Posts Tagged ‘Lowest Rated Companies’

Highest and Lowest Rated Tech Companies

Posted by • December 22nd, 2009 • 2 Comments

We buy their gadgets, use their software or work with their hardware every day, but when it comes to the people who work at the companies who make these products or services, is it really as impressive as it seems from the outside packaging? As we wrap up the end of the year, Glassdoor offers an inside look into the technology companies whose employees work to make our lives easier, more efficient and more productive to find out: Is the packaging on the outside reflective of what’s happening on the inside?

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 ...

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Glassdoor Reveals Lowest Rated Companies; United Stays Grounded as Gibson Guitar Strikes A Cord With Employees

Posted by • December 15th, 2009 • 58 Comments
Glassdoor.com Report: Lowest Rated Companies

As 10% of the US population struggles to find work, employees are sounding off on Glassdoor.com providing real time ratings¹ and reviews of their employers and providing job seekers with helpful insight that include cautionary tales of companies to avoid.

In concert with the release of the Employees’ Choice Awards for Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2010, Glassdoor has identified the 25 lowest-rated companies, according to employees who voluntarily completed a 20-question survey. Among those companies that have received at least 25 reviews from U.S.-based employees in the past year, the lowest rated is Gibson Guitar, followed closely by United Airlines and Spherion.

Here are some recent employee reviews that reveal why these companies fall short in terms of company satisfaction:

“Good people overall…[but] An absolutely bizarre culture that top-to-bottom seems to revolve solely around trying not to upset the CEO.” – Anonymous Gibson Employee (Location n/a)

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Employees’ Choice Unveiled: Glassdoor Announces Top Best Places to Work

Posted by • December 29th, 2008 • 6 Comments

Since launching early this year, nearly 75,000 employees have come to Glassdoor to anonymously contribute salary information and share opinions about their company’s work environment and rate their overall satisfaction. We decided to tabulate the results and see who rated highest… and lowest. We are proud to announce the ultimate Employees’ Choice Awards for Workplaces in our first annual Best Places to Work Top 50¹ list.

Congratulations to General Mills, which topped the list of companies rated by their employees with a 4.5 company rating (on a 5-point scale) while giving General Mills CEO Ken Powell a 96% approval rating. It’s not hard to see why when looking at reviews². One employee writes “I’m proud to work for GMI! They are good community partners, they genuinely care about diversity, and they are well respected as a company. They are consistently ranked among the best companies to work for and their pay/benefits are competitive. The headquarters…is rather impressive as well boasting an impressive cafeteria, health facility…You could probably live on campus if you wanted to. These amenities go a long way into making the real life more manageable so that you can focus on performing well at your job.”

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Who’s the Lowest of them All? Glassdoor Reports Companies with Lowest Overall Ratings

Posted by • December 29th, 2008 • 105 Comments

With a New Year right around the corner, it may be time for some companies to take a look at what’s working and what’s not. We all know and recognize that things are tough right now, and for employers this is an opportunity to take a look inside so that you retain your talent and get the most out of your employees while keeping them happy. As we thumb through the data collected throughout this past year, there are companies who shine (stay tuned for top companies) and there are those who – well, let’s just say their ratings aren’t a bright spot.

For your perusal, we have identified some of the lowest rated companies on Glassdoor.com¹. DHL Express ranks as the least favored company on Glassdoor (of those with at least 25 employee reviews). DHL Express is headquartered in Plantation, Fla. and receives a 1.7 company rating (on a 5-point scale). United Airlines headquartered in Chicago, Ill.  takes the number two spot, followed closely by automotive supplier Reynolds & Reynolds headquartered in Kettering, Ohio. Both Reynolds & Reynolds and United Airlines receive a 2.0 company rating².

What’s also interesting to note is which CEOs from the 50 lowest rated companies recently ...

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