According to the nearly 300 Yahoo employee reviews on Glassdoor, Bartz is leaving Yahoo with a cumulative 54% approval rating,and a 46% disapproval rating. The average CEO approval rating on Glassdoor is 62%.

However, as we dug deeper into the data, we found that Bartz’s approval rating has generally been on the decline since late 2010. According to the most recent Yahoo employee reviews, Bartz garnered a 33% approval rating, thus far, during Q3 of 2011. The table below shows how Bartz’s approval rating has changed each quarter since taking the top job at Yahoo in January 2009.

In addition, it’s interesting to note that when former Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang left office, he held a 43% approval rating, and a 57% disapproval rating among employees.

Yahoo employees also give the company a 3.2 (OK) rating (ratings based on a 5-point scale). This is slightly higher than the average company rating on Glassdoor, which is a 3.1.

Below is recent commentary from Yahoo employees on what it’s been like to work under Bartz as of late:

Recent Employee Commentary

“No strong leadership with vision & execution. Especially lacks execution.” – Yahoo Principal  Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Be straightforward with the real problems Yahoo is facing and focus on the core business rather than spread the money over many irrelevant projects that are destined to die from the day they start.” – Yahoo Employee (location n/a)

“Very low employee morale is taking a toll on those who still want to work here. Upper management gives the same raa-raa speeches with little to back up the talk.” – Yahoo Employee (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Lack of numbers drive decision making, lack of customer focus. Top leadership denies the world changed so we are still pursuing the portal business when the world rapidly changes to mobile, apps, social networks and location based personal solutions.” – Yahoo Product Manager (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Keep fighting the good fight; keep employees motivated, and reward them for doing well! Do better at identifying top talent and nurturing, stimulating, and retaining that talent.” – Yahoo Technical Yahoo (Sunnyvale, CA)

In advice to senior management, some employees had this to say:

“Go away already!” – Yahoo Web Analytics Manager (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Please stop making senseless speeches about your vision and strategic plans. Instead, focus more on quality engineering and addressing the platform problems. Please don’t attempt to save a few bucks by outsourcing.” – Yahoo Technical  (New York, NY)

Read more Yahoo reviews from employees.

Yahoo CEO Bartz Leaves With 33% Approval Among Employees is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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He’s followed closely by Apple’s Steve Jobs, who —  even while on medical leave — has a 95% approval rating, down 3 points from the prior year. During the same period, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Oracle’s Larry Ellison both dropped four points to 83% and 73% approval respectively.

eBay’s John Donahoe saw the greatest improvement in his approval rating year over year. Between March 2009 and March 2010, he had just a 24% approval rating among employees, whereas between March 2010 and March 2011, he held a 46% approval rating.

Other CEOs on the rise include Intuit’s Brad Smith, who saw an 18-point improvement from 69% approval to 87% in the most recent 12-month period. And, Dell’s Michael Dell saw a 12-point improvement year-over-year, holding an average 48% approval in the past 12 months.

The largest year-over-year decline belongs to Yahoo’s Carol Bartz, indicating her honeymoon may be long over. In the year she started, Bartz maintained a 77% approval rating, which was more than twice the approval rating of her predecessor Jerry Yang, who had a 34% approval upon his departure.  In the past 12 months, Bartz’s approval has dropped to 50% after months of declining approval as seen in the line chart below.

Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer saw the second biggest decline among the dozen CEOs evaluated. Between March 2009 and March 2010, he held an average 46% approval rating, which has dropped to 40% in the past 12 months.

Over the two years, company ratings for the dozen tech companies evaluated remained pretty stable year-over-year. The highest rated is Google at 3.8 (satisfied), followed closely by Adobe (3.6, satisfied), Apple (3.6, satisfied) and Intel (3.6, satisfied).  eBay saw the greatest increase, increasing from a 2.7 to a 2.9 (ok) rating in the past 12 months. Amazon slipped during the same period from a 3.3 to a 3.1 (ok) rating.

How will Larry Page rate?  We invite Google employees to tell us starting Monday. Even as a co-founder, he has some large shoes to fill.  Are you a tech employee?  Fill out a Glassdoor survey and tell us how your CEO is doing.

(1) For this report, Glassdoor evaluated company and CEO approval ratings between March 16, 2009 through March 15, 2010, and March 16, 2010 through March 15, 2011.

(2) Glassdoor CEO approval ratings are calculated similarly to presidential approval ratings; Employees are simply asked: “Do you approve of the way your CEO is leading the company?”

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We put Fortune’s annual list of most admired companies to the test and turned to their employee’s company reviews and ratings on Glassdoor to see how they stack up.

Highlights:

- Five most admired companies: Apple, Google, Berkshire Hathaway, Southwest Airlines and Proctor & Gamble (according to Fortune)

- Highest rated ‘admired’ companies according to employees: Southwest Airlines (4.4, very satisfied), General Mills (4.2, satisfied), Google (3.9, satisfied), Procter & Gamble (3.9. satisfied) and Apple (3.8, satisfied); (according to employees)

- Lowest rated ‘admired’ companies according to employees: Samsung Electronics (2.1, dissatisfied), eBay (2.9 OK), Wal-Mart Stores (2.9, OK), Yum Brands (3.0, OK) and IBM (3.0, OK) – keep in mind that company ratings are based on a 5-point scale. (according to employees)

- Highest rated CEOs at ‘admired companies’ according to employees: General Mills Ken Powell (99% approval), Goldman Sachs’ Lloyd Blankfein (97% approval), Apple’s Steve Jobs (97% approval), Southwest Airlines’ Gary Kelly (96% approval), and Google’s Eric Schmidt (96% approval). (Based on CEOs with at least 20 ratings or more)

- Lowest rated CEOs at ‘admired companies’ according to employees: Wal-Mart’s Michael Duke (45% approval), Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer (48% approval), 3M’s George Buckley (50% approval),  IBM’s Samuel Palmisano (56% approval) and Johnson & Johnson’s Bill Weldon (59% approval). (Based on CEOs with at least 20 ratings or more)

Several companies fell in their Fortune rankings this year including: Amazon.com, Wal-Mart and Johnson & Johnson. We look to employees at these companies to shed light on what’s happening, the pros and the cons, within the office and building walls.

Amazon.com

“There is a great team atmosphere at Amazon.com, starting with upper management and trickling down to area managers to their teams.” – Amazon.com employee (location n/a)

“Executives set ridiculous stretch goals and burn people out trying to achieve them. They have an endless appetite but don’t always fund their mandates.” – Amazon.com Senior Program Manager (Seattle, WA)

Wal-Mart

“Some of the best reason to work at Walmart for me is that I have a great team I work with daily that helps me assist and take care of our valuable customers. I also like the good pay rate for my area and the 10% discount isn’t bad either.” – Wal-Mart Sales Associate (Louisburg, NC)

“The culture is fading with the growing size”- Wal-Mart Business Analyst (location n/a)

Johnson & Johnson

“Working for J&J gives you instant recognition in the field, even if your job is the same as before, say at Tier 3 company.” – Johnson & Johnson Category Development Manager (Ontario, Canada)

“The company makes liberal use of contractor and temp employees, but no real effort is made to increase permanent employee headcount.” – Johnson & Johnson Staff Engineer (Warsaw, IN)

See the complete list below for most admired companies and how they rank according to employees:

Do you think these companies should be admired? Or if you work at one of these companies, share a company review on Glassdoor and tell us what you think about your job and the company.

Is Working At An ‘Admired Company’ All It’s Cracked Up To Be? is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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So as the merger talks linger on, we were curious to find out what the employees think about each company.  What are their concerns?

As the discussion heats up in the public arena on the impending takeover of NBC Universal from its existing majority owner, General Electric, Comcast employees are sounding off on Glassdoor about what it’s like to work for the cable giant, and NBC Universal employees are chiming in about what’s great about their jobs and areas that need improvement.

When it comes to CEO approval rating, Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast, receives 70% approval, two percentage points higher than General Electric’s Jeff Immelt (68% approval) and eight percentage points more than NBC Universal’s Jeff Zucker (62% approval). Glassdoor’s CEO approval rating is based on employee feedback on how the CEO is leading the company.

Interestingly, employees of both Comcast and NBC Universal give their employers the same company satisfaction rating (3.2), which means that most employees think the company is ‘OK’. But what happens when we dig down beyond the ratings to find out what it’s really like to work for Comcast? Here Comcast employees dish on what to expect working for the nation’s largest provider of cable services. First we start with the areas that may need some improvement:

“It’s such a big company that the left arm does not know what the right arm is doing. No matter what project you are working on, someone else somewhere in Comcast is working on a similar task, so you always end up competing internally against another group.” – Comcast Software Engineer (Philadelphia, PA)

“A good job for those who will sell their soul for money. Their success is because they have great products, not how they run the business.” – Comcast Business Account Executive (Fife, WA)

“Full of people who are in managerial roles that they spend time calling endless meetings trying to justify their role. They wouldn’t recognize innovation if it hit them in the face.” – Comcast Anonymous (Washington D.C.)

With a 3.2 company rating and a proven business record, there are many things that seem to be working well. In fact, if you look deeper into the company ratings for Comcast, employees’ show they are most satisfied with work/life balance (3.6) and compensation and benefits (3.5). Here’s why:

“Benefits are great, reviews are regular and I receive lots of feedback from managers. CA&R has great mentors you would be lucky to work for.” – Comcast Senior Accountant (Philadelphia, PA)

“I really do feel that the supervisors I have been privileged to work under really care about me and want me to do well and that is very important for me as an employee.” – Comcast Business Services Support (Houston, TX)

“I have [sic] been with this company for 3 years and I have to say that this is the next best thing to a union job at the big three.” – Comcast Direct Sales Representative (Detroit, MI)

And if Comcast is looking to learn what NBC Universal employees think is going well or needs work, they can turn to Glassdoor for some first-hand insights:

Pros:

“Great place to learn media technology and to get hands on experience.” – NBC Universal employee (Miami, FL)

“Great opportunity to develop in the media industry. Learn sales techniques in the distribution of informational content such as news and entertainment.” – NBC Universal Information Management Leadership Program (New York, NY)

“Very cooperative and innovative staff. It is fun to collaborate with everyone and [sic] work together. Latest in terms of technology.” – NBC Universal Technical Operations (location n/a)

Cons:

“Giant conglomerate couldn’t care less about the individual people working there. You are just an anonymous cog in the huge machine.” – NBC Universal IT Director (Universal City, CA)

“It’s so large yet somehow seems to never have enough money in their budget to fully staff positions that your department needs to have manned in order to accomplish the goals you are tasked to do.” – NBC Universal Interactive Project Manager (New York, NY)

“Nobody takes you seriously if you do not share the same opinions as everyone else.” – NBC Universal Producer (location n/a)

Comcast’s deal to buy Universal is expected to close at the end of the year.

If you are interested in reading more reviews or getting salary insights and interview reviews, click on any of the following company names for more: Comcast, NBC Universal, and General Electric.

What do you think about the Comcast / NBC Universal deal?

Employees Dish About Comcast And NBC Universal is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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Comparison Highlights*:

• The top three most admired companies according to Fortune include Apple, Google and Berkshire Hathaway. Whereas the three highest rated companies on Glassdoor.com, according to employees, include Southwest Airlines (4.7), General Mills (4.4) and Proctor & Gamble (4.0) – all of which  were identified as one of the 50 Best Places to Work in 2010 by employees on Glassdoor.com.
• 40% of Fortune’s most admired companies earn a satisfied company rating from employees (>3.5) including: Google (3.9), Marriott International (3.6) and Caterpillar (3.6).
• The three lowest rated companies among the list of most admired according to employees were Hewlett Packard (2.5), Samsung Electronics (2.6) and AT&T (2.7). However, note none of the most admired companies garner a dissatisfied company rating, all score neutral or better.
• Among the most admired companies, 18% of CEOs earn an approval rating of 80% or higher including General Mills CEO Ken Powell (96% approval; 0% disapproval), Apple CEO Steve Jobs (91% approval; 2% disapproval) and Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd C. Blankfein (84% approval; 3% disapproval).
• The three lowest rated CEOs among the list of most admired according to employees were eBay CEO John Donahoe (20% approval; 51% disapproval), Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent (20% approval; 32% disapproval) and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson (28% approval; 38% disapproval).

Below is Fortune’s List of Most Admired Companies compared to employee ratings of those companies and their CEOs provided by Glassdoor.com:

The list of most admired companies is interesting to scan through and especially to compare to how employees feel about these businesses, but most important to keep in mind if you’re a job seeker is that the list of Top 50 Most Admired Companies is just one tool in your job search arsenal. If Fortune’s list is a starting point for your job search, we invite you to take a moment and read just a handful of the more than 120,000 company reviews on Glassdoor to get a better feel if a specific company is the going to be the right fit for you.

If you are an employee at any of these 50 most admired companies and haven’t yet submitted a review to Glassdoor, take just 5-10 minutes to tell us what you think about your job and the company.

* Note any company or CEO with less than 10 reviews or ratings on Glassdoor were not accounted for in the report above.

Does An Admired Company Mean An Ideal Employer? is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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Last Friday, Carol Bartz awarded herself a B- grade for her first year leading the notorious tech giant. So naturally we turn to Yahoo! employees to see how they feel Bartz has been performing. And based on the ratings submitted since Bartz took office, employees award her a 54% approval.  By comparison, when Jerry Yang left office he had 34% approval. We have scoured the past 12 months of Yahoo! company reviews to shed some light on what they think Bartz could improve upon:

“Provide a clear direction. Let the employees know what to expect in 6months, or at least prove that you know what to expect.” – Yahoo Software Engineer (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Remove yourself from senior management, jettison the board and regroup with people who are knowledgeable and passionate about this field. The employees and stock-holders have no faith. We’re all looking for better jobs and selling our already undervalued shares.” – Yahoo Senior Director, Product Management (Sunnyvale, CA)

“Listen more to your engineers, prioritizing some of their ideas. Product managers must understand that the engineers can provide and guide ideas for a technological company.” – Yahoo Software Engineer (San Paolo, Brazil)

“The most important asset to an organization is the people! Hire talented, charismatic leaders who lead by example and earn respect of others.” – Yahoo, Technical (location n/a)

“Simplify the core business.” – Yahoo Product Marketing Manager (location n/a)

“It’s time to either come up with something innovative or just sell the business.” – Yahoo Employee (London, UK)

Do you Yahoo! or are you a Yahoo! employee? If so, what do you think Bartz should do to improve the company and its offerings?

Yahoo CEO Gives Herself ‘B-’; 54% Of Employees Approve Of Bartz is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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The list of highest and lowest rated technology companies comes as part of the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards, which was previewed last week on GigaOm. The award honor the top 50 Best Places to Work in which the company achieves at least a 3.0 or greater company rating and whose CEO garners a 50%+ approval rating. First we look at a list of the highest rated tech companies* that exceeded these minimum requirements – Juniper Networks, National Instruments and Google come in as the three highest rated technology companies in respective order.

A Juniper Networks Senior Software Engineer gets straight to the point about the benefits of working at Juniper:

“- excellent compensation
- best in class technology, plenty of great projects
- good balance with personal life
- excellent hardware and software engineers
- good information by several on site tech talks each week by industry experts and project teams”

A National Instruments employee comments, “Company has a play hard – work hard attitude toward its employees – it’s awesome here.”

And a Google Developer writes in, “What has made Google really great are the brilliant minds that work there…Somehow, Google has managed to preserve an open culture where people really aren’t arrogant.”

In terms of CEO approval, it’s Steve Jobs at Apple who holds top spot among CEOs on the highest rated technology companies. Google’s Eric Schmidt (87% approval) and National Instrument’s James Truchard (85% approval) follow Jobs’ closely behind.

But it appears that not all technology employees feel their companies have been on the nice list this year. In fact as you’ll see there have been 13 leading technology companies to make the highest rated list but 15 who have made the lowest rated technology companies list. The lowest rated tech companies* list is based on those companies who received a 2.5 company rating or lower and a CEO approval rating less than 50%. Xilinx, Affiliated Computer Services and Hewlett-Packard are the lowest rated among technology companies. Here are some highlights from among the respective company reviews:

“Has lost its way in innovation and leadership. No longer empowers employees in the decision making process.” – Xilinx Employee

“I got to a supervisor possition very quickly, but career ends here. Made very clear by upper management. A degree is needed for almost anything, but it does not matter what the degree is in.” – Affiliated Computer Services Supervisor

“I can’t wait till the economy is on the upswing and jobs are plentiful. I predict a mass exodus. I hope Hurd has a contingency plan.” – Hewlett-Packard Business Partner

Do you work for these companies? Do you agree with your fellow colleagues when it comes to how satisfied you are with the company? If you haven’t already, share your company review and give insights into how you feel about the career opportunities, compensation & benefits, employee morale, recognition & feedback, senior leadership, work/life balance at your company.

* Highest and lowest rated companies have received at least 25 reviews during December 1, 2008 and December 1, 2009 from US-based employees.

Highest and Lowest Rated Tech Companies is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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In fact, 68% of CEOs on both the highest and lowest rated lists have higher approval ratings from employees in headquarters than employees working in non-HQ offices. A perfect example of this phenomenon is Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, who happens to be one of the highest rated CEOs on Glassdoor.  While his score has slid from 91% approval in Q2 to 76% in Q3, most of the decrease has to do with an influx of negative reviews from Netflix operations in Oregon – as of early October, Hastings had a 92% approval rating among headquarter employees and 55% approval rating aggregated from employees in other locations.

Below highlights some of the most noted variances among those on the highest and lowest rated CEOs:

The CEO Watch List

Since we began reporting CEO approval ratings last year, six CEOs on the “Watch List” have left the building.  While no CEOs have been unseated since the Q1 report there has been some movement. Frost & Sullivan CEO Krishna Srinivasan has moved onto the list as the least favored CEO with a 4% approval and 84% disapproval rating; Srinivasan’s approval rating is up just one percentage point from early July. Seven CEOs have been on this list since December 2008: Office Depot’s Steve Odland (7% approval, 80% disapproval);  Rain Bird’s Anthony LaFetra (11% approval, 72% disapproval);  CSAA Inter-Insurance Bureau’s James Pouliot (13% approval, 72% disapproval);  Affiliated Computer Services ‘s Lynn Blodgett (17% approval, 57% disapproval);  Amgen’s Kevin Sharer (18% approval, 54% disapproval);  eBay’s John Donahoe (20% approval, 53% disapproval);  and, Sun Microsystems’ Jonathan Schwartz (21% approval, 57% disapproval).

Of these, there are some notable differences among employees by location. For example, Affiliated Computer Services Lynn Blodgett, who has 17% approval rating overall has a 36% approval rating from employees in the headquarter office, but just 10% approval rating outside HQ. However, Corporate Executive Board CEO Thomas Monahan receives only half as much support in his HQ office than in remote locations. In the HQ office located in Arlington, VA, Monahan garners an 18% approval rating whereas elsewhere he garners a 36% approval rating.

Highest Rated CEOs

Four out of the top five CEOs reported in Q2 report remain among the top five highest rated CEOs this quarter, this includes: General Mills’ Ken Powell (96% approval, 3% disapproval), Northwestern Mutual’s Edward Zore (90% approval, 3% disapproval), Apple’s Steve Jobs (90% approval, 4% disapproval) and Google’s Eric Schmidt (87% approval, 4% disapproval).  Only General Mills CEO Ken Powell has been among the top five highest rated CEOs for three consecutive quarters.  And, although Google CEO Eric Schmidt holds steady with an 87% approval rating, we did observe that his ratings can quickly fluctuate between our quarterly reports as we noted when we compared 30-day trailing averages with Yahoo’s Carol Bartz.

It’s also worth noting that only three CEOs among the highest rated list had an uptick in their approval ratings this quarter compared to last; These CEOs each achieved a one percentage point improvement this quarter: Chevron’s Dave O’Reilly (79% approval, 11% disapproval), Marriott’s Bill Marriott Jr. (75% approval, 15% disapproval) and Costco’s Jim Sinegal (74% approval, 12% disapproval).

As we mentioned earlier Netflix caught our attention for the notable variances in approval rating by office location, however they were not alone. For example, FactSet’s Phillip Hadley has a 93% approval rating from employees in the headquarter office located in Norwalk, CT and a combined 76% approval rating from employees working in  non-headquarter locations. Also Disney’s HQ employees have higher opinions of CEO Bob Iger with 78% approval rating compared to the 65% approval from employees working outside of the Burbank headquarters. On the flip side, salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff receives a 100% approval rating from employees working outside of the San Francisco HQ and 70% from those who sit in the power center.

Also of note is that NIKE CEO Mark G. Parker seems to be on a steady downward slope in terms of his approval ratings. As reported in the end of March, he held a 90% approval rating that fell to 85% in July, and as of October 1, it’s 79%.

REMINDER:  In addition to CEO approval ratings, Glassdoor users can also search company ratings and reviews, salaries, and even job interview reviews by location by selection the city in the drop down menu on the company landing page.  If you have not yet reviewed or rated your company and CEO (past employers w/in three years also ok), isn’t it about time?  Information you leave can help others.

For more information on past updates to the CEO watch list and highest rated CEOs, click on any of the report links below:

• Glassdoor CEO Watch List: How does your CEO Rate (July 2009)
• Glassdoor CEOs: Who’s Up? Who’s Down? Who’s Gone? (April 2009)
• Which CEOs have been naughty or nice according to their employees (December 2008)
• WaMu CEO Bites the Dust: Who’s Next (September 2008)

*This report looks at the 25 highest and lowest rated CEOs according to employees.  Each CEO on the report has been reviewed by at least 50 employees.

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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%).

The partnership is critical to both companies as they attempt to take on Google, the dominant leader in the search space. Google receives a company rating of 4.0 and CEO Eric Schmidt garners an approval rating of 87%. As you can see both Yahoo! and Microsoft have a ways to go when it comes to beating Google – both in the search space and with employee satisfaction.

Do you work at any of these technology giants? What do you think of the announcement, and if you are Yahoo! employee how would you feel about moving over to Microsoft? What impact do you think the news will have on the industry in the long term?

Microsoft and Yahoo Announce Partnership; What Could this Mean for Employees? is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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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.

A few other highlights to point out about the lowest rated CEO list are three newcomers: Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt, NCR’s Bill Nuti and Coca-Cola Enterprises’ John Franklin Brock. On the brighter side, two CEOs have successfully made it off list with a very slight edge in ratings: Hewitt Associates CEO Russ Fradin (28% approval rating) and Mercer’s M. Michele Burns (27% approval rating).

We also saw Chrysler fall off the CEO Watch List this quarter given that the company successfully signed a deal with Fiat. We will keep you posted on how Sergio Marchionne, the new CEO of Chrysler, fairs in the top spot at the company.

The Highest Rated CEOs

For the second quarter in a row, General Mills CEO Ken Powell holds the top spot as the highest rated CEO with at least 50 or more employee reviews. What’s new this time around is that Northwestern Mutual CEO Edward Zore has climbed up two spots from fourth place to second as compared to when we last reported the CEO Watch List in April. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings drops down one spot to third place and saw a 4 point slide in his approval rating. And Apple’s Steve Jobs seems to be making a comeback, not only to the office, but also in his rank among popular CEOs as he has moved up from sixth place to fourth.

Another update since last quarter stems from the news regarding Genentech’s CEO Art Levinson (#3 in Q1) who stepped down in May after the company’s merger with Roche. Levinson was one of the highest rated CEOs for two consecutive quarters (Q408 and Q109) and his approval rating never fell below 93%. We’re watching Levinson’s replacement, Pascal Soriot, who now heads up the biotech company, to see if he will be able to garner the same support from employees.

Glassdoor CEO Watch List: How Does your CEO Rate? is a post from: Glassdoor Blog

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