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Wow. The selection of companies is dire. I can't say I'd want to work for any of the companies I saw within the first ten rounds.

Weird that the reasons don't include anything about the actual work. The work I envisage doing is a much more important reason than, say, prestige to me.

Should maybe add "brand recognition" or something like that.

Some of these companies, I only know by name. And if I'm stuck between two unknown companies, I'll go with the one that I've seen the most. Not really prestige, but because their branding / exposure / whatever.

you forget one option: non of them. all are soulless and burn people to make money with products not needed

This is just a who’s-who of asshole companies.

So... it's Hot or Not, but with a two-point scale and for companies, rather than people?

AMD only wins 86% over McDonalds.

The last 20 according to the leaderboard now:

110. Tesla

111. Roku

112. Electronic Arts

113. Brex

114. xAI

115. Docusign

116. Rubrik

117. Oracle

118. SoFi

119. Epic Games

120. Expendify

121. Cisco

122. Albertsons

123. Circle

124. Peloton

125. WeWork

126. Concur

127. Expedia

128. Walmart

129. Coupang

130. HBO

"Which company would you prefer to join if you had extensive info about all those companies" would be a more appropriate title.

I clicked hoping it's some sort of quiz about what i prefer to work on and how work is done, that will eventually recommend me a few companies.

You might want to add a simple description of each company. I don't know half of them and in this dopamine shot optimized format, I don't really have the patience to research every one of them in a different tab.

The list is actually missing the only two companies I ever dreamed of joining. Red Hat and Gitlab. Never made it, but I was close with RedHat.

why is Github is top 5

Hard to say when I don't know the details. I prefer Work Life Balance and the people, but how would I know if MongoDB .. or whoever, is a fit?

Clicking on the top companies on the leaderboard, top reason given for most wins is Prestige (over Compensation, Mission, Career Growth, etc.).

I wonder how accurate that self-reporting is.

How many of the people saying Prestige are thinking career growth? What does prestige get you that's more important than career growth? (Consolation prize for parents who wanted you to become a doctor?)

"Tesla or TikTok" ....yeesh

Would need an option "to not join the other" when asking why.

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