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100 Best Places to Work in IT 2008
Employer Profile
Why You Want to Work There
Everyone gets to recognize top performers at this trading firm. Through the Above & Beyond program, IT workers earn points for exceeding expectations. The points can then be traded in for prizes that range from gift cards to all-expenses-paid vacations. Workers at any level can give a colleague an e-card that carries with it 1,000 points, to recognize a job well done. Quarterly bonuses are based on a combination of the company's and workers' performances. There's no guarantee of a bonus -- yet Scottrade has never missed a bonus in its 28 years in business. After the company's $25 million data center was completed in 2006, bonuses to the IT team totaled more than $600,000, of which $171,000 was paid out as discretionary bonuses.
| Rank by company size | Small, No. 3 |
| Employee Statistics | |
| Total employees | 2,000 |
| Total IT employees | 192 |
| IT employee turnover in 2007 | 11% |
| IT employee promotions in 2007 | 20% |
| Training | |
| Training days offered per IT employee in 2007 | 10 |
| Training budget per IT employee in 2007 | $2,750 |
| Women in IT | |
| Total percentage of women within IT | 24% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are women | 43% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are women | 24% |
| Minorities in IT | |
| Total percentage of minorities within IT | 22% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are minorities | 7% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are minorities | 25% |
