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In Glassdoor’s fourth annual Employees’ Choice Awards, a list of the 50 Best Places to Work for 2012, Facebook holds on as the top rated tech company, according to employees. In the annual report, Facebook slipped to the #3 slot from its #1 position last year as its overall rating dropped to 4.3 (based on a 5-point scale) from 4.6 a year ago.
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.
You may or may not have heard about Google+. It’s the search giant’s answer to Facebook, and it’s hoping to take over the social networking world. It’s very “insidery” right now — since it’s only in Beta. To join, you have to get an invite from someone who’s already on. The site’s creators are obviously hoping Google+ will do to Facebook what Facebook did to MySpace.
That’s all very well and good for rabid social networkers, but if you’re a job seeker and that golden Google ticket pops up in your email box, sent by one of your friends, family members or connections, will it actually help you get a job? Yes and no, according to a little exploring on the site.
How do you hire more than 6,300 engineers, product specialists and salespeople in the most competitive tech talent market in a decade? That’s the dilemma Google is facing in its biggest hiring year ever.
To find the candidates it wants as quickly as possible, the search engine company is using software to sift through old resumes, reaching out to less prestigious universities than in the past and speeding up its hiring process. Chances are, if you apply for a job at Google, you’ll get a yes or no on whether you’ll be hired within weeks rather than months.
The company has streamlined its notoriously arduous interview process, reducing the number of interviews a candidate goes through from 14 to four. It has also toned down the emphasis on candidates solving brain teasers to prove their cognitive athleticism.
But the core of the company’s hiring philosophy — that consensus should be reached on every candidate by a committee of managers — hasn’t changed.
DISH Network’s founder and CEO, Charlie Ergen, surprised the cable & media industry by stepping down Monday from his leadership role and handing the job over to Joseph Clayton, former chairman of Sirius. In a press release, Ergen said: “Joe is a 38-year veteran of the consumer electronics, telecommunications and satellite communications industries and I am pleased to have him lead DISH Network as president and CEO.” Ergen will remain as chairman of DISH Network.
This comes at a time when, according to ratings on Glassdoor, Ergen held a 22% approval rating based on employee responses when they were asked: “Do you approve of the way Charlie Ergen is leading the company?” Comparatively Mike White, CEO of DirectTV, DISH’s biggest competitor, has a 67% approval rating among employees.
Interestingly, Charlie Ergen is hardly alone when it comes to stepping away from the office of CEO. The past two months alone has already shown to be a big year for turnover in the top job at several other major U.S. companies such as…
If the news involving Facebook, Google and a public relations agency named Burson-Marsteller has yet to cross your screen, it likely will very soon.
As the Wall Street Journal reports, “Facebook Inc. recently hired a public relations firm to push stories critical of Google Inc.’s privacy policies, amid an escalation of the rivalry between the two Internet companies.”
News articles and blogs continue to light up following the back and forth between Facebook and Burson-Marsteller, some commenters are asking: “what else goes on behind the walls?” We turn to Glassdoor to find out what employees at these companies have been reporting as of late – the pros and the cons.
As Google CEO Eric Schmidt prepares to hand over the reins, his employee approval rating is at an all-time high – and the highest among his peer group CEOs, according to new analysis from Glassdoor.com that evaluated employee opinions of 12 large technology companies over the past two years1. Based on surveys submitted by Google employees over the past 12 months (March 2010-March 2011), Schmidt’s approval rating is 96%, up three points from the prior 12-month period.
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.
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.
It’s hard to grasp how this economic downturn works. Unemployment is high, particularly in California. At the same time, the competition for employees in certain niches is heating up. In fast growth companies like Google and Facebook, the competition for key employees is at the heart of business risk. A couple of years at one of these juggernauts gives you a lifetime compensation kicker.
The truth is that the hottest Silicon Valley companies can and do exploit the fact that people think they’ll get rich by working there. It’s no challenge to attract workers to a hot company. The harder thing is getting applicants to stay away.
How does your tech employer rank among other companies in the industry? Today, Silicon Alley Insider reports on the 25 Best Tech Companies to Work For*, a list compiled with the help of Glassdoor.
Google, long known for employee perks offered at the Googleplex and beyond, topped the list. CEO Eric Schmidt holds a 97% approval rating and the company currently holds a 3.9 rating – and it’s not just because of the food. Employees are proud to be a part of the search king and comments include:
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