Southwest and Continental Score Highest with Employees

For anyone who has ever traveled by plane, you know that sometimes there seems to be no getting around a delayed flight or avoiding an unfortunate loss in luggage. But what we also know is it’s the people who work for the airlines that can make the hassles during our travels just a little bit easier.
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Black Friday may be extra hard on Wal-Mart employees…

Editor’s Note: Sadly, this post was prophetic - it was written before we received the very sad news this morning that a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death as people rushed into a Long Island Wal-Mart on Black Friday.  Glassdoor extends its deepest sympathies to those that were injured or died, and their families, in this [...]

Symantec Employees Forewarn New CEO

On Monday, Symantec CEO John Thompson announced that he is stepping down as CEO in early spring (although retaining his position on the Board). This perhaps is a good move for Thompson considering that his employee approval rating was just 38% which means that he is one of the lowest rated CEOs according to the [...]

Advice for the new Chief Executive at Yahoo! from Glassdoor

Yahoo stock price is up today given the news that CEO Jerry Yang is stepping down. At times like these, not only can we provide employees and job seekers insights that encourage more informed career moves, but we can also offer a new CEO tips on what is working and what is not from an [...]

Employees remain positive but layoff talk is on the rise

I’m sure I don’t need tell you that the economy is performing REALLY badly these days.  U.S. jobless rates are at a 14-year high and consumer confidence numbers are at an all time low.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 37.2% year to date, and personally I can’t bring myself to look at my [...]

October’s Review of the Month

It’s been tough to report good news in the financial services industry recently, but today a former employee from Bank of America, one of the world’s largest banking institutions, received some good news - $500 worth of good news to be precise. This former Bank of America Credit Analyst has been selected as the [...]