The best company to work for

[Ramrod]

.....is Microsoft (at least in the UK)
.............and (surprise, surprise!) ntl isn't in the top 100

Their views were canvassed through 65 questions in eight specific areas, or †œfactorsà¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ Â�. Each contains six to 10 questions on separate, but related, matters †â€ÂÂ� helping to build a comprehensive picture of working life in the company.

The eight factors are


Leadership: how people feel about the head of the company and senior managers

My manager: how people feel about their immediate boss and the way they are managed day-to-day

Personal growth: how people feel they are stretched and challenged by their job

Wellbeing: how people feel about stress, pressure and the balance between their work and home lives

My team: how people feel about their immediate colleagues

Giving something back: how much people feel their company puts back into society and the local community, and how much it is driven by profit or publicity

My company: how people feel about the company they work for as opposed to the people they work with

Fair deal: how good people feel their pay and benefits are.
These areas have been identified as key to an employeeââ‚à ƒâ€šÃ‚¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚¢s experience at work.

[Bifta]

No way! The best company to work for is the one I now work for. How many of you get to sit at home, in the warm, smoking fags, drinking tea doing something you enjoy? (i.e. developing web sites)

[Mal]

Originally Posted by Bifta

No way! The best company to work for is the one I now work for. How many of you get to sit at home, in the warm, smoking fags, drinking tea doing something you enjoy? (i.e. developing web sites)

Don't rub it in!

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Mal

Don't rub it in!

Dying to use a line containing "Nude Bishop" and "Actor"

[Ramrod]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Dying to use a line containing "Nude Bishop" and "Actor"

'Actress' surely.... Ah! of course, in this day and age

[Bifta]

ah .. yeah, actress, for real! *embarrased*

Originally Posted by Ramrod

'Actress' surely.... Ah! of course, in this day and age

how quickly this thread got off topic and in the gutter

[Xaccers]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

.....is Microsoft (at least in the UK)
.............and (surprise, surprise!) ntl isn't in the top 100

Does suprise me, NTL were great to work for.
Never have I had so many lunches bought for my by vendors, or my manager, or my director

How many jobs have you left feeling you're going to miss your manager and director?

[Tricky]

Originally Posted by Xaccers

Does suprise me, NTL were great to work for.
Never have I had so many lunches bought for my by vendors, or my manager, or my director

How many jobs have you left feeling you're going to miss your manager and director?

What's the old saying "No such thing as a free lunch"
Never missed a manager/director after leaving, I've usually left a company because of them!

Originally Posted by Ramrod

.....is Microsoft

Yeah, but remember in the last election Saddam got 100% of the vote...!

(PS: I'M JOKING!!!)

[Marge]

If you class the benefits then yeah ntl are good to work for

I work fer the government or rather local government.As a casual worker I'm entitled to no sick pay and no holiday pay.Luckily the hourly rate more than makes up fer that.

[Charlie_Bubble]

I took part in this survey. An envelope landed on my desk one day with this questionnaire in it. I had just started a secondment to a different part of the organisation and was unsure from which part I should write the questionnaire as I fecking hate what I'm doing at the moment, but it should be good for the future. Needless to say my company doesn't feature in the top 100!

Hmmm, lets see, overtime, call out allowance, free medical insurance, company car, company mobile, reasonable pay, decent pension scheme, flexible working hours (including working from home sometimes if I want) and a good sharesave scheme .... I think I'm damn happy with the company I work for.

[Jerrek]

Microsoft (Seattle, WA) pays co-op students (3rd or 4th year students doing a four month term) US$90,000 a year. That means $30,000 for those four months. In addition, they pay you to move there, they give you an apartment, and they give you a car. They pay overtime, and they have free pop (coke, fanta, etc.) for workers.

/jealous