AdaQuest

This Bellevue provider of project management and training solutions has a staff just shy of 50 employees, but the benefits it offers its employees are more in line with those of companies many times its size. Ninety percent of their medical, vision and dental insurance is covered. The company matches up to four percent of an employee's 401(k) contributions. Employees can put money aside in tax-free flexible spending accounts to use toward out-of-pocket medical and child care expenses. And they're entitled to free sessions with a financial advisor three times a year. They also have free disability insurance, paid vacation time starting at three weeks, and family gym memberships at nearby L.A. Fitness that cost them only $29 a month.

Then there are the unofficial benefits not listed in the HR handbook, such as Italian lessons conducted in the lunchroom on Fridays by one staff member, or brown-bag lunch presentations by other employees on subjects ranging from holiday photo tips to Buddhist approaches to diffusing tension. These are bragging rights that come from an office with a lot of heart.

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