Each year Computerworld lists their best places to work for in IT. And yes it’s great to see Intuit make the list again this year along with several other awesome companies.
But one thing that stood out for us this year was who exactly those awesome companies were. General Mills. Very cool, love their cereal. Genentech. Also very cool, since they are one of the world’s leading biotech companies and our Bay Area neighbor.
But here’s the uber cool part: We were one of only three other companies headquartered in the pacific region on the list.
So that means Intuit is one of the top three companies to work for headquartered in the pacific region. I don’t want to pat ourselves on the back too much, but yeah!
Overall, Intuit ranked No. 42 on the Computerworld 100 Best Places to Work for in IT. The list premiered online in late June.
Computerworld conducted a survey in January 2011, by contacting the more than 500 nominated companies. The company survey portion asked for information on a range of topics from average salary and bonus increases and percentage of IT staff promotions to reward and recognition programs for outstanding job performance.
Then they surveyed our employee. Topics covered included satisfaction with training and development programs, compensation, benefits and work/life balance. Employees were also asked to rate employee morale in their IT departments, the importance of various benefits, and their agreement with a variety of statements on subjects ranging from career growth to management’s fair and equal treatment of employees.
Computerworld reports about Intuit in the “Why You Want to Work There” profile as saying: “IT workers get access to some of the most cutting-edge technologies, including unified communications systems, cloud computing platforms and high-availability hosting automation technologies. Each year, Intuit invests 12 percent of its revenue in new technologies.”
The article also cited our founder’s yearly Innovation awards, our employee recognition program called Spotlight, and our ample whitespace time in which employees receive unstructured time to innovate on whatever they want.
“I’m extremely proud we made the top 50,” said Intuit’s Chief Information Officer Ginny Lee. “We’re committed to creating the best workplace possible for IT professionals. And the team has accomplished so much this year that it is wonderful to see the external validation of that as well.”
Thanks Computerworld, we hope to be in good company next year as well.