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Best Places To Work In IT

Posted by kdawson on from the good-gigs dept.

jcatcw writes "Computerworld's annual summary of the best places to work in IT lists companies that excel in five areas of employment: career development, retention, benefits, diversity, and training. According to the scorecard, the top five retention methods are: competitive benefits; competitive salaries; work/life balance; flexible work hours; and tuition reimbursement. Of the top 100 companies, 64 expect the number of U.S.-based IT staffers to increase in 2007, on average by 7%. Here is the whole list. The top three are Quicken Loans, University of Miami, and Sharp HealthCare."

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  1. Do people take these seriously? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My company is on the list, top 20 even, and I'm sorry but it's a joke. This is a miserable place to work, with most people answering these things positively because if they don't they get subjected to even worse "morale improvement" exercises.

    1. Re:Do people take these seriously? by Null+Nihils · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Monsanto was on there at #27. Monsanto are the people that patent genes, have lobbied to have certain legislation* added to the new Iraq constitution, have engineered plants that are sterile and can't be replanted so people have to keep buying new seeds... that's not even the half of it, and lets not even get started on their history of litigation.

      Once I saw them on there, I promptly closed the browser tab.


      * Note: the article I linked came at the top of the Google search, but it may not be the most correct or objective.

    2. Re:Do people take these seriously? by Venik · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Agree. Money is why I have a job. Don't give me a "Thank you" card or the "Employee of the month" coffee mug. I appreciate the extra attention, but let the dollars do the talking. I don't care who I work with - whites, blacks, males, females, transvestites, or hermaphrodites. If they know their stuff and do what they've been hired to do, we'll get along just fine. They can be loud, rude, ugly, and smelly. If I don't have to do their jobs for them - I will love them with all my heart.

      As to the questioners on which this and similar ratings are based - what a bunch of hogwash. I know people who spent their best years in a dead-end IT job. They desperately grab on to anything positive about their situation - like a new water filter in the lunch room coffee maker. Isn't it wonderful to work for a company that replaces water filters at least once a year? I am sure it creates a real family atmosphere.

  2. The best place to work in IT is from your own car by grapeape · · Score: 4, Interesting

    After being with several corporations from small local companies to fortune 500, I have found the best place to work in IT is on your own. Make some business cards, invest in a van or other vehicle with room for parts, build an overhead of replacement parts and supplies, then hit the pavement and get the word out. Signage on a vehicle can be a good way to get the word out as well. I get most of my customers via word of mouth but have more work than I can handle most of the time. What I cant handle I pass on to others I know doing the same thing. Clients are happy because they get individual attention and someone to call that they can depend on. I am happy because they treat me like im really helping them rather than as some flunky who is beneath them. The money is much better than the average IT job and with the occasional unavoidable emergency, I pretty much set my own hours. It's not for everyone, you have to be self motivated, people friendly and confident in your skills, but its well worth it.