GEE I WONDER WHY

[rone]

Fortune has released their 2006 list of their 100 Best Companies to Work For.  Notably absent?  Lucky #13 last year: Adobe.

FOOL ME ONCE?  SHAME ON YOU, MOTHERFUCKERS.

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[some_other_dave]

Also notably absent: Former "best 100" staple company HP.

Something which someone who has worked for them for a few years took great delight in pointing out to me. "Thanks a lot, Carly!"

[asienieizi.livejournal.com]

That is amazing. I worked for them for 22 years BC (Before Carly) and never thought I'd see TI on there and no HP. I'm kind of shocked, actually.

[flummox.livejournal.com]

And Intel is still on the list? At least they slipped to 97. :-/

[cda.livejournal.com]

what happened at Adobe?

Funny to see Perkins on there, I used to get candidates from Perkins all the time, they came whining out of there like they'd been hit with a stick. The firm did pay a lot though.

I don't put much stock in those sorts of lists, my own company made the bay area "best of" list this year. HAW HAW HAW!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

One of the things that management kept telling us Macromedia peons after the acquisition was announced in mid-April was how cool it would be to work at Adobe because they were #13 on the top 100 places to work. And somehow they fall off the list after a year... how curious.

[wisn.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't read a whole lot into this.

I read an article a few years ago in some corporate executive magazine about how to get your company into their Top 100 [places to work | small companies | eco-friendly | parent-friendly | equal-opportunity | etc] stories. It was surprisingly candid about how magazines see these as revenue-building projects, not just in terms of increased issue sales, but in advertising revenue (for obvious reasons) and vig through referrals to the employment-incentive consultants companies have to hire to massage their staff morale/books the right way for the duration of the audit. And, of course, you can't get your company into the list at all if you don't lobby the magazine for inclusion in the first place.

In other words, it's as much of a setup as you could expect it to be. It might even be a positive signal for Adobe's work environment if would rather direct resources elsewhere than jump through those hoops just for the PR squishies.

[cheesetruck.livejournal.com]

I read that, read the comments, read the list, and when clicking past to the next page, re-read the title and just cracked UP.