The top 40 companies people want to work for in the tech industry

<p>Want to work at Tesla? Apple? Reddit? Netflix? You’re not alone.</p> <p>Most people want to work for a company that is doing amazing work in the forefront of their field. And while we typically think of a brand as something that is relevant to customers and buyers, it’s also critically important to companies that are looking to hire the best available talent.</p> <p>So Hired surveyed 4,100 tech professionals about the companies they most want to work for ... and I chat with two tech execs about the results.</p> <p>In this episode of TechFirst, we'll chat with Vanessa Camones, a brand and communications expert and CEO at AnyContext. and Suzie Weitzman, former comms at Apple, now a senior VP at eBay.</p> <p>Get the full story in my post at Forbes:<br> https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/2020/09/22/the-top-40-brands-people-want-to-work-for-in-the-tech-industry/</p> <p>And ... here's the lists, if you're interested:</p> <p>Here are the top 20 public companies people want to work for in the tech industry, along with their ranking in Hired’s “brand positivity index.”</p> <ol> <li>Netflix: 86</li> <li>GitHub: 85</li> <li>Google: 84</li> <li>Slack: 81</li> <li>Microsoft: 78</li> <li>Apple: 77</li> <li>Tesla: 74</li> <li>Twitter: 73</li> <li>LinkedIn: 72</li> <li>Dropbox: 69</li> <li>Square: 65</li> <li>Amazon: 64</li> <li>Shopify: 63</li> <li>Adobe: 62</li> <li>Facebook: 60</li> <li>Lyft: 57</li> <li>Walt Disney: 57</li> <li>BBC: 52</li> <li>Salesforce: 50</li> <li>New York Times: 48</li> </ol> <p>And here are the top 20 private companies in the tech industry that people want to work for:</p> <ol> <li>SpaceX: 75</li> <li>Gitlab: 72</li> <li>Airbnb: 69</li> <li>Stripe: 66</li> <li>Hulu: 64</li> <li>Reddit: 62</li> <li>Kickstarter: 57</li> <li>Robinhood: 54</li> <li>Bloomberg: 50</li> <li>Jet Propulsion Lab: 50</li> <li>Coinbase: 49</li> <li>Quora: 48</li> <li>Instacart: 47</li> <li>Squarespace: 47</li> <li>Indeed: 46</li> <li>Hyperloop One: 42<