Would you agree with this list ? ( http://247wallst.com/special-report/2014/08/07/236519/2/ )
From the introduction:
While companies have websites, public relations teams, and recruiters to tailor their message to prospective hires, employees have far fewer forums to communicate their views. Glassdoor.com, a career community website, provides the opportunity for employees to give their own opinions, and for potential employees to research the company. To identify the 75 Best Companies to Work For, 24/7 Wall St. examined company ratings provided by current and former employees to Glassdoor.com.
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Being a market leader also appears to help. Many well-reviewed companies are the leaders in their respective industries, and as a result are financially successful. Apple, Intel, Procter & Gamble, and Walt Disney are all among the top-rated employers on Glassdoor.com and among the largest public companies in the world by market capitalization. Others are leaders in public relations, like Edelman and auditing giant EY, formerly Ernst & Young.
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Not surprisingly, companies with strong employee reviews also give CEOs good grades. It would seem leadership matters, not just for running a company and producing returns for shareholders, but also for promoting employee satisfaction. Among the 75 best companies to work for, 38 have CEOs with an approval rating of 90% or higher. In all, just 10 CEOs have an approval rating below 80%, and all have the endorsement of at least two-thirds of their employees.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by kaszz on Saturday August 16 2014, @05:33PM
Good board + CEO + management leadership results in employees that function well and produce higher quality which results in more profits and thus better shareholder value. And thus CEOs with rating above 80% among employees is something to look for as an investor.
Sect like management not accounted for.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 16 2014, @06:43PM
Those working for and using (Gl)assdoor.com predictably would be amongst the types that would sign up for those top two (anti)social web sites on their preferred employer list and want to work for them. Google not much further down the list.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 16 2014, @06:49PM
I looked up my last employer, I see they're still playing the same games. Ripping off customers and the employees that actually do the work that fills managements wallets with crooked cash.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday August 16 2014, @07:16PM
How were your divorce with that company?
I'm pretty sure it's an interesting story ;)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 16 2014, @08:18PM
Sorry, can't say due to a forced non-disclosure agreement.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 16 2014, @10:23PM
The employees they have, they abuse (after paying them poverty wages).
They're also NOT "job creators"; they *export* jobs. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [prwatch.org]
They pay so poorly that their employees need food stamps, housing assistance, etc. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [popularresistance.org]
WalMart actually tells new hires how to apply for that stuff.
Tired of people on gov't assistance?
Demand that the megacorporations pay people a living wage.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 16 2014, @11:40PM
...the Feds RAISE minimum wage to a LIVABLE wage for full time work (40 hours a week).
Not gonna happen because business owners will just close down for good or leave the country for cheaper places to do business in if they can because they were forced to do so by high operating costs--mostly wages paid to employees. The Feds WILL NOT jeopardize (whatever) incoming tax revenues are paid by these companies. The bulk of the money is used for national defense and a 'tiny bit' of it goes for TRUE social welfare paid to the population at large in the form of Social Security benefits and Food Stamps.
Businesses leaving the USA for 'cheaper pastures' elsewhere in the world has been going on since NAFTA became law in 1994.
The Feds in Washington, DC know if they rock the boat too hard the house of cards will collapse all around them--it is poised to do that right now anyway!
So either nothing is done or the minimum wage is bumped upward by a token amount--giving the entry level workers a temporary pay raise that evaporates a month or two later when higher prices for everything kick in because business owners are forced to pass the increased costs on to the customers^Wconsumers who do business with them--including the employees themselves!
Unless there are other options available, life in the USA--and by extension life on Planet Earth--will turn into either
http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm [marshallbrain.com]
or
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venus_Project [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 17 2014, @01:08AM
higher prices for everything kick in because business owners are forced to pass the increased costs on to the customers
Previously debunked here. 1c increase on a $16 item. [soylentnews.org]
Most people don't even realize just how much the 1 Percenters are skimming off before they pay the help.
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the Feds
That was also addressed in that thread. (Go up 2 posts.)
The way this is done is LOCALLY.
Don't expect it to happen while you sit on your ass.
This is going to require some AFK time from a bunch of people.
1) Find someone who stands for workers.
2) Convince her/him to run for office.
3) Make sure s/he gets elected.
There aren't any shortcuts.
Showing up at the polls every 2 years and voting for the lesser of 2 evils ain't gonna get it done.
Other cities are also on the path to a living wage. [googleusercontent.com] (orig) [commondreams.org]
-- gewg_
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 17 2014, @01:25AM
Answers to above
1) We did.
2) He did.
2) He did, but lied about everything to get elected, now it's worse.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 17 2014, @01:35AM
One factor to take into account when talking of "americas best employers" is what percentage of the people in their buildings actually work for them. If there are a lot of minimum wage making long term temporary workers and subcontractors doing all the grunt work then the title could be changed to "Americas most contemptible scoundrels taking advantage of the working man."
(Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Sunday August 17 2014, @05:55AM
For those who don't want to click through a dozen ad-laden pages.... here's the list.
At least a half dozen of these in no way fit my definitions of "Best employer," unless that means "Uses scabs to break unions."
At least Wal-Mart and McDonalds didn't make the list.
Slashcode won't let me post the list of company names:
Your comment has too few characters per line (currently 17.7).
(Score: 2) by Appalbarry on Sunday August 17 2014, @05:57AM
(as a UL list, but does accept this:)
1. LinkedIn ....................
2. Facebook ....................
3. Eastman Chemical ....................
4. Insight Global ....................
5. Bain & Company ....................
6. Riverbed Technology ....................
7. Google ....................
8. Southwest Airlines ....................
9. McKinsey & Company ....................
10. Boston Consulting Group ....................
11. Keller Williams ....................
12. Edelman ....................
13. Orbitz ....................
14. Apple ....................
15. Procter & Gamble ....................
16. Chevron ....................
17. General Mills ....................
18. SAS Institute ....................
19. Intel ....................
20. SAP ....................
21. Qualcomm ....................
22. Costco Wholesale ....................
23. Adobe ....................
24. Nike ....................
24/7 Wall St. is proudly powered by WordPress ....................
25. Citrix Systems ....................
26. Chick-fil-A ....................
27. H-E-B ....................
28. CareerBuilder ....................
29. Gartner ....................
30. Fluor ....................
31. Starbucks ....................
32. Goldman Sachs ....................
33. Intuit ....................
34. Publix ....................
35. NetApp ....................
36. Salesforce.com ....................
37. Unilever ....................
38. Walt Disney ....................
39. National Instruments ....................
40. J. Crew ....................
41. Roche ....................
42. John Deere ....................
43. REI ....................
44. Synopsys ....................
45. Rackspace ....................
46. Wegmans ....................
47. Overstock.com ....................
48. Monsanto ....................
49. MathWorks ....................
50. Accenture ....................
51. Microsoft ....................
52. EY ....................
53. General Electric ....................
54. American Express ....................
55. Ericsson Worldwide ....................
56. Schlumberger ....................
57. Johnson & Johnson ....................
58. Whole Foods Market ....................
59. Nokia ....................
60. Northwestern Mutual ....................
61. Marriott ....................
62. Texas Instruments ....................
63. FedEx ....................
64. Ford Motor ....................
65. BP ....................
66. Hyatt ....................
67. IKEA ....................
68. Agilent Technologies ....................
69. Cummins ....................
70. Dow Chemical ....................
71. FactSet ....................
72. Eaton ....................
73. Bristol-Myers Squibb ....................
74. TIBCO Software ....................
75. KBR ...................
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 17 2014, @08:44AM
1. LinkedIn
Where have I seen that name lately? Oh, yeah:
LinkedIn Paying $5.8M For Labor Abuses [soylentnews.org])
22. Costco
In fundamentally the same business as WalMart and Target, but doesn't treat their people like livestock.
-- gewg_
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 17 2014, @05:54PM
How about the top 75 worst?
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Sunday August 17 2014, @08:26PM
The best businesses to work for are probably ones you've never heard of, because the owner put taking care of its people above YoY revenue growth. Publicly traded companies can't do that because of the risk of shareholder revolts or lawsuits, and companies controlled by vulture^Hventure capitalists and other private investment firms can't because the controlling firm's success depends on squeezing its holdings as much as possible.
The worst businesses to work for are also ones you've never heard of, because the owners are so incompetent they can neither take care of their employees or their customers. Obviously, watch out for these guys.
Large businesses are generally mediocre employers: Beats a good kick in the teeth, but not someone you'll actually enjoy working for.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.