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July 2008 - Employee Survey Winners

Following are the winning employer survey entries for July, 2008, as chosen by Vault's editorial team. Winning survey entries are chosen by our editors for their detailed information and are judged to be the most helpful to the Vault audience when evaluating career options.

The entry chosen as the Most Detailed Survey each month receives a $500 prize, each of 5 runners-up receives 2 free Vault guides and a free 1-year Vault Gold subscription.

Vault also chooses monthly winners for its College & Grad School Surveys, also with a $250 prize, and 5 runners-up who win 2 free Vault guides and a free 1-year Vault Gold subscription.

Winners are chosen at Vault's sole discretion and the decision of our judges is final. Note that by highlighting these surveys we are not in any way endorsing or making any statement about their accuracy -- just the surveys' level of detail and specificity.

These surveys are not independently verified by Vault's researchers and editors and solely express the opinions of the survey takers themselves, which may or may not be valid. These surveys are also in no way endorsed or approved by the employer described therein. Always read as many surveys as possible on an employer as well as Vault's independently researched and verified Gold Snapshots and books before making a career decision.

We thank all of our survey respondents for their input.

Applied Materials – Workplace Survey
Job Title: Product Support Engineer
Survey Excerpt: Applied is one of the cornerstones of the tech industry and silicon valley. It has deep ties to Intel, and not only because Intel is the largest customer, AMAT's CEO is and old Intel guy, and initial startup funds were from Intel. But over time, AMAT has become a mature company, like Intel, and is focusing on operational excellence rather than ... Read More

Manpower – Workplace Survey
Job Title: Director Global Social Responsibility and Knowledge Sharing
Survey Excerpt: In fact the dates shown are only for my employment in corporate. Prior experience = 31 years as a Manpower franchise owner. This is a great culture for anyone who is authentic and wants to build success by providing service to others (clients, employees, candidates and communities) with straightforward values. The company is now 60 years old b ... Read More

St. Joseph's Hospital – Workplace Survey
Job Title: Administrative Assistant
Survey Excerpt: They are a Catholic hospital with a great mission statement, emphasizing the core values of reverence, integrity, compassion and excellence; with a training day upon employment that explains what each of those mean. Unfortunately, however, at any level at middle management or above, they only pay lip service to their core values, emphasizing o ... Read More

Merck & Co., Inc. – Business Outlook Survey
Position at Firm: Professional Sales Representaive
Survey Excerpt: Merck & Company's business outlook was maintaining their status as the market leader in all product categories. Overall, this company had had a lot of strengths going for it during the time that I worked there. At the time they were flying high and had several blockblusters to come the market, i.e. Vioxx, Singulair, Propecia, Maxalt and re- la ... Read More

IBM Global Services – Salary Survey
Job Title: IT Specialist
Survey Excerpt: IBM built a no-negotiation clause into their contract with the client who, as I mentioned, had outsourced their IT department to IBM. This meant that what ever you were making while an employee of the client is exactly what you would make when IBM starting paying your salary. They did not want to start quibbling over money vs. skill sets until ... Read More

Ford Motor Company – Workplace Survey
Job Title: Regional Quality Manager
Survey Excerpt: Working at Ford was an excellent experience. When times were good opportunities were bountiful. When times turned bad, management styles changed and opportunities were no longer there. Most recently with the downturn in the economy and loss in market share for FMC the company is taking a turn for the worse and thus my decision to leave couple ... Read More

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