Published 17:24 IST, December 11th 2019
Google, Facebook no longer world's most desirable workplaces: Report
Facebook and Google are no longer the world's most desirable workplaces as the ranking of both the companies on Glassdoor's list have considerably dropped.
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Big tech companies like Facebook and Google are longer world's most desirable workplaces as ranking of both companies on Glassdoor's list have considerably dropped. According to Glassdoor's annual ranking, Silicon Valley companies dropped out of top ten “best places to work” in United States and top three spots in list are held by HubSpot, Bain & Company and DocuSign respectively. In past ten years Facebook has been rated as best place to work three times, however, this year it was ranked 23rd. Google, on or hand, was voted best place to work in year 2015 and has been top ten finishers previous eight years, came in at number 11.
This is second year in a row that Facebook's ranking has dropped. company tumbled 16 spots and its desirability ranking dropped from 4.5 to 4.4 out of a perfect 5. Facebook which reached top spot in Glassdoor's 2018 rankings fell to number seven in 2019 list. According to international media reports, Facebook's drop comes as regulators put social media company in crosshairs of antitrust investigations. rankings also show that employees longer regard working at social media company after Cambridge Analytica scandal. Facebook also struggled to recruit college gruates and software engineers. While talking to an international media outlet, an employee also said that company is 'painstakingly slow' when it comes to making decisions on matters of privacy due to its numerous scandals over years.
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Apple, Amazon fails to crack list
According to reports, at Google, many employees have protested against company on a number of topics, including company's intimidation tactics against worker organisers. It was also reported that only some of employees were inspired by Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai's vision and some workers believed that senior manment could successfully le company into future. Google and Facebook were t only tech companies to drop in rankings. Apple dropped 13 spots to 84th and an award score of 4.3 and Amazon also failed to crack list of 100. Meanwhile, Microsoft was able to climb up 13 spots and landed at number 21 with an award score of 4.4.
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17:13 IST, December 11th 2019