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Landing a job at Google Inc. is often seen as the ultimate career achievement, so much so that the Internet company was at the centre of the Hollywood comedy The Internship. Now, Google has something else to show why it’s a coveted workplace: It’s been named the best place to work in 2015.

In Glassdoor’s seventh annual ranking of the 50 best places to work in the coming year, Google took the No. 1 spot for the first time, dethroning Boston-based consulting giant Bain & Company.

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Glassdoor, an online jobs and career community, determines its list based entirely on anonymous employee feedback of U.S. and U.K. companies. The survey collects opinions on some of the best reasons to work for their employers, downsides and whether they would recommend their employer to a friend.

Of the 50 winning companies in its Employees’ Choice Awards (U.S.), 30 have offices in Canada.

Google, which has offices in Montreal, Toronto and Waterloo, is one of five companies to win Glassdoor’s Employees’ Choice Award all seven years.

“[Google] has a good work/life balance and provides learning opportunities internally,” says one Glassdoor review written by a Google software engineer at its Waterloo, Ont. office. “This company has a good work/life balance and provides learning opportunities internally.”

Bain fell to second place this year, while Nestlé Purina Petcare, F5 Networks, Inc. and Boston Consulting Group rounded out the top five best places to work in the U.S.

While Google has risen in the ranks, not all technology employees were pleased with their workplaces this year. Twitter Inc. — which was No. 2 for 2014’s list — didn’t even crack the top 50; while Facebook Inc. fell from No. 5 last year to No. 13, and LinkedIn Corp. tumbled from No. 3 to No. 23.

Click here to see the complete list of the 50 best places to work.

Below we’ve highlighted the top 10 companies on Glassdoor’s list:

10. Mayo Clinic

Sector: Health Care

EmployeeSatisfaction Rating: 4.2

What Employees Say: “It is a wonderful place, you can work with different designers, coders, managers, etc. Everyone is super friendly and willing to help if you have any questions. You can touch the real projects and bring your talent to the world.”

Offices in Canada: N/A