Google, Microsoft and Meta no longer top list of best places to work: Survey

Google’s ranking sank from No. 8 to No. 26, and Microsoft’s plummeted from No. 13 to No. 18 on Glassdoor’s list of the top 100 companies to work in 2024

Published on: Jan 11, 2024, 11:12:04 IST

By Sumanti Sen

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Google and Microsoft’s rankings have significantly fallen on Glassdoor’s list of the top 100 companies to work in 2024. Google’s ranking sank from No. 8 to No. 26, and Microsoft’s plummeted from No. 13 to No. 18. Companies like Meta, Zillow, and Zoom did not appear on the list at all, for the second year in a row.

The Google logo is seen on the Google house at CES 2024, an annual consumer electronics trade show, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 10, 2024 (REUTERS/Steve Marcus) (REUTERS)

This list generally comprises the top companies in the UK and US with 1,000 or more workers, and is decided on the basis of feedback from employees. The latest rankings were released on Wednesday, January 10.

Other companies that earlier made it to the list dropped off the rankings, including Gainsight and Box. As many as 41 tech companies made to the list last year. This year, only 31 did.

Notably, tech companies across several companies laid off over 260,000 employees last year alone, as per online tracker layoffs.fyi. More than 2,000 workers in the sector have already been laid off in onl the first nine days of 2024. Employees across the globe are thus bound to be unhappy.

Rankings of companies like Google, Meta, Zoom, and Zillow have dropped because of layoffs, long hours, and bad management, according to Glassdoor reviews. “Even for large companies that have traditionally been stable, we heard employees were increasingly concerned about their employers’ business outlook,” Glassdoor’s lead economist, Daniel Zhao, told Quartz.

However, on the contrary, Apple made it to No. 39 on the list after being absent from it last year. The company had fewer layoffs compared to other firms. Chipmaker NVIDIA ranked at No. 2. Bain & Company featured at the top.

Here are the top 20 companies on Glassdoor's 2024 ranking:

1	Bain & Company
2	NVIDIA
3	ServiceNow
4	MathWorks
5	Procore Technologies
6	In-N-Out Burger
7	VMware
8	Deltek
9	2020 Companies
10	Fidelity Investments
11	Crew Carwash
12	Keller Williams

13	Delta Air Lines
14	Raymond James Financial
15	Adobe
16	Hilti North America
17	Toast Inc
18	Microsoft
19	Protiviti
20	Autodesk

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Sumanti Sen
Sumanti Sen covers everything that’s happening in the US, from politics to entertainment, but her expertise lies in covering crime news. She has comprehensively chronicled the Idaho student murders, the Laken Riley and Iryna Zarutska cases, and the killing of Charlie Kirk, among other incidents. Over the years, she has interviewed several victims/families of victims of crimes seeking justice. She digs up stories that might otherwise remain unheard, and does her bit to ensure that victims and survivors’ voices are heard. Sumanti’s many years of experience also include interviews with Hamas attack survivors and mental health experts, among others. Her coverage of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel and interviews with survivors of the tragedy, coupled with her other works including the Titan submersible coverage, earned her the Digi Journo of the Quarter award during her first year at Hindustan Times. Sumanti actively tracks missing person cases in the United States, and peruses Reddit and other social media platforms to bring to light cases that frequently elude public attention. She has extensively covered the disappearances of Nancy Guthrie, Thomas Medlin, Beau Mann, and Sudiksha Konanki, among others. When not at work, you will either find her with her novels, or with her beloved rescue pooches.Read More

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