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Yahoo Employees Are Less Sociable Than Google Employees
The Employee Culture Of Yahoo Compared To Other Tech Firms
As the debate rumbles on into Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer’s decision to ban home-workers in an attempt to rebuild the culture of the tech giant, we analyse the ViewsOnYou profiles of Yahoo and Google employees, and take a look at their employee culture:
Head to head comparisons of the two companies employees reveal:
The ViewsOnYou Employee Culture Snapshot is made up entirely of the ViewsOnYou profiles of company employees, aggregated to create an overall picture of the culture within the organisations. Take a look at the company profiles of: Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, Yahoo, AOL, eBay.
ViewsOnYou CEO Ab Banerjee:
While this snapshot doesn’t prove or disprove the benefits of remote employees, it does give an idea of the challenge the company faces in turning their culture around, while the famously laid back culture of Google is reflected in the profiles of its employees.
More detailed analysis of other tech companies have also revealed interesting comparisons. For example, Apple employees come out as the most creative, while Facebook employees are the least honest.
View the full Consumer Tech Snapshot here
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How ViewsOnYou works:
Users build their ViewsOnYou professional 360 profile by getting reviewed by their peers. These reviews form an overall picture of the individual’s character. Company profiles are created by aggregating the ViewsOnYou profiles of employees from that company, to create a snapshot of the company’s employee culture.
Notes for editors:
ViewsOnYou is a London-based, crowd-sourced profiling site used by professionals to showcase to recruiters what they are like beyond their CV, and match themselves with hundreds of leading companies, from Apple to Accenture, Google to Goldman Sachs, helping them find the perfect professional fit.
ViewsOnYou is used by leading Business Schools and Companies to match the right professionals with the right roles. ViewsOnYou Employer Solutions provide tools for organisations to get a more accurate picture of the employee culture of their organisation, and match candidates, internal and external, against benchmarked high performers.
Contact:
Greg Harrison, greg@viewsonyou.com
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At ViewsOnYou we passionately believe that it’s people who make a company great.
Our people are currently shaping the future of ViewsOnYou, and thanks to our talented team we’ve built a world-class product, helping professionals highlight their true character and find their fit within companies and teams.
We have a creative and inclusive culture. Whether your skills lie in development, marketing, product or sales, every employee helps makes our culture and company great. Check out our employee culture profile, just to be sure you’d be a perfect fit.
We’re expanding our team, and are looking for talented individuals who want to make their mark in the next exciting stage of our company.
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About Us
ViewsOnYou is a fast-growing crowd-sourced profiling platform used by professionals to showcase their character, and match themselves with hundreds of leading companies, from Apple to Accenture, Google to Goldman Sachs, helping them find the perfect professional fit.
ViewsOnYou is used by leading Business Schools and Companies to match the right professionals with the right roles.
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Tony Hsieh: ‘I Fire Those Who Don’t Fit Our Company Culture’
Here’s Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh explaining how the company hires people who fit the company’s culture… and fires those who don’t inspire it.
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Facebook employees are Most Sociable; Apple employees are most Professional.
ViewsOnYou Releases Employee Culture Snapshot of Consumer Tech Firms
11 February 2013, London, UK.
ViewsOnYou - a fast-growing, crowd-sourced profiling site used by professionals to highlight their character and match themselves with the culture of top companies - has released a breakdown of the employee culture at leading Consumer Technology firms, including Facebook, Microsoft, Apple, Google and Yahoo.
The Employee Culture Snapshot is made up entirely of the ViewsOnYou profiles of company employees, aggregated to create an overall picture of the employee culture within the organisations.
Apple employees come out on top as the Most Creative, Yahoo employees the Least Ambitious, and Facebook employees are the Least Honest, based on reviews from their peers.
Head to head comparisons of the companies also reveal:
- Google employees are more principled than Facebook employees
- Apple employees are hungrier for information than Yahoo employees
- Google employees are more ambitious than Microsoft employees
- Facebook employees are more sociable then Yahoo employees
ViewsOnYou CEO Ab Banerjee
This report gives a real indication of the culture of top companies, and how they compare to each other. Google and Facebook regularly come top of the best companies to work for, based on reviews by employees. Where this report differs is that the employee culture of each company is determined by reviews of their employees, from their peers.
While both companies compete to create the best work culture, this report reveals Google employees are ultimately more Fun / Entertaining than their rivals at Facebook.
It also appears Facebook’s mission to connect the world extends into it’s own culture, the report revealing its employees are the most sociable of their competitors.
View profiles of companies featured: Apple, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, LinkedIn, Yahoo, AOL, eBay or take a look at the full Consumer Tech Snapshot
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How ViewsOnYou works:
Users build their ViewsOnYou professional 360 profile by getting reviewed by their peers. These reviews form an overall picture of the individual’s character. Company profiles are created by aggregating the ViewsOnYou profiles of employees from that company, to create a snapshot of the company’s employee culture.
Notes for editors:
ViewsOnYou is a fast-growing crowd-sourced profiling site used by professionals to showcase to recruiters what they are like beyond their CV, and match themselves with hundreds of leading companies, from Apple to Accenture, Google to Goldman Sachs, helping them find the perfect professional fit.
ViewsOnYou is used by leading Business Schools and Companies to match the right professionals with the right roles. ViewsOnYou Employer Solutions provide tools for organisations to get a more accurate picture of the employee culture of their organisation, and match candidates, internal and external, against benchmarked high performers.
Contact:
Greg Harrison, greg@viewsonyou.com
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ViewsOnYou Consumer Tech Snapshot
Discover which tech companies have the people to succeed.
ViewsOnYou has released it’s Employee Culture Snapshot of Consumer Tech firms, including Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. The report is made up entirely of the ViewsOnYou profiles of company employees, which are aggregated to create an overall picture of the employee culture within the organisations.
Key Traits Ranking:
- Most Ambitious: eBay
- Most Experimental: Apple
- Most Aggressive: eBay
- Highest Risk Appetite: eBay
- Most Forceful / Dominant: eBay
- Most Daring / Edgy: LinkedIn
- Most Analytical: Apple
- Most Visionary: eBay
Head-to head comparisons
Google employees are more aggressive the Apple employees
Facebook employees are more sociable then Yahoo employees
Google employees are more principled than Facebook employees
Apple employees are hungrier for information than Yahoo employees
Yahoo employees are more creative than AOL employees
Microsoft employees are more risk averse than Google employees
Google employees are more ambitious than Microsoft employees
Most Popular Consumer Tech Companies on ViewsOnYou (by profile views)
View the full Consumer Tech Snapshot
For more information, and a full breakdown of all the company profiles, visit ViewsOnYou, or follow ViewsOnYou on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Stand out from your peers and find your career fit
ViewsOnYou - http://www.viewsonyou.com - a fast growing social-talent platform for jobseekers and professionals is used by students and graduates to help them stand out from their peers in a competitive employment environment, and find their perfect career fit.
Highlight your true character
There is a general consensus that once a candidate has the minimum skill set required for a job, the key to whether they will be successful is largely determined by their soft skills; how they think, work and interact, and how they fit within the culture of the organisation they join.
A ViewsOnYou profile showcases an individual’s character traits, allowing them to demonstrate to employers what they are really like, beyond academic qualifications and experience by highlighting the traits that employers are looking for.
For example, are you Aggressive or Peaceful, Extremely Ambitious, or Happy where you are?
Discover your fit with hundreds of global companies
ViewsOnYou also provides culture profiles of hundreds of leading companies, from Red-Bull to Coca-Cola, Google to Microsoft.
Users can match their own ViewsOnYou profile with that of a company to get a clear idea of the companies and industries they fit best with – from Automotive to Media, Technology to Travel, helping them make sound career choices.
Jobseekers are using ViewsOnYou to discover how they fit the companies’ employee culture; what character traits they share with the company’s employees and what unique traits they can bring to the organisation.
With an increasing number of recruiters checking online profiles before making a hiring decision, a ViewsOnYou profile is one way for jobseekers to ensure they project a positive image, and show employers exactly how they stand out from the competition.
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ViewsOnYou Releases Culture Survey of Professional Services Firms
Boston Consulting Group is revealed as the most Ambitious; Bain is the most Aggressive
17 January 2013, London. ViewsOnYou - an online platform for professionals to match themselves with the culture of hundreds of leading companies - has released a breakdown of the employee culture at top Professional Services firms, including the big four of KPMG, PwC, Deloitte and Ernst & Young.
ViewsOnYou has analysed the character profiles of the firms employees - each profile made up by reviews of that persons character from their peers - aggregating them to create a snapshot of the overall employee culture of each organisation.
The Professional Services culture survey was made up of employees from the following companies:
AT Kearney; Bain; Ernst & Young; PwC; McKinsey; KPMG; Boston Consulting Group; Deloitte
Discover which of these firms has the creativity to match its ambition, which combines analytical skills with strategic vision, and which has the employees to be the pre-eminent thought leader in the industry:
Most Ambitious: Boston Consulting Group
Most Experimental: AT Kearney
Most Aggressive: Bain
Highest Risk Appetite: Bain
Most Daring: AT Kearney
Most Forceful / Dominant: Bain
Most Analytical: Boston Consulting Group
Most Detail Oriented: Deloitte
ViewsOnYou CEO Ab Banerjee: ”This survey gives a real indication of the culture of top companies, and how they compare to each other. There is a general consensus that once an employee has the minimum skill set required for a job, the key to whether they will be successful is largely determined by how they fit within the culture of the organisation they join.
ViewsOnYou helps solve this problem, letting prospective candidates determine if they are a good match for the company they want to work for, and helping employers get an accurate picture of their workplace culture, and find the right-fit talent”.
Over the next few weeks, ViewsOnYou will be releasing a breakdown of the culture across different sectors.
Next Week: Consumer Tech (companies including Facebook, Apple, Google)
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For more information, and a full breakdown of all the company profiles, visit ViewsOnYou, or follow ViewsOnYou on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn.
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Find Your Culture Fit To Be Happy At Work
In a 2012 survey, some 65% of workers said they were dissatisfied at work. That’s a lot of employees not fully engaged with what they are doing, and a lot of employers with uninterested staff.
Jobseekers are often too concerned with finding a job paying a large salary, than one that ultimately makes them happy. Work is a means to earn money, but money shouldn’t be the only thing that influences a decision when it comes to looking for employment; you are unlikely to be happy doing a job that is stressful of boring. If you choose a career that doesn’t suit your personality you become unhappy and no one wants a job they hate.
There is a general consensus that once an employee has the minimum skill set required for a job, the key to whether they will be successful is largely determined by their soft skills; how they think, work, and interact and how they fit within the culture of the organisation they join. It’s hard enough to get along with others when there’s a personality clash, so imagine how hard it is to be happy in career that does the same thing. As when looking for a partner, you want to find a career that complements your character, not conflicts with it.
For example, if you’re adventure-seeking, you might not do well sitting behind a desk all day. On the same token, if you’re reserved you might not do well in a job that requires a lot of social interaction.
By discovering more about yourself and identifying your own character, it is possible to find a company, roles and teams where you are a good fit. Your key character traits - and how they fit within the culture of the organisation or teams you join - are key to your career happiness.
Google for example, is famous for its employee perks, from free haircuts, fitness equipment, laundry facilities and on-site medical staff. But one of the reasons why the company is so successful, with happy, engaged employees, is that they are a good fit for its culture.
This ViewsOnYou profile of Google lists the key traits of its employees as:
Sociable
Short bursts of high energy
Strategic thinker
Highly intuitive
Caring, but self first
So would you fit the culture at Google? This snapshot is indicative of Google as a whole; specific teams or groups may have a completely different culture where you fit equally well, but it does give an idea of what one company is like compared to another. Compare Google to Apple for example.
Finding a job that complements your character is key, but you need to first understand what your own key traits are, and identify what you can bring to an organisation. Research companies on sites such as Glassdoor and ViewsOnYou to discover more about what it is like to work there. Only then will you find a company where your personality and character fit well. Without knowing that, it’s just luck if you fall into a job where you are a really happy.
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Discover more about the culture of hundreds of leading companies, from Apple to Google, Red-ull to Coca-Cola, HSBC to Goldman Sachs, on ViewsOnYou
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ViewsOnYou launches a smarter way to find talent who fits your company culture
ViewsOnYou - a fast-growing online platform used by graduates to showcase to recruiters what they are like beyond their resume - has launched recruiter tools to help companies find the right-fit talent for their organisation.
ViewsOnYou allows jobseekers to create a professional 360 profile highlighting their soft-skills; how they think, work and interact, based on reviews from their peers, such as friends and co-workers.
Users can match their profile with hundreds of company profiles on the site, from Apple to Google, Red Bull to Coca-Cola, Morgan Stanley to Goldman Sachs, to determine which company they fit best with.
For example, based on the ViewsOnYou profiles of company employees, Apple employees are more risk averse than Google employees!
New employer solutions now allow employers and recruiters to filter candidates and accurately match their ViewsOnYou profiles against their own benchmarks or current employees to discover how well they fit the culture of their company or teams.
For example, a recruiter looking for a candidate who is Extremely Ambitious, Passionate about key interests, and Adventure Seeking, can select these character traits to create their ‘ideal candidate’ and match them against applicants who have submitted their ViewsOnYou profile.
Alternatively, candidates can be filtered and matched against internal teams or high-performing individuals to determine how well a new hire will fit.
ViewsOnYou CEO Ab Banerjee: ”There is a general consensus that once an employee has the minimum skill set required for a job, the key to whether they will be successful is largely determined by their soft skills, and how they fit within the culture of the organisation they join. ViewsOnYou helps solve this problem, along with giving candidates a way of discover how well they fit with a company’s culture.
The top 5% of your employees are your high performers. If you’ve ever wondered what makes these high performers different to the rest, what traits they share which makes them stand out, and how to find more of the same (internally or externally), then ViewsOnYou Employer Solutions is for you. Recognising that a high performer in one organisation can often be average in another organisation, ViewsOnYou helps you “define awesome” for your company!
For more about how ViewsOnYou can help you find the right-fit talent, visit ViewsOnYou.com
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The Greatest Job Application on Earth!
ViewsOnYou is excited to launch a US Election Special featuring comparisons of Barack Obama and Mitt Romney side-by-side, highlighting their key traits and characteristics.
Discover how they compare to each other; who is most highly principled or most ambitious? Who is most self assured or most analytical?
Who is the best match for the job of President of the United States?
Review them yourself and see what key traits you share. Are you more competitive than Obama or more creative than Romney?
