Comments on: Best Places to Work 2011 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Mon, 06 Feb 2012 15:43:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Joneshttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-8063 Steve Jones Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:01:12 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-8063 Please contact me when the process for "Best Places to Work 2010-2011" begins. Thank you Steve Jones Please contact me when the process for “Best Places to Work 2010-2011″ begins.

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]]> By: RabbitFunds.comhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1973 RabbitFunds.com Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1973 <strong>Carnival of Twenty Something Finances: Sep 14...</strong> Welcome to the September 14th, 2009, edition of Twenty Something Finances. I hope that you enjoy the line-up today. There are a lot of great articles, so enjoy and spread the word! ...... Carnival of Twenty Something Finances: Sep 14…

Welcome to the September 14th, 2009, edition of Twenty Something Finances. I hope that you enjoy the line-up today. There are a lot of great articles, so enjoy and spread the word!
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]]> By: Paul Kamphttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1951 Paul Kamp Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:54:05 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1951 I've heard from some of my accounting friends that I-banking types have started to be hired into accounting positions at some of the Big 4. Perhaps their dominance of the article has to do with the scarcity of positions that arise from this situation? .-= Paul Kamp´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DQYDJ/~3/bt0X_wh6fnM/" rel="nofollow">Part II: Does Increasing Tax Rates Increase Revenue?</a> =-. I’ve heard from some of my accounting friends that I-banking types have started to be hired into accounting positions at some of the Big 4. Perhaps their dominance of the article has to do with the scarcity of positions that arise from this situation?
.-= Paul Kamp´s last blog ..Part II: Does Increasing Tax Rates Increase Revenue? =-.

]]> By: Darwinhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1945 Darwin Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:49:37 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1945 Hi, yes, the first sentence of the article laid out that the survey was for "new graduates looking to launch a career", so without changing the title, url, etc., figured the opening sentence was clear enough; sorry for any confusion. Thanks for the note on Google Jim, I missed that (I get the print version too!). Hi, yes, the first sentence of the article laid out that the survey was for “new graduates looking to launch a career”, so without changing the title, url, etc., figured the opening sentence was clear enough; sorry for any confusion.

Thanks for the note on Google Jim, I missed that (I get the print version too!).

]]> By: Jimhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1942 Jim Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:22:15 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1942 Billy, in fact the BusinessWeek article referenced is titled "Best Places to Launch a Career". So this isn't "best place to work" period, but instead best place for a new college grad to start work. That is definitely a different measure. .-= Jim´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreeBy50/~3/r5yxRsDQmm0/consolidate-your-airline-miles-hotel.html" rel="nofollow">Consolidate Your Airline Miles & Hotel Points</a> =-. Billy, in fact the BusinessWeek article referenced is titled “Best Places to Launch a Career”. So this isn’t “best place to work” period, but instead best place for a new college grad to start work. That is definitely a different measure.
.-= Jim´s last blog ..Consolidate Your Airline Miles & Hotel Points =-.

]]> By: Jimhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1930 Jim Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:15:10 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1930 Google chose not to participate in the survey. So thats why they aren't in the list. I read the print copy of the article in Businessweek magazine and somewhere buried in the full article they said so. Looking at their methodology it seems that they just averaged together the scores they got on 3 survey's. About 50% of the total score they give is based on just reputation. 25% from student preference (before working at company) and 25% on college career services opinions (3rd party people who don't work at company). The other 50% is based on employer survey about pay, benefits and training programs. So a well known company with decent pay would likely float to the top. This kind of metric would be biased to large multinational companies that everyone knows about. .-= Jim´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FreeBy50/~3/s6l1qphkJpc/25-restaurantcom-gift-certificate-for.html" rel="nofollow">$25 Restaurant.com gift certificate for $1.00 thru Sept. 13</a> =-. Google chose not to participate in the survey. So thats why they aren’t in the list. I read the print copy of the article in Businessweek magazine and somewhere buried in the full article they said so.

Looking at their methodology it seems that they just averaged together the scores they got on 3 survey’s. About 50% of the total score they give is based on just reputation. 25% from student preference (before working at company) and 25% on college career services opinions (3rd party people who don’t work at company). The other 50% is based on employer survey about pay, benefits and training programs. So a well known company with decent pay would likely float to the top. This kind of metric would be biased to large multinational companies that everyone knows about.
.-= Jim´s last blog ..$25 Restaurant.com gift certificate for $1.00 thru Sept. 13 =-.

]]> By: BillyOceansElevenhttp://www.darwinsfinance.com/best-places-to-work/#comment-1929 BillyOceansEleven Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:50:00 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=990#comment-1929 I guess it all depends on what is being defined as a good place to work. If you consider things like work-life balance, benefits, and compensation, all of the big 4 shouldn't even make the list. The base pay is usually average at best, benefits are usually horrid, and you'll regularly log 55-hour weeks except during busy season when it will jump to 80+. So why do it? In the accounting world, you almost have to have big 4 experience on your resume to get any position worth having. Most accounting job listings above entry level will list big 4 experience as a requirement, or at least preferred. Where else will you see in a job posting a requirement that you have worked for one of four specific firms? That's where the value of Big 4 accounting comes from, although I would say it should raise their rankings on a "best places to start a career" list (which I believe BW publishes as well) and not on a "best places to work" list. Maybe if they had a list entitled "Best places to work to eventually get to one of the best places to work" list? .-= BillyOceansEleven´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.cheapencounters.com/2009/09/09/seeds-the-ultimate-barter-item-pass-the-tin-foil-hat-please/" rel="nofollow">Seeds: “The Ultimate Barter Item” - Pass the Tin Foil Hat, Please</a> =-. I guess it all depends on what is being defined as a good place to work. If you consider things like work-life balance, benefits, and compensation, all of the big 4 shouldn’t even make the list. The base pay is usually average at best, benefits are usually horrid, and you’ll regularly log 55-hour weeks except during busy season when it will jump to 80+.

So why do it? In the accounting world, you almost have to have big 4 experience on your resume to get any position worth having. Most accounting job listings above entry level will list big 4 experience as a requirement, or at least preferred. Where else will you see in a job posting a requirement that you have worked for one of four specific firms?

That’s where the value of Big 4 accounting comes from, although I would say it should raise their rankings on a “best places to start a career” list (which I believe BW publishes as well) and not on a “best places to work” list. Maybe if they had a list entitled “Best places to work to eventually get to one of the best places to work” list?
.-= BillyOceansEleven´s last blog ..Seeds: “The Ultimate Barter Item” – Pass the Tin Foil Hat, Please =-.

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