate companies are asked to complete an employee-opinion survey (the Great Place to Work Trust Index, an instrument created by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco), employees may also submit written comments about their workplace. The candidate companies are also asked to complete a questionnaire detailing its people policies, practices and philosophies. Companies are evaluated based on the employee surveys, employee comments and candidate questionnaires.

The list of top companies appears in the February 16 issue of Fortune magazine and is also available online at http://www.fortune.com/.