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October 2008 - Employee
Survey Winners
Following are the winning employer survey entries for October,
2008, as chosen by Vault's editorial team. Winning survey
entries are chosen by our editors for their detailed information and
are judged to be the most helpful to the Vault audience when
evaluating career options.
The entry chosen as the Most Detailed Survey each month receives a $500
prize, each of 5 runners-up receives 2 free Vault guides and a free
1-year Vault Gold subscription.
Vault also chooses monthly winners for its College & Grad School
Surveys, also with a $250 prize, and 5 runners-up who win 2
free Vault guides and a free 1-year Vault Gold subscription. Winners are chosen at Vault's
sole discretion and the decision of our judges is final. Note that
by highlighting these surveys we are not in any way endorsing or
making any statement about their accuracy -- just the surveys' level
of detail and specificity.
These surveys are not independently verified by Vault's researchers
and editors and solely express the opinions of the survey takers
themselves, which may or may not be valid. These surveys are also in
no way endorsed or approved by the employer described therein.
Always read as many surveys as possible on an employer as well as
Vault's independently researched and verified Gold Snapshots and
books before making a career decision. We thank all of our survey respondents for their input.
New York Times Company, The – Workplace
Survey Job Title: Systems Manager Survey Excerpt: Like in most large mature organizations, working at the Times can often
seem like being stuck in a series of Dilbert cartoons. To quote
Pogo, "we have met the enemy and he is us."
We actually have 3 distinct cultures: the Newsroom; the business side;
and, the production side.
The Newsroom culture is abound with highly intelligent, intense, and
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Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) – Workplace
Survey Job Title: Production Technologist Survey Excerpt: Corporate culture : Petronas Carigali Petroleum Engineering Division in
Kuala Lumpur set-up and working enviroment is similar to Shell.Most of
the principle and custodion engineers are too former Shell staff. 60%
of the petroleum engineering fraternity staffs are local engineers with
less than 5 years experience and many are holding acting seni
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Shaw Group, The – Workplace
Survey Job Title: Scientist 3 Survey Excerpt: I started as an intern with EMCON who was bought by IT Corp who went
bankrupt and was bought by Shaw Group. EMCON liked me enough as an
intern to put me on leave for three months while I finished my degree
and then came back as a full-time environmental technician. I
eventually was forced to go salary with Shaw and they made me a
Scientist 2 in
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Accenture – Workplace
Survey Job Title: Consultant Survey Excerpt: Company culture is competitive rather than collaborative. Individual
experiences largely depend on the team and projects to which they are
assigned. Few people every come to the home office, so most
interaction with co-workers is on client sites, in airports, and in
hotels. Although there are quarterly networking events, participation
is weak
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Microsoft Corporation – Interview
Survey Postion Interviewed for: Program Manager Survey Excerpt: The process was started by an e-mail from the MSFT HR recruiter and his
assistant. They expressed an interest about my resume and wanted to
tell me more about a position that they are working on.
An initial HR phone screen was scheduled for the following week. Once
that was through, I was told on the spot that I "passed" and would be
referr
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Merrill Lynch – Business
Outlook Survey Position at Firm: Analyst Survey Excerpt: During my time, the economy was doing fine, and the credit crisis still
seemed far away as the markets were soaring. Obviously that's not the
case today. However, my department (Debt Markets) had not been all that
profitable because of excess government regulation in that area. As a
result, financial innovation involving more sophisticated appr
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