From Microsoft to PepsiCo, employees say these companies have the best leadership teams
It's no secret that some workplace leaders outperform others. In 2020, the higher-ups at Microsoft, Zoom and Google seem to do it best.
That's according to the latest survey findings from the culture and compensation platform Comparably. The workforce website asked employees to rate company leadership over a 12-month period through June and published its annual "Best Leadership Teams" list on Wednesday.
The top bosses had a few traits in common. They practiced transparency, empathy and open-mindedness, Comparably found. Employees also gave the best workplace leaders high marks for being "visionary" and "mission-driven."
With the coronavirus crisis upending businesses, pushing more people to work remotely as others face layoffs, employees value leaders with a plan, said Jason Nazar, CEO of Comparably.
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"So many folks are still uncertain about what's going on with the pandemic, what's going on with the world and what's going on with social change. What people don't want is more uncertainty in their professional life," Nazar said.
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While bosses at Microsoft, Zoom and Google were rated the best overall, minority employees chose a different set of top leadership teams. People of color ranked Zoom as No. 1, while the IT company Insight Global was second and Vector Marketing took the third-place spot.
People of color often have different experiences in the workplace, and tend to value diverse managerial teams, Nazar said.
The overall rankings were divided into top teams from large companies with more than 500 employees and smaller companies with fewer than 500 staffers. Comparably published the full lists featuring 100 companies on its website.
Top 25 large firms with the best leadership, according to employees:
Ranked highest to lowest
1. Microsoft — Redmond, Washington
2. Zoom Video Communications — San Jose, California
3. Google — Mountain View, California
4. T-Mobile — Bellevue, Washington
5. Adobe — San Jose, California
6. ADP — Roseland, New Jersey
7. HubSpot — Cambridge, Massachusetts
8. Johnson & Johnson — New Brunswick, Connecticut
9. Wells Fargo — San Francisco, California
10. UiPath — New York, New York
11. Amazon — Seattle, Washington
12. RingCentral — Belmont, California
13. Concentrix — Fremont, California
14. LinkedIn — Sunnyvale, California
15. Insight Global — Atlanta, Georgia
16. LexisNexis — New York, New York
17. Qualtrics — Provo, Utah
18. USAA — San Antonio, Texas
19. Netflix — Los Gatos, California
20. Apple — Cupertino, California
21. Indeed.com — Austin, Texas
22. Workfront — Lehi, Utah
23. Ernst & Young (EY) — New York, New York
24. Sage — Atlanta, Georgia
25. PepsiCo — Purchase, New York
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Top 25 smaller firms with the best leadership, according to employees:
Ranked highest to lowest
1. Snyk — Boston, Massachusetts
2. Scoop Technologies — San Francisco, California
3. Weave — Lehi, Utah
4. People.ai — San Francisco, California
5. Drift — Boston, Massachusetts
6. TaxJar — Woburn, Massachusetts
7. RingDNA — Sherman Oaks, California
8. Taulia — San Francisco, California
9. EQRx — Cambridge, Massachusetts
10. Contentstack — San Francisco, California
11. Zevia — Los Angeles, California
12. Pendo — Raleigh, North Carolina
13. Awake Security — Santa Clara, California
14. Assurance — Bellevue, Washington
15. AXIOS — Arlington, Virginia
16. Centrical — New York, New York
17. Culture Amp — San Francisco, California
18. AdTheorent — New York, New York
19. Fuel Cycle — Los Angeles, California
20. RFPIO — Beaverton, Oregon
21. GoSite — San Diego, California
22. SalesLoft — Atlanta, Georgia
23. Phaidon International — New York, New York
24. Wondery — West Hollywood, California
25. Karyopharm Therapeutics — Newton, Massachusetts
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