Looking for a tech job? Well read on for the results of a new poll from Sausalito, Calif.-based Glassdoor.com as to the best — and worst — tech companies from which to draw a paycheck.
I had expected Google (s GOOG) to take top honors given its stock performance, not to mention what it spends on food and other amenities for its employees. I guess money really doesn’t buy happiness — the search giant ranked No. 3 on the list, while Apple (s AAPL) came in at No. 5. The top-ranked company? Router maker Juniper Networks (s JNPR). (Full results of the survey will be released tomorrow.)
| Rank | Company | Company Rating | CEO | CEO Approval Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juniper Networks | 3.9 | Kevin Johnson | 65% |
| 2 | National Instruments | 3.9 | James J. Truchard | 85% |
| 3 | 3.9 | Eric E. Schmidt | 87% | |
| 4 | NetApp | 3.9 | Dan Warmenhoven | 78% |
| 5 | Apple | 3.8 | Steve Jobs | 91% |
| 6 | QUALCOMM | 3.7 | Paul E. Jacobs | 65% |
| 7 | Novell | 3.7 | Ron Hovsepian | 59% |
| 8 | Adobe | 3.7 | Shantanu Narayen | 60% |
| 9 | EMC | 3.7 | Joe Tucci | 64% |
| 10 | Rackspace | 3.6 | A. Lanham Napier | 67% |
As for the lowest-rated, it looks like Dell hit a home run by buying Perot Systems — it has the dubious honor of coming in at No. 10.
| Rank | Company | Company Rating | CEO | CEO Approval Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xilinx | 2.3 | Moshe Gavrielov | 12% |
| 2 | Affiliated Computer Services | 2.4 | Lynn R. Blodgett | 21% |
| 3 | Hewlett-Packard | 2.4 | Mark V. Hurd | 22% |
| 4 | Avaya | 2.5 | Kevin Kennedy | 24% |
| 5 | Real | 2.5 | Rob Glaser | 12% |
| 6 | NVIDIA | 2.5 | Jen-Hsun Huang | 52% |
| 7 | Infosys | 2.6 | Kris Gopalakrishnan | 35% |
| 8 | Nortel Networks | 2.7 | Mike S. Zafirovski | 2% |
| 9 | Perot Systems | 2.7 | Peter A. Altabef | 35% |
| 10 | Dell | 2.8 | Michael S. Dell | 28% |
The table seems to be incorrect. Ranking in the first table is directly correlated to the company-rating but in the worst companies table, it is inversely correlated.
How can Dell with a company rating of 2.8 be worse than Xilinx with a company rating of 2.3?
lowest seems to be Xilinx only. “Lowest-Rated Tech Companies” table is from lowest to highest.
whereas “Highest-Rated Tech Companies for 2009” table is sorted from highest to lowest
Dumb fellow..
Umm, re-read it again Sriranjan.
Dell is better then Xilinx. Xilinx is the worst, it’s the “number 1 for lowest-rated tech companies” – That means it’s the lowest-rated tech company…
I’d question something in the results.
according to Glassdoor, F5 Networks has a 4.2 rating, and john McAdam has a 90% approval rating. That far exceeds any on those listed here.
Here’s the F5 page on glassdoor
http://bit.ly/6bpnS5
Kirby
From what I understand, employer must have at least 50% approval ratings according to Glassdoor, which can be different from the CEO rating.
Where are the approval ratings listed? I only see the 1-5 scale and the CEO approval ratings?
Or is that a typo? Did you mean 50 approval ratings? F5 only has 20 ratings so far.
really, Apple not the top? with all zealotry, you would think.
I knew I could get a rise out of you on that one so I especially handcrafted that sentence. 🙂
Just kidding, incase you took me literally here.
Juniper? cool… I thought Google would have been #1.
wheres Microsoft ??
and where is Cisco??
And where is Tiger Woods? :)~
HP’s position on the lowest ranked company list is worthy of some quiet reflection. At one time it was a legend in the industry, a place every engineer aspired to join.
The natural entropic state of a corporate culture is bureaucratic miasma. It requires constant infusions of energy to stave it off a while longer.
Most of these can’t be real technology companies. TC never writes about them, Scoble doesn’t know what they do, and their CEO’s don’t Twitter.
Riiiiight…
I’m sure all the Google employees are dying to go work at Juniper.
😀
Way to go NI!
http://www.ni.com/company/history.htm
Way to go NI
http://www.ni.com/company/awards.htm
It’s funny how sometimes the companies choose a motto that is the exact contrary of what they actually are.
Take HP’s “Invent” for instance.
What did HP invent in the last 20 years? The TouchSmart PC, which is just a combination of existing components and a “nice” interface.
I can tell you, HP is all but agile.
When you want to DO something at HP, to invent, to produce, to be innovative and see your innovation actually being developed, sold and used, well, you have to have so many approvals that the day it is finally released (if ever), the market accuracy of your invention is usually far behind.
HP is definitely not one of the best companies to work for.
yay..!!! NI
Way to go….!!!
Glad to see NOVELL in the list of Highest-Rated Tech Companies for 2009.
Where is Oracle???
Om, I don’t think gigaom.com renders on Google Chrome on Linux.
Ouch Nortel Networks has 2% approval rate O_o
The table seems tobe incorrect.. I definitely prefer and wish.. Cognizant should be in Top 5 of the list.