dispatches from the new world of work

Happy Days!
(For Me.)

Last week I wondered, in a Post, why one would want to work for any of BusinessWeek's best companies for college grads—or, rather, best VERRRY BIGGGGG companies. Musta been listenin' over at Dow Jones. (Just kidding.) Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal, in a special section on small business, headlined with "Top Small Workplaces 2007."

Hooray!

Included: Alaska Wildland Adventures. Gentle Giant Moving. Cowden Associates. (Accounting, definitely not "Big Four.") Guerra DeBerry Coody. (Advertising-PR.) Healthwise. (Health info provider.) NRG Systems (Wind-measuring equipment—from Hinesburg VT.) Phelps County Bank. Etc.

The WSJ sub-head: "What Makes a Great Workplace? Among other things: having employees who feel empowered and convinced they have a future at the company." (See tomorrow's Post.)

Thanks, WSJ—you made my day!
(And I'm thinking of applying for a job—Hinesburg isn't that far away, and I'm a bit of a windbag.)

Tom Peters posted this on 10/02/07.

Comments

Number of companies on the list that are owned by employees: 2 1/2
Number of companies boasting a mistake-friendly culture: 1
Number of places on the list that have the WSJ article prominent on their websites: 2
Number of places on the list that are right down the road from me: 3

If you're wondering what the point of this comment is, the answer is, there is none. I started seeing similarities among the companies, and then I started tallying them.

Posted by cathy mosca at October 2, 2007 4:25 PM