We’ve all had our days when we’ve absolutely hated our place of work, but some people out there have a hard time at their places of employment virtually on a daily basis. Following, we would like to present you with a list we have compiled of the top 6 worst companies to work for, based on the statistics released by Glassdoor.com. This career website takes into account reviews from thousands of employees from more than 250.000 companies. When submitting their reviews, users get the option of grading their level of satisfaction with working for that specific company, from 0 to 5, or from highly dissatisfied to highly satisfied. Based on the statistics provided by Glassdoor, we would to provide
Curious to see which are the worst companies to work for. Let’s take a look at the countdown.
Note: this countdown only takes into account companies operating within US territory.
No. 6: ADT Corp (NYSE:ADT)
Rating: 2.4
No. of reviews: 309
No. of employees: 16,000
Most users who submitted reviews regarding ADT complained about the company’s management department. They felt that the department was highly disorganized and often treated the staff poorly. Some employees also noted that the training they received from ADT was lacking and not that helpful.
No. 5: RadioShack Corporation (NYSE:RSH)
Rating: 2.4
No. of reviews: 868
No. of employees: 34,500
Employees at RadioShack complained that company management is putting too much pressure on them to make sales. In addition, many also complained about management executives coming up with arbitrary sales quotas and playing favorites. Furthermore, some employees also mentioned that salaries are less than what competitors pay and that working hours are often strenuous and irregular.
No. 4: Dollar General Corp. (NYSE:DG)
Rating: 2.4
No. of reviews: 375
No. of employees: 90,500
Most staff members at Dollar General complained that they could only work limited hours, even though the company expects them to be available around the clock. By contrast, store managers at Dollar General complained that they were overworked.
No. 3: Dillard’s, Inc. (NYSE:DDS)
Rating: 2.3
No. of reviews: 560
No. of employees: 27,740
The main complaints for workers at Dillard’s were the low pay and the long hours. In addition, many employees also declared themselves dissatisfied with the company’s sales-per-hour targets, which they felt were highly unreasonable and only managed to lead to animosity and competition amongst co-workers.
No. 2: Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ:ESRX)
Rating: 2.3
No. of reviews: 312
No. of employees: 30,125
Most employees at Express Scripts complained about the fact they had to reach unrealistic targets and that the company was more interested that these metrics were meet, rather than caring about staff well-being or even adequate customer services.
No. 1: DISH Network Corp (NASDAQ:DISH)
Rating: 2.3
No. of reviews: 831
No. of employees: 35,000
For a second year in a row, DISH emerges as the worst company to work for in the US. Most employees who submitted their reviews to Glassdoor complained about the low pay despite the hard work they have to put in. In addition, they also criticized the poor benefits they receive, as well as the generally unpleasant work environment.
