Novo NordiskU.S. Employees: 4,000
N.C. Locations: Clayton
www.novonordisk-clayton.com
As part of a group of the company’s core principles, the health-care company Novo Nordisk grants new employees three weeks of vacation as opposed to the national market average of two weeks. Employees can also take advantage of an onsite fitness center complete with showers and locker rooms. Novo Nordisk also provides an onsite physician four hours a week and a nurse 20 hours a week to save employees the time of seeking external professional medical care for prescriptions and diagnoses of minor ailments.

