Best Places To Work In IT 2010

CWmike writes "These top-rated IT workplaces combine choice benefits with hot technologies and on-target training. Computerworld's 17th annual report highlights the employers firing on all cylinders. The Employer Scorecard ranks IT firms based on best benefits, retention, training, diversity, and career development. Also read what IT staffs have to say about job satisfaction. How's your workplace, IT folk?" Read below for a quick look at the top 10 IT workplaces according to this survey.
1. USAA; 2. Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.; 3. JM Family Enterprises Inc.; 4. General Mills Inc.; 5. University of Pennsylvania; 6. SAS Institute Inc.; 7. Quicken Loans Inc.; 8. Verizon Wireless; 9. Securian Financial Group Inc.; 10. Salesforce.com Inc.

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Re:Observations and Questions

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This list looks like it only covers the United States. That's too bad.

Well, it was written for a US audience.

Moreover, most companies on the list don't have much business outside the U.S. Interesting.

Not really. Lots of IT outsourced to India, China, Canada, etc. Lower salary generally correlates with lower quality of life, the main reason for outsourcing. Something is keeping them geographically or economically locked into not outsourcing.

it would be interesting to know why some companies consume so much more IT labor than others, even within the same industries.

Mergers. Work duplication. Poor management. Continually patching up existing infrastructure instead of investing in new infrastructure (creeping maintenance costs). Outsourcing. Lack of interdepartmental cooperation. Consultants.

Do any of these companies' IT workers enjoy the benefits of a collective bargaining agreement, or are they "at-will" employees?

Fuck no, this is America.

IT contractors and temporary workers aren't mentioned, nor are outsourcing agreements. Are those workers excluded from the survey?

Contractors and temporary workers are difficult to count, since there's contractors, subcontractors, subsubcontractors, and layers upon layers of tax evasion going on to keep that aspect of the labor market alive. Just about anyone who's a contractor or temporary worker will tell you -- any permanent job is better than this. So there's little reason to ask how they're treated: We all know the answer.

Some (or many) of the company's IT workers may not actually work for the company, and they may be miserable, while IT employees who get paychecks directly from the company might be thrilled.

Well, yeah. Been there, done that. You know why they're thrilled? Dental. Paid vacation. A cube that isn't shared with a smelly guy who sleeps in your chair every night. The list goes on...