With gas prices reaching all time record people are thinking twice of their commute to work. In some cases people are moving closer to work or finding a job closer to home. According to Fortune 500 companies by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technology companies are at top of the list. EPA states that 94 percent of Intel employees and 91 percent of Microsoft employees are eligible for commuter benefits meeting the agency’s standard. Each year commuting to and from work cost the nation $63.1 billion in wasted time and fuel. WOW!
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Rank
|
Company
|
Percentage of Eligible Employees
|
| 1 | Intel |
94% |
| 2 | Microsoft |
91% |
| 3 | (tie) Google Inc. |
86% |
| 3 | (tie) Oracle |
86% |
| 5 | QUALCOMM |
76% |
| 6 | Yahoo! Inc. |
72% |
| 7 | Cisco Systems |
70% |
| 8 | Sun Microsystems |
68% |
| 9 | Texas Instruments |
65% |
| 10 | Applied Materials, Inc. |
63% |
| 11 | Safeco Insurance |
60% |
| 12 | Reliant Energy |
59% |
| 13 | Wyeth |
58% |
| 14 | Apple |
57% |
| 15 | IBM |
53% |
| 16 | Advanced Micro Devices |
50% |
| 17 | (tie) EMC Corporation |
49% |
| 17 | (tie) El Paso Corporation |
49% |
| 17 | (tie) Nike, Inc. |
49% |
| 20 | Schering-Plough |
47% |
- Ismael
