Five notable automotive industry companies are matched up today: Ford, General Motors, Honda, Toyota and Tesla. Four old school carmakers and one disruptor. But we’re not interested in the fossil fuels vs. electric debate here – that battle will continue in our streets for a while to come as the entrenched established companies try to … Read full-story
The entertainment industry is the hoped-for glamour profession for dreamers everywhere, who flock to Los Angeles and elsewhere to get their shot at stardom or a career in movies and TV. But a closer look reveals that these companies are far from dream factories, and most work just like any other big U.S. business does: making decisions that affect their … Read full-story
It seems even school children know that now is a time of great transition for the Retail Industry. Amazon’s profound disruption of the way we shop has threatened the dominance of the big box and brick-and-mortar stores that used to hold sway over the public imagination and the public wallet. But companies like Walmart (and … Read full-story
The companies in the financial services industry cover a broad swath of businesses involved in money management, including banks, credit unions, insurance firms, stock brokerages, investment funds, and credit card companies. Financial services are often ranked among the richest industries in the U.S. Comparably sought to take five of the biggest financial services companies – … Read full-story
The very word “etiquette” seems outdated, calling to mind advice columns from 75-year-old newspapers and archaic rules about what color socks you’re allowed to wear after midnight. But some of these rules are simply common sense, and they bear repeating. So here are 12 workplace etiquette rules that still hold water. 1.) Be There on Time–It’s … Read full-story
Ever wonder what might be like to work for one of the big aerospace companies? Comparably looked at culture data for five of the biggest aerospace firms – Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon – for the following comparison. We looked at Comparably’s employee-submitted data for overall culture and six other categories to determine … Read full-story
What is it like to work for one of the big U.S. healthcare companies? How well-compensated are workers in the healthcare industry? Five of the biggest and richest U.S. Healthcare companies – Aetna, Anthem, HCA Healthcare, Medtronic and UnitedHealth – go head-to-head in the realm of company culture for today’s Culture Showdown. We looked at Comparably’s employee-submitted … Read full-story
You might not think, initially, that Dunkin’ Donuts (or just Dunkin’, as the company prefers these days) and Starbucks would be fighting for the same customers. Boston’s Dunkin’ Donuts was founded in 1950. The first Starbucks opened in 1971 at the Pike Place Market in Seattle. That famously ubiquituous coffee chain is known as the … Read full-story
Facebook. Amazon. Apple. Netflix. Google. Or as they’ve come to be known in the industry: FAANG. This acronym was coined for the five most popular, best-performing tech stocks currently listed on NASDAQ. At one point in 2018, the combined value of the five FAANG companies was $3.105 trillion – a number which has fallen since … Read full-story
Most people dislike small talk. There can sometimes be an inhrently false chuminess involved that can make anyone feel like a phony. Those of us who are somewhat introverted especially dread the feeling of emptiness that can accompany a short conversation with someone you don’t really know. For others, it’s an enjoyable experience. But most … Read full-story
Originally, psychologists Suzanne Imes and Rose Clance coined the term “imposter syndrome” to describe women with successful careers who chalked up their success to luck and concurrently discounted all their abiliites and achievements. But it wasn’t long before it was accepted that men suffered imposter syndrome just as often. The main fear those with this … Read full-story
What reasonable requests do employees have of their employers? Beyond a simple paycheck, most of us in the current culture look at our jobs as something that will enrich us in other ways, especially in terms of professional development. We want to end up with more skills than we started with. In fact, of all … Read full-story
Companies conduct phone interviews for a number of reasons, generally: They’re a cheaper and more practical way to interview out-of-town candidates or remote workers, and they serve as an initial screening to weed out potential interviewees who aren’t a good enough potential fit to bring in for an in-person interview. That doesn’t mean you can … Read full-story
When you’ve got a full plate of work in front of you, it can feel like the beginning of a marathon. So the last thing you might want to think about when faced with a lot of work is stopping to learn some better ways to schedule it all and get things done. But take … Read full-story
Don’t let Monday through Friday come at you every week like a street gang looking to rough you up. It’s a easy reshuffle to make sense of your week at work, to master it time-wise and make that familiar 40+ hour structure work for you. Diving blindly in only creates stress, and not knowing just … Read full-story
Hopefully you don’t know the feeling, but chances are you do: 76% of Americans suffer from what has been called “the Sunday scaries.” It starts for most of us as we leave our live-in-the-moment childhoods behind and begin to plan for the future, to study for our SATs, get into a good university, find a good … Read full-story
Despite the strong sense that networking with people in your industry is the best way to land a new job, most people seem to be have gotten their first interview for their current job via online applications. This should ease the worries of those lacking networking skills, and also alert veteran job seekers that a … Read full-story
Most careers, like most lives, do not proceed in a linear fashion. We imagine a progression of school to job to promotion to finally being the big boss of them all, but very few of our stories eventually read that way. Instead, it’s all fits and false starts, back to square one, life lessons, and … Read full-story
One of the biggest contributors to job satisfaction is the relationship we have with our coworkers. It makes sense: in today’s 24/7 hyperconnected world, we spend many of our waking hours interacting with our colleagues, even on nights and weekends. In an effort to learn more about these important coworker bonds, Comparably asked thousands of its … Read full-story
Every new employee is a stranger in a strange land for their first few weeks on a new job. They’re likely commuting to a new part of the city, they’re working in a new building, they’ve got a whole lot of new lunch places to try out – and they’re surrounded by a group of … Read full-story
We all know work-related stress is a near constant in modern life. Success at work drives our lives and shapes our fate, so a certain amount of white-knuckling is to be expected. But we also know the effect of a million little stressors all ganging up on us and turning an average workday into an … Read full-story
We as human beings have always prized our intellect over all else, mostly because we’re the species that got the gold ribbon for accumulation of smarts. As a result of this, however, old-fashioned emotion began to be treated in human society as a sort of outdated user system that intelligence long ago replaced and rendered … Read full-story
Predictors say to expect remote workers to make up 40% of the workplace by 2020, and it’s no mystery why. For employers, remote jobs mean less costs per employee. For workers, whole fantasies bloom of working in pajamas, blasting music, and sitting cross-legged with a bowl of cereal in your lap at 2 in the … Read full-story
As an employer, it’s important that you not only keep your team productive, but that you keep them challenged. After all, one of the reasons people leave their jobs is because they’ve stopped learning. And if they’ve stopped learning at your company they’re going to try and learn somewhere else. Right now, 71% of people feel challenged … Read full-story
Why Employee Retention Is So Important Employee retention is increasingly important in a world more focused on company culture than ever. Gone are the days when a company could burn blithely through a crop of employees, confident that there was always someone hungrier out there waiting to replace anyone that was cut loose. The hunger … Read full-story
San Francisco and New York are known for being some of the most expensive cities in the country, so it’s no wonder that people living there expect some of the highest raises each year. While 21% of people across the country say they expect at least a 10% raise each year, the rate was 29% in … Read full-story
It’s not that much of a stretch to compare a workplace to a biological organism. Feed a human being nothing but junk food and their health declines. Pour coffee on a plant every morning and see how it looks by 5 o’clock. And so it goes with groups of people: you want the best product, … Read full-story
Writing a resume requires discipline. After all, one page isn’t very much when it comes to recapping your career, especially when you’re no longer an entry-level employee with one job under your belt. If you’re looking for a new job, it’s important to remember that a resume should act more like a highlight reel than a deep … Read full-story
Starting a new job often comes with some anxiety. While much of that anxiety often stems from worrying about whether you’ll be able to do succeed in the job, it’s common to also worry that you won’t make any new friends at work. After all, it’s important to feel connected to your coworkers: research shows … Read full-story
For most people, filling out an online application or getting a referral are the best ways of getting an interview. According to the latest reading of an ongoing query by Comparably, 34% of people say they got their first interview for their current job by applying online and 26% say they got it through a referral. The next most … Read full-story
