
Juniper CEO Kevin Johnson. Photo courtesy of Juniper Networks
Looking for a tech job? Well read on for the results of a new poll from Sausalito, Calif.-based Glassdoor.com as to the best — and worst — tech companies from which to draw a paycheck.
I had expected Google to take top honors given its stock performance, not to mention what it spends on food and other amenities for its employees. I guess money really doesn’t buy happiness — the search giant ranked No. 3 on the list, while Apple came in at No. 5. The top-ranked company? Router maker Juniper Networks. (Full results of the survey will be released tomorrow.)
| Rank | Company | Company Rating | CEO | CEO Approval Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juniper Networks | 3.9 | Kevin Johnson | 65% |
| 2 | National Instruments | 3.9 | James J. Truchard | 85% |
| 3 | 3.9 | Eric E. Schmidt | 87% | |
| 4 | NetApp | 3.9 | Dan Warmenhoven | 78% |
| 5 | Apple | 3.8 | Steve Jobs | 91% |
| 6 | QUALCOMM | 3.7 | Paul E. Jacobs | 65% |
| 7 | Novell | 3.7 | Ron Hovsepian | 59% |
| 8 | Adobe | 3.7 | Shantanu Narayen | 60% |
| 9 | EMC | 3.7 | Joe Tucci | 64% |
| 10 | Rackspace | 3.6 | A. Lanham Napier | 67% |
As for the lowest-rated, it looks like Dell hit a home run by buying Perot Systems — it has the dubious honor of coming in at No. 10.
| Rank | Company | Company Rating | CEO | CEO Approval Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Xilinx | 2.3 | Moshe Gavrielov | 12% |
| 2 | Affiliated Computer Services | 2.4 | Lynn R. Blodgett | 21% |
| 3 | Hewlett-Packard | 2.4 | Mark V. Hurd | 22% |
| 4 | Avaya | 2.5 | Kevin Kennedy | 24% |
| 5 | Real | 2.5 | Rob Glaser | 12% |
| 6 | NVIDIA | 2.5 | Jen-Hsun Huang | 52% |
| 7 | Infosys | 2.6 | Kris Gopalakrishnan | 35% |
| 8 | Nortel Networks | 2.7 | Mike S. Zafirovski | 2% |
| 9 | Perot Systems | 2.7 | Peter A. Altabef | 35% |
| 10 | Dell | 2.8 | Michael S. Dell | 28% |
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