As the highest ranking officer of a company, a CEO has the distinct responsibility to steer and grow his or her company in the right direction and rise to the challenges it faces while simultaneously ensuring employees have a safe and rewarding atmosphere in which to thrive. Not only were we curious to see how … Read full-story
Forget the grueling commute, the long hours, and the coworker who doesn’t know when to stop talking. For most people, a lack of clear objectives is their biggest source of stress at work. Indeed, 42% of workers in technology ranked “unclear goals” as their main stressor, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query … Read full-story
Three in four people say they hang out with their co-workers “once a month,” “once a quarter,” or “never,” according to data by Comparably. Of the more than 10,000 technology workers polled by Comparably, just 17% say they socialize with their co-workers outside of work “once a week” and 9% say they do so “multiple … Read full-story
When done right, meetings can be incredibly productive. But for nearly two-thirds of people, they’re “meh” at best. In a recent query of more than 5,000 workers across the tech industry, 38% of people described their meetings as “average,” and 25% described their meetings as either “poor” or “horrible.” Altogether, that means 63% of people are unimpressed … Read full-story
Inhaling a sandwich at your desk might be *your* norm, but it’s not *the* norm. In fact, 53% percent of workers in tech say they generally take an hour or more for lunch, according to the latest results of an ongoing query by Comparably. Workers in industries outside of tech: Workers in tech: Just 1 in … Read full-story
Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft — they’re five of the biggest publicly traded tech companies and fierce competitors in the fight for talent. Since the tech industry has been hit with a barrage of news stories on gender and diversity pay gap as well as culture issues, we were curious to see how employees … Read full-story
Where are the greatest opportunities for women in tech right now? In an effort to provide a positive alternative to the gender pay gap in tech, Comparably dug into its data to reveal which companies, CEOs, and cities provide the best cultural fits and compensation opportunities for women. Since tech is one of the toughest glass … Read full-story
Most people aren’t toggling between their work and Facebook as much as you’d think — or so they say. Eighty-three percent of workers in tech say they spend up to an hour using social media during the workday, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. In fact, 34% of people say they … Read full-story
Thirty-three percent of workers aged 56 to 60 admitted to having dated a coworker while they worked at the same company, according to data from Comparably. The data is from a June 2 reading of an ongoing query of more than 5,000 workers in the technology industry. Your chances increase with time Thirty-three percent was the … Read full-story
Forget the grueling commute, the long hours, and the coworker who doesn’t know when to stop talking. For most people, a lack of clear objectives is their biggest source of stress at work. Indeed, 42% of workers in technology ranked “unclear goals” as their main stressor, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query … Read full-story
Company culture doesn’t just happen. It starts at the top. That’s why bad bosses are such a bummer. In failing to set clear goals, playing favorites, or being passive-aggressive, they’re dismantling the very thing they should be building. And no one benefits from an environment like that, though plenty of people deal with it every … Read full-story
Twenty-seven percent of women employed at technology companies say they have been sexually harassed at work, according to data compiled by Comparably. That’s only slightly higher than at non-tech companies, where 24% of women say they have been sexually harassed. The results, culled from more than 10,000 workers who responded to an ongoing query on Comparably, … Read full-story
This article was originally published by Inc. Company culture is people. The culture of any company is defined by the values and intentions of its employees. Nothing is more important than hiring great people. But what can we do once the team is in place to make the culture as great as possible? And what practices … Read full-story
If you were to quit your job tomorrow, what would be the reason? For nearly 40% of people, feeling underpaid or unappreciated would be it, according to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. The query garnered nearly 33,000 responses from employees across the tech world. The value of feeling appreciated Feeling underpaid or unappreciated … Read full-story
What makes for great company cultures? On our Company Pages on Comparably we break down company culture into 5 key areas: Leadership, Compensation, Team, Environment, Sentiment. We’ve had thousands of employees at top Tech companies rate their work experience anonymously on Comparably. We focus on structured data that can be used to help drive valuable insights … Read full-story
More than 12,500 employees in Tech were asked if they were excited to go to work. The data was segmented by Gender, Ethnicity, Department, Education Level, City, and Job Title. Men were more excited to go to work than females by 7%. Hispanics or Latinos were the most excited about going to work, while African … Read full-story
More than 1000 employees working in tech were surveyed to see if they have been promoted in the past five years. The data was segmented by Gender, Ethnicity, Department, Age, Education, and Location. Asian or Pacific Islanders were the most promoted Ethnicity, while African Americans were the least. Among a list of departments, 76 percent … Read full-story
We surveyed thousands of employees and asked them “What does your direct manager need to improve?”. By far, the most common answer was Communications. We’ve broken down the full set of results below:
We surveyed more than 6,000 Tech employees in major U.S cities to see if they were satisfied with their work-life balance. We broke the data by Gender, Ethnicity, Age, Job Title, Location, and Department. We found that 81% of Senior Designers were satisfied with their work/life balance while only 46% of Sales Managers felt the same. … Read full-story
How many people working in Tech negotiated their salary? We surveyed 5,000 employees to find out. Our latest infographic breaks down those that negotiated their salary by gender, job function, ethnicity, age, city, and work experience. We found that employees between the ages of 18 and 25 were least likely to negotiate their salary compared … Read full-story
We did a survey of over 10,000 employees in the Tech Industry, to better understand what’s going on with the Gender Pay Gap in Tech. We broke the results down by Age, Ethnicity, Education, Location, and Department. The results in the Info-graphic below were fascinating. You can see more transparent compensation and culture on Comparably. … Read full-story
Today we launched a major new product to let employees publicly rate their companies: Company Employee Reviews. See how your co-workers rate your company. Be a part of our community of thousands of employees making work more transparent; add your anonymous rating today. Key Highlights * Comprehensive company reviews can be completed in a minute by … Read full-story
Over 3500 employees in Tech were polled and asked, “How Long Do You Take for Lunch Breaks”. The info-graphic breaks down the answers by Gender, Work Departments and Cities. The data was complied and visualized by Comparably, the online platform for transparency in workplace compensation and culture. Comparably lets employees see what people like them … Read full-story
Along with our compensation survey, we polled our users asking them “Do You Have a Mentor at Work” and “Do you have a close friend at work”. A great deal of research shows that people that have a best friend at work, tend to stay in those companies longer. And I’ve written extensively about the … Read full-story
The Company raises $6.5M to make workplaces better & more transparent, #talkpay Santa Monica, CA March 3rd, 2016 – Comparably (www.comparably.com) launches today. The platform will provide the most specific & comprehensive compensation & culture data to understand employees’ true value & needs, to make work better. Focused on the tech industry to start (soon … Read full-story
