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REI Highest Rated Retailer; Retail Industry Report Card 2011

Posted by • November 18th, 2011 • 2 Comments

With holiday retail sales expected to increase 2.8 percent this year, according to the National Retail Federation, and major retailers like Macy’s, Kohl’s and Target have announced hiring more seasonal workers this holiday shopping season, job seekers across the nation are now competing for seasonal jobs within the retail industry. And, considering that consumer retail sales shot up three times stronger than expected in October, according to the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, the holidays this year could be even busier than expected for retailers and their employees. But as the holiday shopping season heats up and many retailers are still looking to hire, which retailers are really the best to work for?

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J.Crew CEO Mickey Drexler Rated Highest; Retail Industry Report Card 2011

Posted by • November 18th, 2011 • 8 Comments

Glassdoor, a jobs and career community, checks in on the retail CEOs themselves to see how good they’ve been in the eyes of their employees. As part of Glassdoor’s annual Retail Industry Report Card we find what retail CEOs rate the highest, who has improved and who may have seen their approval ratings fall since last year.

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Wal-Mart Behind The Scenes: An Employee Perspective

Posted by • November 2nd, 2011 • 192 Comments

With the holidays and Black Friday approaching, Wal-Mart, recognized as the world’s largest retailer, is poised once again to attract millions of eager shoppers across the nation. But as shoppers scour the aisles of Wal-Mart, what’s it like for those who work behind the register, stock the shelves, manage the inventory or handle our photos?

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Top 10 Companies Where Employees Love The Food

Posted by • October 14th, 2011 • 31 Comments

For many employees, lunch at work is typically about chowing down on last night’s leftovers or heading out to a nearby deli to grab an overpriced sandwich. For some, however, breakfast, lunch and dinner are just a few steps away from their cubicles, and come courtesy of their employers – even during this struggling economy. So what are the companies where employees rave about food at work the most? The Glassdoor data team sifted through more than 375,000 company reviews to find out.

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Good News — The Good Guys Are Winning!

Posted by • August 9th, 2011 • 4 Comments

It’s a thrill to be writing my first post for Glassdoor. I originally got to know the folks at Glassdoor when my co-authors and I were in the early stages of writing Good Company: Business Success in the Worthiness Era. We were looking for a way to get the inside scoop on what it’s really like to work for a wide range of companies, and Glassdoor provided us with the opportunity to “see inside.”

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HR Pros Sound Off On Job Satisfaction, Work-Life Balance Edges Up

Posted by • June 24th, 2011 • 4 Comments

As we get ready to head to the annual Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) conference (Booth #1267), we wanted to take a moment and get a closer look at what it has been like to work in HR over the past few years as the folks in Human Resources have been on the front lines and have had to make some hard calls as companies looked to weather the economic downtown. As an HR professional, your job revolves around how company strategies and policies effect individuals in the workplace from entry-level employees to senior executives. While HR professionals maintain a focus on the company and the workforce instead of their personal happiness, we were curious to see if there had been a shift in the “on-the-job satisfaction” for employees in this industry since the recession hit.

Glassdoor turned to the hundreds of reviews left by HR professionals to get an insiders perspective on the industry. The report shows that there have definitely been some discouraging moments, however, things seem to be picking up: people in the HR industry are reporting greater job satisfaction lately – is this a trend we’ll continue to see?

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Travelers Take Note: Unsatisfied Employees Could Impact Your Vacation; Travel Sector Employment Grade

Posted by • May 27th, 2011 • 7 Comments

TripAdvisor reports more people are planning leisure trips this year than last. To increase the odds of your travel plans going smoothly, we thought it would be helpful to look at what employees behind some of the largest travel companies think about their jobs as it may come through in how they treat you.

In Glassdoor’s 2011 Travel Industry Report Card¹, we have combed through ratings and reviews shared by employees over the past two years to shed some light on what it’s like to work at more than 40 different travel companies², in hopes to help to narrow the best airlines, hotels, car & truck rental companies, online travel agencies, review sites and Global Distribution Services (GDS), as well as cruise lines. Where appropriate, we’ve called out movement since our 2010 report.

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What It’s Like To Work As A Coroner

Posted by • February 17th, 2011 • 1 Comment

The truth is, it’s nothing like what you see on television. Read these confessions from a coroner…

As I stood over the railroad tracks, freezing and cold on a damp, rainy December morning, I couldn’t tell whether what I was looking at was ever human. Some kid had decided to throw himself in front of an Amtrak train — and now I, as the coroner, was out at 3:00 a.m. scooping up body parts to somehow make him whole again, so his family could bury him.

What a life.

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Want A Job At Google? Here’s What You Need To Know

Posted by • January 27th, 2011 • 5 Comments

With Google expected to hire 6,000 people, many of you may be asking: “Could Google be the next place for me?” and “How do I get a job at Google?”

As Alan Eustace, Google’s SVP of Engineering and Research wrote on the company blog, “We’re looking for top talent—across the board and around the globe—and we’ll hire as many smart, creative people as we can to tackle some of the toughest challenges in computer science.”

He adds, “There’s something at Google for everyone…That’s why the vast majority of our people stay with us, building their careers and taking on new challenges within the company.”

We wanted to put that to the test and find out from other Google employees what they like about their job and employer, as well as some of the downsides, to help provide people who are serious about an opportunity with the Internet powerhouse see both sides of the coin.

In this report, we show how Google is rated by employees in different office locations, how salaries for different job titles compare and what employees have to say about working at Google.

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SAP Employees More Satisfied Than Oracle Employees; Will It Help Them To Retain Customers Following Copyright Suit?

Posted by • November 29th, 2010 • 4 Comments

Last week news broke that German-based software company SAP faces $1.3 billion jury verdict for stealing Oracle’s intellectual property. As the Associated Press reported, the jury in the case found that SAP’s behavior in plundering software and documents from rival Oracle Corp.’s secured websites was so egregious that it awarded Oracle nearly all of the damages it was seeking.

While SAP decides whether to appeal the decision, we turned to the employees to find out how these companies internal reputations are faring.

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