Regarding facebook, I hate the company and think Mark Z is a horrible person but I have heard in interviews that he is very, very loyal to his employees and will defend them to a fault. I am sure working there is enjoyable, just sucks that at the end of the day those people are working for a system that despite its best intentions has proven to bring out the absolute worst in society.
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No. Bain and Company is #1. Management consulting firm. No tech companies in top 5.
Apple at 71st ouch! It looks good on your resume but I wouldn't want to work there. Too many egos and circle jerking going on.
You should have seen the ratings when Steve Jobs was constantly yelling at everyone. 
Haha Bain and Company at No. 1.
I imagine 99.99% of that is thanks to the compensation. The other 00.01% is probably the sociopathic satisfaction of manipulating companies and printing money by offering pointless consulting and backhanded equity "deals."
I imagine 99.99% of that is thanks to the compensation. The other 00.01% is probably the sociopathic satisfaction of manipulating companies and printing money by offering pointless consulting and backhanded equity "deals."
How is being #71 on the list of Best Places to Work an ouch? Simple inclusion on the list says it's one of the better employers in the country.
Glass Door is a good gauge of what the employer is like, but more people are likely to complain rather than praise the company - like all review sites. When starting new companies, unless I've heard otherwise, my main concern is how the company views work / life balance. Last place I want to work is somewhere that expects its employees to work 12 hours per day... ugh.
The fact that Facebook and Google are near the top show what a bogus list this is.
How they treat their employees and how their employees feel about their company is not indicative of their public reputations. This list is about how they treat their employees and how their employees feel about the company. So what makes the list bogus? Your dislike of FB and Google?
They have a focus on social skills and sales skills, computer or technical skills is a nice to have but not required.
Personal preferences of the manager will also play a role especially in more independent shops.
What do you think powers their app and website?
Not only did Facebook create the code that gathers all that data on us and serves it to advertisers, but they also built their own custom servers, racks, and networking equipment that went into their custom built data center.
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/07/facebook_data_center_unveiled/
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-makes-its-server-data-center-design-open-source/
https://www.wired.com/2014/11/facebooks-new-data-center-bad-news-cisco/
http://fortune.com/2016/11/01/facebook-networking-voyager-data-center/
You're also forgetting who created the Oculus and Portal
https://code.fb.com/ai-research/ins...e-labs-moving-faster-with-more-collaboration/
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Mostly leadership, culture, and work/life balance.
Did you write the code that powers your website? Did you create the hardware that the site runs on? Did you create your own data center?
https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/07/facebook_data_center_unveiled/
https://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-makes-its-server-data-center-design-open-source/
No? Then you're not a tech company.
Yes? Then you are a tech company.
Is that really widespread all across? I've certainly worked in my share of big companies where some orgs/teams have had a completely different feel and take on things compared to other orgs/teams, depending on what they were working on, who was running them, etc.
Well, that's kind of my point. I wouldn't want to work for Facebook out of principle because I think they're actively making society worse. We'd literally be better off without them, imo. But if that isn't something on your mind, I'm sure you'd enjoy the actual work environment which might be wonderful for all I know.
I'm not saying they'd offer me a job. But I'd like to think I would decline if they did. I'd certainly be ignoring my own principles (hence the moral aspect) if I accepted a job with them – which is admittedly something people tend to do all the time.
Doubt there's much data on small businesses since they're... You know... Small. Safe bet there's a better place to work at among them, though.
Perhaps, but...my wife is a long-time employee of Bain (finance/HR) and from her experiences, have to agree it's a great place to work. Their benefits are generous and health plan is about the best you can get (why I'm on hers and not my company's).
And if you're a Partner, well, you're pretty much all set.
why?
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You know nothing. Facebook is a software company. It has its own language and has even released its own frameworks that power thousands of websites and mobile apps. Facebook has done a lot to improve the web both at the server and broswer levels.
By your standards, companies like adobe (photoshop) and other SAAS are not tech companies. In fact, only a dozen companies worldwide would fit your standards. what a joke.
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