The Best of the Best
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Of the best of the best, sir! (remember that one?)
Where's the best place to work? Here's the list from Computerworld for 2007. I'm not surprised that a few of these companies (University of Miami, Quicken Loans) were in last year's list. After all, if you're a great company, you should be able to maintain that in the short term.
What's more interesting, is that in the various lists (Best overall, Diversity, Benefits, etc.) is that a number of companies show up multiple times. For example, the University of Miami shows up in 4 of the 5 top tens. With the weather, maybe that's the place to be.
I'm not sure I'd use this list as a way to seek out a job, but I'd certainly check it if I were applying somewhere because it shows that there are people that like the company. That's important since I'm of the opinion that the people you work with and their attitudes are extremely important to having a good term of employment.
But most important is that you need to find the best fit for you. I interviewed with Pulte Homes (#69) a few years ago (2002?) and wasn't impressed with the people. In fact, I wouldn't have wanted to work there. Maybe things have changed since then, but I know I'd be wary of going back there as the culture didn't seem to fit me.
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Where's Microsoft on this list?
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Steve, I'm glad you posted this. I read the Computerworld survey, and was "this close" to writing them about their ranking methods.
If you look at the turnover rates, many of their highly rated companies have turnover rates of 10% and higher. I think that is a much better indicator of "best" since if 1 out of 10 people leave, to me that's a problem. A few of the companies go as high as 20% (1 out of 5). If it is so great to work there, why are so many people leaving?
Of course, they can only survey people are are still employed there, so I would expect that the overall job satisfaction would be quite high, as the survey bears out.
Just to put this in perspective, I checked the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, and their latest data shows an average non-farm voluntary turnover of 23% so the IT turnover is well below the average.
BTW the magazine requested IT workers to nominate their employers for the survey - maybe nobody at MS submitted a nomination for MS. Makes you wonder.
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I don't believe the list either. I know a couple people used to work in a few companies on the list. They were miserable and said the company was horrible.
As William pointed out, if the turnover rate was over 10%, how could it be the best company? Usually if the company is good, the turnover rate should be less than 5%.
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