Google and Facebook are frequently talked about as being great tech companies to work. But are they the best?
With help from Glassdoor.com, we've put together a list of the 25 tech companies whose own employees rate them most highly.
The reviewers account for culture, lifestyle, and what you can learn while working there.
All the reviews and ratings taken into account are from the past 12 months, and only companies with more than 25 reviews were included.
Facebook took the top spot, knocking down last year's winner, Guidewire, to the number two spot.
The report is based on at least 25 company reviews between 6/26/12-6/25/13 and at least 15 company reviews from 6/26/11-6/25/12. CEO approval ratings based on current CEOs with least 20 reviews between 6/26/12-6/25/13. (Company ratings based on a 5-point scale; 1.0=very dissatisfied, 3.0=OK, 5.0=very satisfied.)
25. Intuit is a well-established, stable company that pays its employees well.
Company Rating: 3.8
CEO Approval: Brad Smith, 93%
Bottom Line: Intuit has great compensation and benefits, but the management team needs to get better about communicating with each other and with their employees.
Employee Feedback:
"Stable company. Rewards people with good political skills."
"Good benefits and pay but very political."
"Management does not work well with each other, favoritism amongst management and employees, change within the department is not shared with employees for feed back."
24. Agilent Technologies is a great company with a wide range of products for employees to work on.
Company Rating: 3.8
CEO Approval: Bill Sullivan, 80%
Bottom Line: Measurement equipment and tools company Agilent Technologies is a pretty great place to work at, but layoffs seem bound to happen.
Employee Feedback:
"Fun, but boring after a while."
"Expect to go through Workforce Management cycles (i.e. layoffs) every two years. Your favorite project will probably get cancelled, possible for political reasons."
"You will work with the best engineers and scientists in the world. There are still pockets of the HP Way in Agilent but those employees are aging out."
23. MITRE has great benefits and job security.
Company Rating: 3.8
CEO Approval: Alfred Grasso, 68%
Bottom Line: Mitre, a systems engineering company that manages federally-funded research and development centers, has good job security. It's also a great place to work.
Employee Feedback:
"A very easy place to work, as hard or as little, as you want."
"Salaries a bit below average. Limited bonus structure. Management structure allows some employees to remain in positions long after they should be moved to other areas."
"Department managers don't communicate with each other - instead they compete against each other and run each department and division like private fiefdoms."
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