List of gem ๐Ÿ’Ž companies

Oct 2, 2021 1,262 Comments

Not super well known (the likes of FANG)
Great WLB (<= 40h, no or low on call).
Good culture, no stack ranking, nice people, family friendly.
Ok salary, enough to live but not for the TC chasers.

Iโ€™ve heard good things about Expedia, Salesforce, ServiceNow, etc. Can you share your gem company? I think this will be helpful for people like me. Thank you.

Thank for sharing! Iโ€™ll keep track of your answers and put the list here in case anyone is interested.

Note:
- Itโ€™s true that teams and managers are more important than companies BUT the chance of getting bad teams/managers at the gem ๐Ÿ’Ž companies is lower than at companies like the "world best employer". That's the purpose of the list.
- Itโ€™s very difficult to judge a manager during a 45 min interview. Asking managers and (designated) members questions is good but not enough. They usually donโ€™t tell candidates the true stories.
- Ok salary means a bit lower to a bit more than the average in the same city.
- If a companyโ€™s name is on the list, that means someone from that company recommended. If you strongly disagree (e.g. IBM), let others know by using the company email. Otherwise, who knows if thatโ€™s true ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ. Please share for the collective benefits.

๐ŸŒŸ List (updated 12 Jan 2022): ๐ŸŒŸ

3M
Accolade
Adobe โš–๏ธ
Adyen
Agoda
Akamai Technology
Allstate
Anaplan โš–๏ธ
Ancestry
Ansys
Atlassian โš–๏ธ
Autodesk
Avant
BestBuy ๐Ÿ“ˆ
BFA industries
Bloomberg
Bolt
Booking
Booz Allen Hamilton ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Braze
Cadence ๐Ÿ“‰
Calendly
Capital Group (not Capital One)
Carta
Chegg
Cisco ๐Ÿ—“
Comcast
Course Hero
Credit Karma
Cummins
Dassault Systemes
DigitalOcean
Discover Financial Services
Doma
DoubleVerify
Doximity
Dropbox ๐Ÿ“ˆ
EBay
Equal Experts
Fidelity Investment
Fortinet
GitHub
General Motors
Glassdoor
GoDaddy
GrubHub
Guidewire
Handshake
HashiCorp
Haven Technologies
Home Depot
Houzz
HubSpot
Indeed
Infoblox
Intel
Intuitโš–๏ธ
LaunchDarkly
Lightspeed Commerce
LinkedIn
Marqeta
Mars
Mastercard
MathWorks ๐Ÿ“ˆ
Mercari โš–๏ธ
Mercedes Benz Research
Microsoft ๐Ÿ“ˆโœ‚๏ธAzure
MongoDB
Nike
Nordstrom
Nuance
NVDIA
Office Depot
Okta
Oracle ๐Ÿ“‰ โœ‚๏ธOCI
Oscar Health
PayPalโš–๏ธ
PepsiCo
Pinterest
Pixar
Pluralsight ๐Ÿ“‰
Qualcomm
Reddit
Red Hat ๐Ÿ“ˆ
Samsung
Salesforce ๐Ÿ“‰
SAP Labs โš–๏ธ
SAS
ServiceNow ๐Ÿ“‰
Shopify
Shutterfly
Siemens ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ“ˆ
Slack
Sony
SpotHero
Spotify ๐Ÿ“ˆ
Square
Squarespace
Strava
Stryker
Synopsys ๐Ÿ—“
The New York Times
Thumbtack โš–๏ธ
TripAdvisor ๐Ÿ“‰
TwistBioscience
Twitter
T-Mobile
Unity
Varo Money
ViacomCBS โš–๏ธ๐Ÿ“‰
VideoAmp
Visa
VMWare ๐Ÿ—“
Vox Media
Western Digital
Workday
Workiva
Yahoo
Yelp
YieldMo
Zapier
Zendesk
Zillow
Zynga โš–๏ธ

๐Ÿ—“: No PIP but annual lay off
๐Ÿ“‰: getting worse, do team research
๐Ÿ“ˆ: recommended by many
โš–๏ธ: debatable
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ: better in Europe
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ: US gov contractor, usually requires citizenship
โœ‚๏ธ: exclude specific org/division

๐Ÿ—‘ Companies have been removed from the list:
ADP (wlb, salary)
Expedia (stack ranking)
IBM
Stitch Fix (wlb)

#tech #wlb #nostackrank #goodculture #decentsalary

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