Rank	Company	Employees worldwide
1	Raytheon Co.	105,300
2	TJX Cos.	62,000
3	FleetBoston Financial Corp.	59,200
4	Staples Inc.	43,008
5	Gillette Co.	39,800
6	Friendly Ice Cream Corp.	23,000
7	EMC Corp.	17,700
8	State Street Corp.	17,213
9	Neiman-Marcus Group Inc.	14,800
10	Thermo Electron Corp.	14,160
11	Harcourt General Inc.	13,600
12	Boston Scientific Corp.	12,615
13	BJ's Wholesale Club Inc.	12,500
14	PerkinElmer Inc.	12,000
15	Bright Horizons Family Solutions	10,300
16	Bradlees Inc.	10,000
17	SLI Inc.	9,526
18	Northeast Utilities	9,099
19	Keane Inc.	8,981
20	Polaroid Corp.	8,784
21	Talbots Inc.	8,600
22	Teradyne Inc.	7,500
23	Unifirst Corp.	7,500
24	Analog Devices	7,400
25	Iron Mountain Inc.	7,400
26	Reebok International Ltd.	6,500
27	Uno Restaurant Corp.	6,435
28	Allmerica Financial Corp.	6,300
29	J. Baker Inc.	6,154
30	GC Cos.	5,610
31	Stone & Webster Inc.	5,300
32	Arch Communications Group	5,000
33	Parametric Technology Corp.	4,998
34	Renaissance Worldwide Inc.	4,900
35	Millipore Corp.	4,600
36	Cabot Corp.	4,450
37	Parexel International Corp.	4,400
38	Cambridge Technology Partner	4,200
39	New England Business Service Inc.	3,727
40	Primark Corp.	3,458
41	Nstar	3,400
42	Houghton Mifflin Co.	3,300
43	Eastern Enterprises	3,300
44	Champps Entertainment Inc.	3,150
45	Mestek Inc.	3,050
46	American Biltrite Inc.	3,035
47	Waters Corp.	3,000
48	Thermo Terratech Inc.	2,900
49	Watts Industries	2,898
50	ACT Manufacturing Inc.	2,816
Data compiled by COMPUSTAT.