Top IT Business Tycoons

Top IT Business Tycoons
By: Anoche, Angel Kaye

Many people prefer working at small companies rather than tech giants--whether it’s because they feel that their work makes more of an impact, or they’re more likely to feel like a name instead of a number. If you share this preference, consider applying to one of these top small-sized tech companies where life is good. Most information has been taken from Glassdoor unless otherwise noted.

The success of every business depends on certain factors. Some of which are accurate analysis, choosing the right technology and the future vision. Research from the last two decade has proved that those organizations that do invest in technology and choose the path of innovation increase their market share, financial figures and overall competitiveness. Information technology is the only technology which provides you the opportunity to analyze specific data and plan your business journey accordingly.

No. 1: Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Stephen Lam/Reuters

Company: Facebook

Headquarters: Menlo Park, CA

Overall employee rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

What it does: Facebook runs the world's biggest social media site and it is expanding into other areas, such as virtual reality. An employee says:

"Pros: Leadership: Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Chris Cox and the rest of the leadership team. Inspiring, smart and totally real. The Culture: The openness is a real thing, we're trusted to do the right thing, mistakes are expected, and being yourself is important and encouraged.

Cons: Like any tech company, the work is big and complicated so work/life balance can suffer from time to time."

No. 2: Google

Google CEO Sundar Pichai Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Company: Google

Headquarters: Mountain View, CA

Overall employee rating: 4.4 stars out of 5

What it does: Google is the world's internet search giant but it also offers cloud software, Android phones and other assorted tech. An employee says:

"Pros: Great company ethic, good perks, smart people.

Cons: Poor work life balance, some departments have red tape."

No. 3: World Wide Technology

WWT CEO Jim KavanaughWikipedia/Mrigden

Company: World Wide Technology

Headquarters: Maryland Heights, MO

Overall employee rating: 4.4 stars out of 5

What it does: World Wide Technology is a technology consultant specializing in supply chain software. An employee says:

"Pros: WWT is extremely caring towards their employees as well as their customers. The benefits are amazing. The company thrives on making their employees happy knowing it will make their customers happy.

Cons: Some of those in higher position could be better trained for their positions."

No. 4: Fast Enterprises

Fast Enterprises CEO Martin RankinFast Enterprises/Glassdoor

Company: Fast Enterprises

Headquarters: Centennial, CO

Overall employee rating: 4.4 stars out of 5

What it does: Fast Enterprises offers software and consulting for government organizations. An employee says:

"Pros: At Fast you are given the ability to quickly make an impact on the area you are assigned. There isn't a leash, although reviews of ones work is part of the process. The people working at Fast are great to work with and enjoyable. Benefits are great.

Cons: You are expected to work hard, so don't think there will be down time."

No. 5: LinkedIn

LinkedIn CEO Jeff WeinerChip Somodevilla/Getty

Company: LinkedIn

Headquarters: Mountain View, CA

Overall employee rating: 4.4 stars out of 5

What it does: LinkedIn operates a social network for business professionals and sells recruiting and sales software. It is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft. 
An employee says:

"Pros: Superb career development, fantastic perks, great events.

Cons: Poor collaboration, poor communication."

No. 6: Adobe

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Company: Adobe

Headquarters: San Jose, CA

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Adobe makes cloud based graphic design, photography and marketing software. An employee says:

"Pros: Excellent teams including management. Challenging work, great tools and perks.

Cons: Complexity of projects, interdependencies, work and tools can sometimes get in the way of productivity."

No. 7: Paylocity

Paylocity CEO Steve BeauchampPaylocity

Company: Paylocity

Headquarters: Arlington Heights, IL

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Paylocity offers cloud-based payroll and HR software. An employee says:

"Pros: Paylocity is a company that is employee-centric, they understand that happy employees translate to happy clients.

Cons: Growing pains, company's growth causes clients to get shuffled."

No. 8: SAP

SAP CEO Bill McDermottSAP

Company: SAP

Headquarters: Walldorf, Germany. US HQ, Newtown Square, Pa

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: SAP makes software for accounting, finance and supply management software for large corporations. An employee says:

"Pros: SAP is very in-touch with the reality of today's workforce. Many employees have a variety of needs - SAP helps connect employees to those needs.

Cons: We're a large organization. With this, it can be challenging to know what each part of the organization does on a daily basis."

No. 9: MathWorks

MathWorks CEO Jack LittleMathWorks

Company: MathWorks

Headquarters: Natick, MA

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: MathWorks makes technical computing software used for data analysis, visualization, and mathematical computations. An employee says:

"Pros: Management is both responsive and open-minded. The atmosphere is relaxed but the work expectation is top-notch.

Cons: Consensus-based decision-making can be frustrating on occasion."

No. 10: Salesforce

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Company: Salesforce

Headquarters: San Francisco

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Salesforce offers cloud software for sales, marketing and customer support. An employee says:

"Pros: Vibrant, fast paced culture, smart, fun, aggressive colleagues, management is focused on latest tech trends and staying or becoming a leader for many of them, by and large, customers and partners are very positive about the technology, good benefits ...

Cons: To say the culture is fast paced and the focus is always changing is an understatement. The reason Salesforce always seems on top, and chasing the latest trend, and in the press, is because employees are expected to run harder, carry more, cheer loudly, and pivot constantly."

No. 11: Intuit

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Company: Intuit

Headquarters: Mountain View, CA

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Intuit offers accounting, tax software and loans. 

An employee says: 

"Pros: great benefits. caring, fun work environment.

Cons: growing very quickly, sometimes too quickly to respond in the depth they need."

No. 12: Docusign

Docusign CEO Keith KrachBusiness Insider

Company: Docusign

Headquarters: San Francisco

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Docusign makes eSignature software. An employee says:

"Pros: Product, Employees, Competitive Salaries, Campus, but most of all customers that love us and our technology.

Cons: We are growing so fast the workload can be overwhelming. Must be a self starter, self sufficient and have impeccable time management skills to survive. Growth is a good problem to have but it's easy to get burnt out."

No. 13: Concur

Concur CEO Steve SinghLinkedIn/Steve Singh

Company: Concur

Headquarters: Bellevue, WA

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Concur makes travel and expense report software. It was acquired by SAP for $8.4 billion in 2014. An employee says:

"Pros: Awesome culture and great people.

Cons: Some growing pains under SAP."

No. 14: Akamai

Akamai CEO Tom LeightonKyle Russell/Business Insider

Company: Akamai

Headquarters: Cambridge, MA

Overall employee rating: 4.3 stars out of 5

What it does: Akamai is a leader in Content Delivery Network (CDN) services, a network that helps websites run faster. An employee says:

"Pros: Really intelligent people and management. Great culture of intellectual honesty and collaboration. Management invests heavily in solid relationships and fosters cross team collaboration. Hard chargers are rewarded for high performance appropriately.

Cons: Legacy infrastructure reinforces service delivery patterns that may be holding back rapid innovation and new product development."

No. 15: Zillow

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Company: Zillow

Headquarters: Seattle, WA

Overall employee rating: 4.2 stars out of 5

What it does: Zillow is an online real estate market. 
An employee says: 
"Pros: everyone was passionate about what they were doing and was so excited. There is crazy energy and there is nothing like it.

Cons: hard to grow and move up."