100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009: Employer Scorecard

How do the Best Places stack up in key categories?

June 15, 2009 12:01 AM ET

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WHICH OFFERS THE BEST

Benefits?

University of Pennsylvania
General Mills Inc.
Genentech Inc.
Raytheon Co.
University of Miami

Top 5 Benefits

HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF COMPANIES THAT OFFER:

Health insurance	100%
Paid vacation	100%
Flexible hours	98%
Employee assistance programs	97%
College tuition reimbursement	96%

WHICH IS THE BEST AT

Retention?

General Mills Inc.
San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
Securian Financial Group Inc.
OhioHealth
Scottrade Inc.

IT STAFFING LEVELS

ANTICIPATED STAFFING CHANGES IN 2009:

Increase	34%
Decrease	11%
Remain the same	54%
To be determined	1%

WHICH OFFERS THE BEST

Training?

Monsanto Co.
Verizon Wireless
The Mitre Corp.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
The George Washington University

A Typical Best Place:

Spends $1,968 per IT employee on training
Offers 6 training days annually for IT staffers

WHICH IS THE BEST AT

Diversity?

University of Miami
University of Pennsylvania
Genentech Inc
Quicken Loans Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.

At a Typical Best Place:

34% of IT staff members are women
32% of IT managers are women
29% of IT staff members are minorities
18% of IT staff managers are minorities

WHICH OFFERS THE BEST

Career Development?

Michelin North America Inc.
Apollo Group Inc.
Raytheon Co.
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
University of Miami

At a Typical Best Place:

62% offer IT staffers a formal mentoring programs
56% survey IT staffers about job satisfaction once a year
15% survey IT staffers about job satisfaction more than once a year

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