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Which company would you prefer to join?

by wsycharles0o on 6/18/25, 6:07 AM with 38 comments

• by WhyIsItAlwaysHN on 6/18/25, 7:42 AM

  You might want to add a simple description of each company. I don't know half of them and in this dopamine shot optimized format, I don't really have the patience to research every one of them in a different tab.

• by noelwelsh on 6/18/25, 7:30 AM

  Weird that the reasons don't include anything about the actual work. The work I envisage doing is a much more important reason than, say, prestige to me.

• by poisonborz on 6/18/25, 8:27 AM

  Would need an option "to not join the other" when asking why.

• by Philpax on 6/18/25, 10:14 AM

  Wow. The selection of companies is dire. I can't say I'd want to work for any of the companies I saw within the first ten rounds.

• by TrackerFF on 6/18/25, 10:00 AM

  Should maybe add "brand recognition" or something like that.

  Some of these companies, I only know by name. And if I'm stuck between two unknown companies, I'll go with the one that I've seen the most. Not really prestige, but because their branding / exposure / whatever.

• by maxehmookau on 6/18/25, 8:54 AM

  "Tesla or TikTok" ....yeesh

• by companymatches on 6/19/25, 8:15 PM

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  If things start acting weird, that’s why. Thanks for the interest — and the brutally honest feedback.

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• by neilv on 6/18/25, 10:04 AM

  Clicking on the top companies on the leaderboard, top reason given for most wins is Prestige (over Compensation, Mission, Career Growth, etc.).

  I wonder how accurate that self-reporting is.

  How many of the people saying Prestige are thinking career growth? What does prestige get you that's more important than career growth? (Consolation prize for parents who wanted you to become a doctor?)

• by nottorp on 6/18/25, 9:43 AM

  "Which company would you prefer to join if you had extensive info about all those companies" would be a more appropriate title.

  I clicked hoping it's some sort of quiz about what i prefer to work on and how work is done, that will eventually recommend me a few companies.

• by Mashimo on 6/18/25, 9:28 AM

  Hard to say when I don't know the details. I prefer Work Life Balance and the people, but how would I know if MongoDB .. or whoever, is a fit?

• by INTPenis on 6/18/25, 8:42 AM

  The list is actually missing the only two companies I ever dreamed of joining. Red Hat and Gitlab. Never made it, but I was close with RedHat.

• by Surac on 6/18/25, 10:08 AM

  you forget one option: non of them. all are soulless and burn people to make money with products not needed

• by simoncion on 6/18/25, 9:57 AM

  So... it's Hot or Not, but with a two-point scale and for companies, rather than people?

• by moribvndvs on 6/18/25, 12:20 PM

  This is just a who’s-who of asshole companies.

• by neilv on 6/18/25, 10:10 AM

  AMD only wins 86% over McDonalds.

• by amai on 6/18/25, 11:55 AM

  The last 20 according to the leaderboard now:

  110. Tesla

  111. Roku

  112. Electronic Arts

  113. Brex

  114. xAI

  115. Docusign

  116. Rubrik

  117. Oracle

  118. SoFi

  119. Epic Games

  120. Expendify

  121. Cisco

  122. Albertsons

  123. Circle

  124. Peloton

  125. WeWork

  126. Concur

  127. Expedia

  128. Walmart

  129. Coupang

  130. HBO

• by bibalo on 6/18/25, 7:47 PM

  why is Github is top 5