Archive for July, 2009

Glassdoor Creates Widget Capability for Salary Details and Company Insights

Posted by • July 30th, 2009 • Leave a comment
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The widgets are here! The widgets are here!

Now the best of Glassdoor data is ready to embed directly into your blog, article or online report – information like salary reports and company reviews on more than 26,000 companies can be easily inserted to help provide additional color and context when talking about a specific company or broad topics.

Want to see how a company compares to its competition, and discuss details with visuals on your blog? Now you can.

Want to discuss online how much software engineers earn? Easy to do with Glassdoor widgets.

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No problem. (Hint: Slide your mouse over the hyperlinked keywords)

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Microsoft and Yahoo Announce Partnership; What Could this Mean for Employees?

Posted by • July 29th, 2009 • 2 Comments

News today broke of a 10-year partnership agreement between Microsoft and Yahoo!, after years of discussions between the two companies attempting to work together in some capacity.  As part of the deal, Microsoft will provide backend technology for Yahoo! search functionality, giving Bing, Microsoft’s newly minted search engine, additional inquiries to work with. In addition, Yahoo!’s sales force will begin selling premium advertising for both companies.

There has been some speculation about what this will mean for employees of the two companies, including potential lay-offs at Yahoo! and some job opportunities for employees to move from Yahoo! to new roles at Microsoft.

Based on reviews on both companies, Yahoo! employees  may actually be happier at Microsoft, with approval ratings at the company a full .4 points higher than at Yahoo!. More than half of employees (54%) do, however, approve of the work that Carol Bartz is doing at Yahoo!, in comparison to the job that Steve Ballmer is doing at Microsoft (42%).

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Future of Finance Jobs

Posted by • July 28th, 2009 • 3 Comments

Given latest news report from Reuters, it looks like the recession could be on its way out. This news combined with reports from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that the finance sector is expected to make significant number of hires in the next few years shows promise for those entering or re-entering the industry.

Curious what you can do now to get ahead and get a job in the finance sector? For starters try checking the interview and company reviews at Glassdoor.com to see what current employees and job candidates advise and what the current temperament is like within a specific company. In addition, you can get up to date reports on what people are earning. For example, you can see what a finance manager makes at a number of different companies like American Express or Dell:

Finance Manager Salaries – Glassdoor Salary

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Hourly Jobs: Top Companies to Work For

Posted by • July 20th, 2009 • 4 Comments

When it comes to looking for an hourly job, we often ask ourselves “What is this going to pay?” and “Will the schedule work?” But how do you know if a company offers fair pay, a flexible work schedule and a number of other workplace attributes that make for a good work environment? To help answer that question, we evaluated specific jobs by company where hourly pay is how the majority of these employees are compensated and analyzed the company ratings to see who gets high marks in terms of: career opportunities, communication, compensation & benefits, employee morale, recognition & feedback, senior leadership, work/life balance, and fairness & respect.

Two companies rose to the top of the list, Apple and Starbucks, both receiving a satisfied rating from current or former hourly employees.

Glassdoor Report: Top Employers for Hourly Employees*

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What’s it Like to Interview at WalMart?

Posted by • July 17th, 2009 • Leave a comment

Unemployed and considering a job in retail? Perhaps at WalMart? A WalMart interview reviewer, winner of the June Review of the Month, dishes on what it’s like to go through the interview process at this notorious retailer, and gives anyone considering a job at the company an insider’s study guide. Currently, WalMart garners a 2.9 (neutral) company rating and the CEO, Michael T. Duke, receives a 32 percent approval rating and 23 percent disapproval rating.

According to this job candidate, the interview difficulty was about average, but the experience was positive overall. Here are some useful tips to consider if interviewing at WalMart, as well as some of the questions you may get asked if interviewing for a retailer management position:

Insights about interview process:

Interviewed by 3 people; only one person asked questions, but all three took notes.
Each job candidate evaluated using a number score system. The job candidate adds, “don’t know what scoring scale represented and wasn’t able to see clearly what they were writing as I was seated opposite of table”
In total about 5 pages of questions were asked (guestimate is about 10-15 questions)…took about 1 1/2 hours.

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Glassdoor CEO Watch List: How Does your CEO Rate?

Posted by • July 16th, 2009 • 4 Comments

It’s that time again – time for the Glassdoor Quarterly CEO Watch List. We’ve identified which CEOs are at the top of their game and who needs some help with their moves – ones we’ve place “on watch” for potential replacement. Let’s start with the ones on the bottom…

The Watch List (Lowest Rated CEOs)

Since we began tracking the CEO Watch List last year, six CEOs on the watch list have “moved on” from their positions at the top, shaking up the list quite a bit and providing space for a few new entrants. One position that has not changed, however, is Office Depot’s Steve Odland who holds the least popular CEO spot (with at least 50 reviews of more) for the third quarter in a row. He is followed by LexisNexis’ Andy Prozes and United Airlines’ Glenn Tilton, who are in the second and third positions for the second consecutive quarter at 7% and 9% approval ratings respectively. We also observed a few Watch List CEOs take a minor climb in approval ratings compared to Q109, including Rain Bird’s Anthony LaFetra, Affiliated Computer Services’ Lynn Blodgett, CSAA Inter-Insurance Bureau’s James Pouliot, RadioShack’s Julian Day and Amgen’s Kevin Sharer.

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Where NOT to live if you’re looking for a high-paying job

Posted by • July 15th, 2009 • 3 Comments

Does your location inhibit your earning potential? Forbes.com published a list of the top 10 best and worst towns for high-paying jobs yesterday, and focused in on those in the business and professional services category.  More specifically this includes jobs in human resources, architecture, law, accounting, science and technology. Forbes reports that there are currently around 17 million jobs in this category, which, as the article notes, is twice the size of the finance sector. 

In reviewing the list of towns included as the worst for high-paying jobs, there are a few clear patterns to note.  Many are affected by the declining housing market, as cities such as Phoenix, Los Angeles and Orange County have seen significant losses in this area which in turn is affecting the business and professional service industry accordingly.  Declines in other industries, including auto and tourism also have had a negative impact on this category of jobs. 

Does your city make Forbes list for the Worst High-Paying Jobs? Check out their list of top 10 cities below and click on the links to view the Glassdoor salary reports which give first hand insights into the specific jobs at specific companies from employees who work in these areas.

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ALA Presents Open Door to Improving Libraries Career Services’ Resources

Posted by • July 13th, 2009 • 3 Comments

A couple Glassdoor team members are attending The American Library Association (ALA) annual conference in Chicago, Illinois. The ALA, the oldest and largest library association in the world, promotes and develops library and information services via a broad-based program of legislative advocacy, professional education, publishing, awards and public awareness.

Each summer the ALA hosts its Annual Conference which is attended by more than 25,000 librarians, educators, writers, publishers, Friends of Libraries, trustees and special guests.

So why is Glassdoor attending, you might ask?

Well what better place to connect with individuals who have built careers around sharing information that can benefit others. When it comes to information that job seekers, employees and employers can use, there is an exciting opportunity to learn and share new resources, like Glassdoor, that can help individuals make better career decisions. It’s also worth noting that the ALA Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment operates a placement service for job seekers and employers.

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Sprints Signs Deal with Ericsson: Sprint Employees to become Ericsson Employees

Posted by • July 9th, 2009 • 1 Comment

Sprint Nextel Corp. has agreed to pay up to $5 billion the next seven years to TelTeLM Ericsson Telephone Co., turning over day-to-day operations of its network to the Swedish telecommunications company as Sprint looks to focus on new products and customer retention, according to the Wall Street Journal. Sprint commented that as a result of this deal about 6,000 Sprint employees will start performing their network functions as Ericsson employees sometime in the third quarter.

Could this be a good thing for Sprint employees? Just 10% of Ericsson employees disapprove of the job CEO Carl-Henric Svanberg is doing compared to the nearly 25% of Sprint employees who disapprove of CEO Dan Hesse, so perhaps this switch could be a good thing in the long run.

Glassdoor Report: Ericsson & Sprint

Company
Company Rating
CEO
CEO Approval Rating (%)
CEO Disapproval
Rating (%)

Ericsson
3.3
Carl-Henric Svanberg
55
10

Sprint
2.8
Dan Hesse
48
23

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Glassdoor Q2 Employment Confidence Survey: More Employees Willing to Make Concessions to Keep Jobs; 50% Expect No Pay Increase

Posted by • July 7th, 2009 • 2 Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported last week that the number of jobs lost in June was higher than expected with 470,000 job lost — 25,000 more than what was reportedly lost in May, pushing the national unemployment rate to nearly 10%.  According to the Glassdoor.com Q2 Employee Confidence Survey conducted by Harris Interactive, companies are cutting more than jobs as more than half (54%) of employees report their employers have made changes to the number of staff, organizational structure, compensation and benefits, or other perks over the past six months.

It seems these actions are causing employees to come to terms with the new face of the economy and its impact on the workplace – and their livelihood. You can read our press release or see quarter-by-quarter details in our Q2 Employment Confidence Summary Sheet.

In Q2, more employees are also willing to make various concessions in order to keep their jobs. The most noted concessions include:

71% take on more projects and responsibility
64% work more hours
42% take a cut in salary or wages, up from 30% in the fourth quarter of 2008

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