The most-loved workplace is one of the few tech giants on this top 100 list

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In brief: With its high pressures, long hours, and, in some cases, lack of security, the tech industry isn't known for being a great place to work—even though the money's good. That could explain why virtually none of the big-name titans rank in the 100 Most Loved Workplaces of 2022 list, with the one exception being the company in the top spot.

Newsweek worked with the Florida-based Best Practise Institute (BPI) to survey 1.4 million employees at 450 companies, from small organizations to mega corporations, to find out which firms generate the most love from their workers. External public ratings from sites such as Glassdoor and additional research were also used to determine rankings.

The results show employee happiness comes from several factors, including offering remote work, opportunities for career advancement, benefits such as 401(k) plans, and a firm's approach teamwork, collaboration, and ethics.

Surprisingly, the company with the largest number of employees in the top 100 is also the top-ranked: Dell. Alienware's parent company has been praised for allowing employees to control their destiny via its Career Hub, where they can build their development plans, leading to most of Dell's management jobs being filled internally. Job satisfaction and bosses who value feedback were also cited as big positives.

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Another reason Dell workers are so happy is the company's openness to remote work. ZDNet notes that 90% of its employees have this option and can work from anywhere worldwide for 29 days each year. Apple and Tesla may want to take note.

Software giant SAP America is second. Like Dell, its position is partly thanks to its development of staff. The company has an in-house incubator for employees to launch new ventures.

The other tech firms to make the top ten are Seattle IT consulting company Avanade (3rd), HR technology firm ZipRecruiter (7th), and San Francisco software firm Zapier (9th).

Plenty of recognizable names are missing from the list: Google, Nvidia, Facebook, Twitter, etc. Even Apple, which prides itself on giving employees the best environment possible, is absent. But then its workers did launch a petition against the company's return-to-the-office mandate. Apart from Dell, one of the only other big tech firms in the top 100 is Cloudflare at 55.

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[bviktor]

29 days each year? That counts as generous now?

 

[dangh]

29 days each year? That counts as generous now?

This is 29 days from another country, not just remotely. My company does similar thing - the problem with that is, if you spend more than certain number of working days in another country your company have to register you with that country tax office. And if you spend more than 3 months you actually have pay additional small tax there in addition to your home country (and full duplicated tax after more than 6 months).
And 30 days is 6 weeks. I can go to Spain for a month and work from a rented villa there, enjoying afternoons at sea.
I presume that 'working remotely' is nearly non limited. My company is asking to just come to office couple of times a month, and I enjoy see people there from time to time - but there is no productivity at all at those days It is a social event, work is done while at home office.

 

[mctommy]

This is 29 days from another country, not just remotely. My company does similar thing - the problem with that is, if you spend more than certain number of working days in another country your company have to register you with that country tax office. And if you spend more than 3 months you actually have pay additional small tax there in addition to your home country (and full duplicated tax after more than 6 months).
And 30 days is 6 weeks. I can go to Spain for a month and work from a rented villa there, enjoying afternoons at sea.
I presume that 'working remotely' is nearly non limited. My company is asking to just come to office couple of times a month, and I enjoy see people there from time to time - but there is no productivity at all at those days It is a social event, work is done while at home office.

This exactly. My company let employees decide whether they want to go in 4-5 days a week (full time with own desk), 2-3 days a week (hybrid with "floating desks), or 1-5 days a month (Remote). You could work from another state for up to 2 weeks because it would otherwise create payroll and tax implication. Again, that 2 week timeframe is just my work and I imagine it has something to do with payroll issue more than tax implication but I could see being an issue with state income tax deduction and variation between two states.

 

[bviktor]

This is 29 days from another country, not just remotely. My company does similar thing - the problem with that is, if you spend more than certain number of working days in another country your company have to register you with that country tax office. And if you spend more than 3 months you actually have pay additional small tax there in addition to your home country (and full duplicated tax after more than 6 months).
And 30 days is 6 weeks. I can go to Spain for a month and work from a rented villa there, enjoying afternoons at sea.
I presume that 'working remotely' is nearly non limited. My company is asking to just come to office couple of times a month, and I enjoy see people there from time to time - but there is no productivity at all at those days It is a social event, work is done while at home office.

What does my company care which country I'm logging into VPN from? It's none of their business.

 

[dangh]

What does my company care which country I'm logging into VPN from? It's none of their business.

Your company do not care. But government of the country you actually residing for 6 months will do their best to tax you as either a resident or businessman. And because of the general company responsibility of your week being while at work - if you get an injury while working regardless of your location - this location have to be traced and reported.
And believe me most of countries doing whatever they can to grab cash from people who want to work from more expensive location. This is Spain for example:

https://www.thelocal.es/20220620/do...nd-pay-taxes-in-spain-if-I-have-a-remote-job/

If you fall under this category then it is a nightmare for your hr office and as well for you as you going to pay double taxes.

 

[mctommy]

What does my company care which country I'm logging into VPN from? It's none of their business.

They sure do... especially the cyber security team if they are mature enough. They are not going to let VPN access from random countries.

Your company do not care. But government of the country you actually residing for 6 months will do their best to tax you as either a resident or businessman. And because of the general company responsibility of your week being while at work - if you get an injury while working regardless of your location - this location have to be traced and reported.
And believe me most of countries doing whatever they can to grab cash from people who want to work from more expensive location. This is Spain for example:

https://www.thelocal.es/20220620/do...nd-pay-taxes-in-spain-if-I-have-a-remote-job/

If you fall under this category then it is a nightmare for your hr office and as well for you as you going to pay double taxes.

This. And especially this if your company does not have a local office in that country and therefore does not understand the labor laws or taxation implications of that country.