RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – In a job seekers’ market, some tech firms in the Triangle have advantages when it comes to recruiting. Such as how workers view these firms as places to work. Startup Get Spiffy, for example, scores 4.1 out of 5 from jobs site Glassdoor, but Frontier Communications comes in at 2.4.
The war for tech talent is raging across the Triangle, North Carolina and the US with unemployment rates at record lows and nearly 30,000 open IT jobs in NC alone. So as employees look for jobs they are in the driver’s seat, and they often are looking for more than pay. They want perks. They want a good work environment. Thus comes into play Glassdoor and other sites where employees have their say about their bosses and companies.
In the second of a series, WRALTechwire researched 15 RTP-based companies or those with large operations here making news recently – from hiring to layoffs – at Glassdoor to see what their employees were saying for this report. Firms range from new to old, small to large, in transition to reorganizing.
Criteria include:
1. An overall rating system of 1 to 5 stars
2. Approval of the CEO
3. The percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to a friend.
Workers speak out about their bosses, good and bad – and CEOs are listening
Ranking the 15
1.Get Spiffy, 4.1
2.Novo Nordisk, 3.9
3.GSK, 3.8
4.Citrix, 3.7
4.McKinney, 3.7
4.NetApp, 3.7
7.PRA Health Sciences, 3.6
7.ABB, 3.6
9.Lenovo, 3.5
10.PPD, 3.4
10. HCL, 3.4
11.DeutscheBank, 3.4
12.ChannelAdvisor, 3.2
14.RepublicWireless, 3.7
15.Frontier Communications, 2.4
Coming Tuesday, another 20 Triangle firms.
Worst and best places to work in Triangle’s tech hub? Employees have their say …
Inside the Next 15
Here are our latest 15 selections in alphabetic order:
- ABB
Headquarters: Zurich, Switzerland
CEO: Peter Voser
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.6
Approve of CEO: 80%
Recommend to a Friend: 72%
Senior Applications Engineer: $100,628
Select Perks: Legal assistance; Employee assistance program; Travel concierge
- ChannelAdvisor
Headquarters: Morrisville
CEO: David Spitz
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.2
Approve of CEO: 62%
Recommend to a Friend: 57%
Software Engineer: $101,265
Select Perks: Employee assistance program; Company social events; Gym membership
- Citrix
Headquarters: Fort Lauderdale, FL
CEO: David Henshall
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.7
Approve of CEO: 80%
Recommend to a Friend: 71%
Senior Software Development Engineer: $128,194
Select Perks: Employee assistance program; Free lunch or snacks; Company social events
- Deutsche Bank
Headquarters: Frankfurt, Germany
CEO: Christian Sewing
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.4
Approve of CEO: 77%
Recommend to a Friend: 58%
Assistant Vice President Technology: $123,549
Select Perks: Employee assistance program; Employee discounts; Commuter checks and assistance
- Frontier Communications
Headquarters: Norwalk, Conn.
CEO: Dan McCarthy
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 2.4
Approve of CEO: 15%
Recommend to a friend: 21%
Senior network engineer: $86,921
Select Perks: Up to five weeks vacation
- Get Spiffy
Headquarters: Research Triangle Park
CEO: Scot Wingo
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 4.1
Approve of CEO: 87%
Recommend to a Friend: 74%
Regional Manager: $65,000 — $70,000
Select Perks: Employee discounts; Free lunch or snacks; Pet friendly workplace
- GlaxoSmithKline
Headquarters: Brentford, United Kingdom
CEO: Emma Walmsley
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.8
Approve of CEO: 86%
Recommend to a Friend: 78%
Project Manager: $112,911
Select Perks: Legal assistance; Travel concierge; Gym membership
- HCL Technologies
Headquarters: Noida, India
CEO: C. Vijayakumar
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.4
Approve of CEO: 83%
Recommend to a Friend: 67%
Systems Analyst III: $110,137
Select Perks: Employee discounts; Gym membership; Legal assistance
- Lenovo
Headquarters: Morrisville and Beijing
CEO: Yang Yuanqing
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.5
Approve of CEO: 73%
Recommend to a Friend: 64%
Advisory Software Engineer: $107,047
Select Perks: Employee discounts; Gym memberships; Legal assistance
- McKinney
Headquarters: Durham
CEO: Joe Maglio
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.7
Approve of CEO: 100%
Recommend to a Friend: 67%
Creative Director: $153K – $229K
Select Perks: Employee discounts; Free lunch or snacks; Travel concierge
- NetApp
Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA
CEO: George Kurian
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.7
Approve of CEO: 73%
Recommend to a Friend: 83%
Senior Software Engineer: $155,379
Select Perks: Free lunch or snacks; Gym membership; Travel concierge
- Novo Nordisk
Headquarters: Bagsvaerd, Denmark
CEO: Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.9
Approve of CEO: 87%
Recommend to a Friend: 75%
Senior Associate Scientist: $111,456
Select Perks: Free lunch or snacks; Legal assistance; Employee assistance program
- PPD
Headquarters: Wilmington, N.C.
CEO: David Simmons
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.4
Approve of CEO: 82%
Recommend to a Friend: 69%
Senior Clinical Research Associate: $96,833
Select Perks: Employee assistance program; Legal assistance
- PRA Health Sciences
Headquarters: Raleigh
CEO: Colin Shannon
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 3.6
Approve of CEO: 82%
Recommend to a Friend: 72%
Senior Clinical Research Associate: $114,649
Select Perks: Employee discounts; Mobile phone discount; Free lunch or snacks
- Republic Wireless
Headquarters: Raleigh
CEO: Chris Chuang
Employee Reviews
Employee Average Rating: 2.7
Approve of CEO: 30%
Recommend to a Friend: 21%
Senior Product Manager: $120,00 — $131,000
Select Perks: Free lunch or snacks; Employee assistance program; Gym membership
