Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Weiner among highest rated CEOs
Glassdoor is touted as the most transparent jobs and recruiting marketplace globally. The reviews, the posts on Glassdoor are usually done by employees (anonymously) which give a clear perspective on how the companies, CEOs, top leaders perform.
Glassdoor’s 50 Highest Rated CEOs 2016 feature business leaders across diverse industries, spanning technology, consulting, biotech and pharmaceuticals, consumer good, travel and tourism, retail and more. This year, out of 50, 4 women CEOs are in the list – In-N-Out Burger’s Lynsi Snyder (No. 17), Staffmark’s Lesa J Francis (No. 28), Enterprise Holdings’ Pamela Nicholson (No. 31) and Deloitte’s Cathy Engelbert (No 41).
The top slot went to Bain & Company’s Bob Bechek who is among 22 CEOs debuting as a Highest Rated CEO, along with Nestle Purina PetCare’s Joseph R Sivewright (No. 9), NBCUniversal’s Stephen B. Burke (No. 38) and lululemon’s Laurent Potdevin (No. 47) among others.
The top 50 Highest Rated CEOs in 2016 in the US are:
- Bob Bechek - Bain & Company
- Scott Scherr - Ultimate Software
- Dominic Barton - McKinsey & Company
- Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook
- Jeff Weiner - LinkedIn
- Marc Benioff - Salesforce
- Sundar Pichai - Google
- Tim Cook - Apple
- Joseph R Sivewright - Nestle Purina PetCare
- Jim Whitehurst - Red Hat
- David S Taylor - Proctor & Gamble
- John Legere - T-Mobile
- John B Veimeyer - KPMG
- Mark Weinberger - EY
- Jack Little - MathWorks
- Alex Gorsky - Johnson & Johnson
- Lynsi Snyder - In-N-Out Burger
- Aron J Ain - Kronos Incorporated
- Charles C Butt - HEB
- Shantanu Narayen - Adobe
- Dara Khosrowshahi - Expedia
- Ian T Clark - Genentech
- Spencer Rascoff - Zillow
- Rami Rahim - Juniper Networks
- Corey Schiller & Asher Raphael - Power Home Remodelling
- Chet Cadieux III - QuikTrip
- Bill McDermott - SAP
- Lesa J Francis - Staffmark
- Mark G Parker - Nike
- Rick Smith - Equifax
- Pamela M Nicholson - Enterprise Holdings
- Aneel Bhusri - Workday
- Llyod C Blankfein - Goldman Sachs
- Craig B Thompson - Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Joseph A Tarantino - Protiviti
- Jen-Hsun Huang - NVIDIA
- Thomas E Richards - CDW
- Stephen B Burke - NBC Universal
- Kevin A Lobo - Stryker
- Laurence D Fink - Blackrock
- Cathy Engelbert - Deloitte
- Carl Bass - Autodesk
- Colin Dyer - JLL
- Brad Jackson - Slalom Consulting
- Mitch Barns - Nielson
- Craig Jelinek - Costco Wholesale
- Lauren Potdevin - lululemon
- Omar S Ishrak - Medtronic
- Bob Faith - Greystar
- Calvin McDonald - Sephora
Unlike any other workplace awards, the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards are based solely on the input of employees who voluntarily provide anonymous feedback, by completing a company review, on whether they approve or disapprove of their CEO, along with insight into their job, work environment and employer over the past year. Winners are ranked based on their overall CEO approval rating from employees during the past year. For reporting simplicity, approval ratings are rounded to the nearest whole number though actual calculations extend beyond the thousandth to determine rank.
“The Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards honour CEOs that stand out for having gained the support and approval of their workforce - no easy task for any leader,” said Robert Hohman, Glassdoor CEO and co-founder. “I am proud to expand these awards to new markets as incredible leaders are found around the world and are not limited by boundaries or borders. I congratulate all of the winners on this significant achievement.”
Employees’ Choice Award winners for the 2016 Highest Rated CEOs and Highest Rated CEOs at Small and Medium Companies lists are determined using Glassdoor’s proprietary algorithm, taking into account the quantity and consistency of Glassdoor-approved company reviews shared by US-based employees between May 2, 2015 and May 1, 2016. To be considered, employers eligible for the large list must have received at least 100 company reviews, including at least 100 CEO approval ratings and at least 100 senior management ratings, while companies eligible for the small & medium list must have received at least 35 company reviews, including at least 35 CEO approval ratings and at least 35 senior management ratings, respectively, during the eligibility period. Complete methodology can be found and downloaded here.
When an employee submits a company review on Glassdoor, he or she is asked to share their opinion on some of the best reasons to work for their employer (pros), any downsides (cons), and are encouraged to provide advice to management. Employees are also asked to rate several factors tied to their employment experience, including sentiment around their CEO’s leadership, in addition to rating their overall satisfaction with their employer, and workplace attributes like senior management among others. Specifically, when rating their CEO on Glassdoor, employees are able to choose from one of three options: approve, disapprove or no opinion of the CEO.
This year, Glassdoor has expanded its Employees’ Choice Awards across six countries, honouring the Highest Rated CEOs across the US, Canada, UK, France, Germany and the Netherlands. In addition, there are two categories in the US: 50 Highest Rated CEOs (honouring CEOs at employers with 1,000 or more employees) and 25 Highest Rated CEOs at Small & Medium Companies (honouring CEOs at employers with less than 1,000 employees).
