Best Places To Work In IT

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."

Somethings wrong...

[egoproxy]

I was expecting to see Computerworld in that list.

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Timesprout]

Read between the lines, he obviously works for Slashdot.

Quickenloans

[z-man]

From TFA:
Why it's the best
"Celebration galas at this online loan company are star-studded: Kid Rock performed at the 2006 holiday gala and The Black Eyed Peas were featured performers at the company's 20th anniversary party."

Judging by that line-up of artists I wouldn't even want to work in an adjacent area!

Re:Drug surveys

[SunTzuWarmaster]

Those were for real? I always answered that I did lots of drugs... my immature humor thought it was funnier that way.

The 0th best place to work

[Anonymous Coward]

On the beach, with my laptop, sipping a Corona, watching the babes.

And then I woke up.

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

Since you posted your employer's name, why don't you share your name with us? :P just to confirm, you know..

Sd,

HR Mgr,

Quicken Loans Inc

#17, Philip Morris

[Dystopian Rebel]

I hear that one of the perqs at Philip Morris is free smokes for the whole family.

Really?

[Wiarumas]

"...top five retention methods are: competitive benefits; competitive salaries; work/life balance; flexible work hours; and tuition reimbursement"

Free World of Warcraft gold is conspicuously missing from the list.

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

Certainly.

William Emerson

I was planning on asking you this on Friday, but will I be planning on seeing you here next week?

Re:Noticeably Absent...

[Odo]

I work for Google, and I gotta tell you, it's a pain to have to research an answer and type up a page of results within 0.17 seconds of a user hitting the Search button. Someone help!

Re:Drug surveys

[Architect_sasyr]

I'm sorry but it has to be said... In Soviet Russia, drugs take you!

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

Sounds like where I work, which happens to ALSO be on this list, and ALSO in the top 20.

My favorite part of the survey that apparently scored low in my sections was "I have a best friend at work".

Apparently not enough people had a "best friend". So we were basically told that, should the question appear on the survey again, to please lower our standard for "best friend". Really.

The White House

[ring-eldest]

The current administration provides the best IT jobs... All you have to do is delete a few emails a day!

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Null Nihils]

I'm sorry, but I wouldn't enjoy working for a company like that.

But then again, I don't kill kittens for fun in my spare time.

Reminds me of a scene from Clerks [slashdot.org]:

Blue-Collar Man: Excuse me. I don't mean to interrupt, but what were you talking about?
Randal: The ending of Return of the Jedi.
Dante: My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed by the rebels.
Blue-Collar Man: Well, I'm a contractor myself. I'm a roofer... (digs into pocket and produces business card) Dunn and Reddy Home Improvements. And speaking as a roofer, I can say that a roofer's personal politics come heavily into play when choosing jobs.
Randal: Like when?
Blue-Collar Man: Three months ago I was offered a job up in the hills. A beautiful house with tons of property. It was a simple reshingling job, but I was told that if it was finished within a day, my price would be doubled. Then I realized whose house it was.
Dante: Whose house was it?
Blue-Collar Man: Dominick Bambino's.
Randal: "Babyface" Bambino? The gangster?
Blue-Collar Man: The same. The money was right, but the risk was too big. I knew who he was, and based on that, I passed the job on to a friend of mine.
Dante: Based on personal politics.
Blue-Collar Man: Right. And that week, the Foresci family put a hit on Babyface's house. My friend was shot and killed. He wasn't even finished shingling.
Randal: No way!
Blue-Collar Man: (paying for coffee) I'm alive because I knew there were risks involved taking on that particular client. My friend wasn't so lucky. (pauses to reflect) You know, any contractor willing to work on that Death Star knew the risks. If they were killed, it was their own fault. A roofer listens to this... (taps his heart) not his wallet.

Re:Do people take these seriously?

[Anonymous Coward]

I can assure you that it was totally me.

I swear...

Re:Bullshit list

[SnowZero]

Well, I imagine that General Mills has some computers and computer systems, and just maybe they have people to build and maintain said systems.

I heard those computers all have cereal ports too. Nice perk IMO.

Ah, shuddup

[bryan1945]

At least ya all got jobs.

Cranky guy

Re:Noticeably Absent...

[pyro_peter_911]

I work for Google, and I gotta tell you, it's a pain to have to research an answer and type up a page of results within 0.17 seconds of a user hitting the Search button. Someone help!

Have you tried a Dvorak keyboard? They're supposed to be faster.

Hope this helps.

Peter

Re:Drug surveys

[BigDogCH]

Yeah, our whole class found it quite fun to say that we smoked weed 2-3x per week, and drank pretty much every day. It should have been obvious we were lying given the amount of coke we claimed to have used (we were poor). I am quite sure that everyone in our class had fun with those surveys.........though now I know why the dare program was pushed so hard right afterwards. We had an entire DARE class, taking up an entire hour of our already watered down school day. DARE = Drug Abuse Resistance Education......and it is really lame.

LOCAL COP: Let me summarize DARE for those of you who never suffered through it.
Hi kids, here is a list of drugs that you should never do, never try, and squeal on anyone who offers them or uses them. Here is a list of drugs that are just as dangerous, addictive, and harmful, but they are OK to take if your doctor suggests you use them.
THAT ONE KID IN EACH CLASS THAT THINKS ON THEIR OWN: How can we have a list of legal and illegal drugs, when both have similar lists of positive and negative results? And why is alcohol legal, when it clearly kills more people than the rest? Aren't more people killed each year by legal drugs than illegal ones?
LOCAL COP: Quiet you! Just say NO damn-it! Have a sticker.....and eat your Ritalin!

Hmmm, now maybe we know why the average American is popping prescription drugs like tic-tacs?