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wildcardjack
2012-01-21 01:40:16 AM
It can't be where I work. No benefits, random hours, and the boss is a total dick.

/Self employed.
 
drjekel_mrhyde
2012-01-21 02:08:41 AM
wildcardjack: It can't be where I work. No benefits, random hours, and the boss is a total dick.

/Self employed.

You should stir his coffee with your penis
 
CitizensUnited
2012-01-21 02:36:14 AM
dvdmedia.ign.com

WRONG! The best company to work for in these United States is the United States Steel Corporation!

What say you, Pat Buchanan?
 
cannotsuggestaname [TotalFark]
2012-01-21 02:39:45 AM
What company was named best the place to work in America? I'll give you a second to Google it


really?
 
rubi_con_man
2012-01-21 02:59:59 AM
Google gives researchers a place very much like a PhD Program without the BS requirements of core requirements and teaching assignments.
 
EmRack [TotalFark]
2012-01-21 03:00:52 AM
really?? didn't they fire the guy that came up with the concept of internet forums 20 years ago, cause he refused to work 10+ hour days or something like that a couple of years ago?
 
Swoop1809
2012-01-21 03:28:23 AM
My favorite professor didn't get tenure because he didn't do enough research to please the board, despite being the best actual teacher in the department. He said, "screw you guys, I'll go work at Google" and so far he has really enjoyed it there. Hes not so happy about all the snow Seattle got this week though.

/CSB
 
dumbobruni
2012-01-21 04:12:50 AM
the fact that Deloitte is even represented in this list of 100 best employers means one of two things: either the list is invalid or working in the US can be worse han working seven days a week in an office where you have to book your own workspace every day.
 
tomWright
2012-01-21 09:49:19 AM
Yeah, my co. not on the list. Surprise. No reason at all that a fortune 50 company should treat it's people well.

/No surprise really
//Probably a company rule against taking these surveys
 
EngineerAU
2012-01-21 10:16:45 AM
My employer's main competitor is on the list, as they every single year. Meanwhile, the company I work for can't even get on the local list of best employers. A few years ago they tried to force everyone to fill out the survey, warning that failure to appear on the best employer list could result in massive layoffs. Still didn't make the list and I'm pretty sure the massive layoffs were already planned.
 
StoneColdAtheist
2012-01-21 10:29:35 AM
wildcardjack: It can't be where I work. No benefits, random hours, and the boss is a total dick.

/Self employed.

Hahaha...me too. Only I wouldn't change it for anything. Of course, my employees prefer that I remain in the office where I can talk on the phone, doodle on SolidWorks, hang out on Fark and in general stay off the shop floor. They crank out more widgets that way... ;^)
 
bravian
2012-01-21 10:34:45 AM
rubi_con_man: Google gives researchers a place very much like a PhD Program without the BS requirements of core requirements and teaching assignments.

Unfortunately it also gives you the the same political bullshiat of a PhD program.

/hiring by committee doesn't work
//google's "perks" will start to go away in a few years - they've already started with the daycare program
 
Giltric
2012-01-21 11:15:16 AM
Hey look at all these perks designed to wring as many hours out of your salaried ass by keeping you on campus. You may even do a 80 hour week without noticing.
 
Nick Nostril
2012-01-21 12:19:22 PM
"It's not about bringing these perks to work, and you work a 40-hour week" at Google, said Charlene Li, founder of Altimeter Group. "It's that you have all these perks that enable you to work much more than 40 hours a week."

And there it is. Bzzzzt, you fail.

/ YMMV
 
beta_plus
2012-01-21 12:47:15 PM
Google treats its employees that way because they are worth it. If you're a top notch statistician with excellent programming skills who is a team player, they will treat you well. If you're a self important asshole liberal arts major, not so much.
 
wildcardjack
2012-01-21 12:48:34 PM
drjekel_mrhyde: You should stir his coffee with your penis

That's my hangover remedy.
 
TheSelphie
2012-01-21 01:41:33 PM
dumbobruni: the fact that Deloitte is even represented in this list of 100 best employers means one of two things: either the list is invalid or working in the US can be worse han working seven days a week in an office where you have to book your own workspace every day.

Yup, and we're done.
 
thistime
2012-01-21 02:27:34 PM
Giltric: You may even do a 80 hour week without noticing.

api.ning.com
 
Jonathan Hohensee
2012-01-21 02:51:54 PM
beta_plus: Google treats its employees that way because they are worth it. If you're a top notch statistician with excellent programming skills who is a team player, they will treat you well. If you're a self important asshole liberal arts major, not so much.

Today I learned that google doesn't hire designers or content producers.
 
Don't Troll Me Bro! [TotalFark]
2012-01-21 04:29:27 PM
EngineerAU: My employer's main competitor is on the list, as they every single year. Meanwhile, the company I work for can't even get on the local list of best employers. A few years ago they tried to force everyone to fill out the survey, warning that failure to appear on the best employer list could result in massive layoffs. Still didn't make the list and I'm pretty sure the massive layoffs were already planned.

Awesome. Had an employer like that once. It manifested in different ways, but same type of dumbasses. They're no longer in business, which makes me smile. Their director of operations applied where I work when they went under and they asked me if I knew her. I told them if they even let her in the building our stock would tank, and if they hired her we were done for. To all you jackass managers out there: you'll reap what you've sewn, biatches.
 
rogue49
2012-01-21 05:13:50 PM
I work at a "Google-like" company.

The flex hours are great, as are the other perks.

Doesn't prevent your middle mgmt from being short-sighted and narrow-minded.

Thinking up out of the box ideas is one thing,
being able to accept a new idea and follow-thru with it, is another.
 
snowshovel
2012-01-21 06:21:39 PM
Just another Apple hater article, I see. I find it hard to believe that happy employees can make that craptacular android system.
 
stiletto_the_wise
2012-01-21 09:06:51 PM
The only reason they can afford to give these kind of perks is because their business pretty much prints money.
 
hypocaffeinemia [TotalFark]
2012-01-22 10:27:13 AM
We're #56 on the list. It's a decent hospital, for sure, but it's not really any better or worse overall than any other I've worked for. We used to get fun perks 6+ years ago, but they've eroded year after year. Still damn good (though expensive) health insurance.
 
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