25. Natarajan Chandrasekaran, Tata Consultancy Services
2013 Approval Rating: 91%
2012 Approval Rating: 80%
What employees think:
“Good career path. Strong processes in place. Strong higher management.” - Tata Consultancy Services Employee (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
24. Fred Smith, FedEx
2013 Approval Rating: 91%
2012 Approval Rating: 93%
What employees think:
“Strong leadership that has a clear vision of the future.” – FedEx Human Resources Professional (Pittsburgh, PA)
Source: Glassdoor
23. Brad Smith, Intuit
2013 Approval Rating: 91%
2012 Approval Rating: 86%
What employees think:
“Brad Smith is a rock star of a CEO. I would follow him wherever he went. He's amazing, and he is the reason the company is growing and innovating.” – Intuit Product Manager (Reno, NV)
Source: Glassdoor
22. Tom Georgens, NetApp
2013 Approval Rating: 91%
2012 Approval Rating: 93%
What employees think:
“You live the NetApp culture every day, you count on others and others count on you. It's a very open environment where you have access to everybody -- colleagues, managers, execs.” – NetApp Engineer (Bangalore, India)
Source: Glassdoor
21. Paul S. Otellini, Intel
2013 Approval Rating: 91%
2012 Approval Rating: 92%
What employees think:
“Decent compensation, relaxed work environment and good balance in management to listen to the employees.” – Intel Component Design Engineer (location, n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
20. Ken Chenault, American Express
2013 Approval Rating: 92%
2012 Approval Rating: 94%
What employees think:
“Very strong people gravitate to American Express because of the brand and location. The company offers flexible working arrangements and has a number of strong leaders.” – American Express Director (New York, NY)
Source: Glassdoor
19. Howard D. Shultz, Starbucks
2013 Approval Rating: 92%
2012 Approval Rating: 88%
What employees think:
“Howard Shultz is a man of great vision & leadership.” – Starbucks Store Manager (Houston, TX)
Source: Glassdoor
18. Tim Cook, Apple
2013 Approval Rating: 93%
2012 Approval Rating: 97%
What employees think:
“GREAT management (how often do you hear that).You get to work on the most interesting and state of the art consumer products, and once you're here it really drives you.” – Apple Global Supply Manager (Cupertino, CA)
Source: Glassdoor
17. Hans Vestberg, Ericsson
2013 Approval Rating: 93%
2012 Approval Rating: 87%
What employees think:
“Focus on the people in the Company. Have a very good CEO / leader!” – Ericsson-Worldwide Employee (Stockholm, Sweden)
Source: Glassdoor
16. Jeff Bezos, Amazon
2013 Approval Rating: 93%
2012 Approval Rating: 80%
What employees think:
“Amazon is constantly adapting to new knowledge and is improvising its strategies. Jeff is an awesome CEO. He truly propagates his influence through every aspect of the business and he has a sharp eye for quality.” – Amazon Software Development Engineer (Seattle, WA)
Source: Glassdoor
15. Jen Hsun Huang, NVIDIA
2013 Approval Rating: 94%
2012 Approval Rating: 91%
What employees think:
“Jen-Hsung Huang drives the company forward with precision, adept at identifying issues and defining a strategy to enable the company to not stumble.” – NVIDIA Director (Santa Clara, CA)
Source: Glassdoor
14. Carlos A. Rodriguez, ADP
2013 Approval Rating: 94%
2012 Approval Rating: 98%
What employees think:
“The management team was extremely competent and knew exactly where to take the business. Besides there was special focus on associate development and building expertise.” – ADP Project Manager (Hyderabad, India)
Source: Glassdoor
13. Mark Benioff, Salesforce
2013 Approval Rating: 94%
2012 Approval Rating: 92%
What employees think:
“Excellent upper management and a brilliant and generous CEO.” – Salesforce.com Linux & Network Engineer (San Francisco, CA)
Source: Glassdoor
12. Mark B. Templeton, Citrix
2013 Approval Rating: 95%
2012 Approval Rating: 97%
What employees think:
“Mark T CEO is instrumental to the Company and is referred to as the CCO, chief culture officer. He takes that role seriously and is passionate about sustaining that culture.” – Citrix Human Resources Employee (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
11. Larry Page, Google
2013 Approval Rating: 95%
2012 Approval Rating: 95%
What employees think:
“One of the things I enjoy most is listening to the founders (Larry Page and Sergey Brin) talk at large meetings (especially David Drummond, when he shares news). They're both funny and intelligent.” – Google Software Engineer (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
10. Pierre Nanterme, Accenture
2013 Approval Rating: 95%
2012 Approval Rating: 90%
What employees think:
“Your career counselor / supervisor actually will invest in you and your career (if you ask!)” – Accenture Employee (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
9. Richard K. Davis, U.S. Bank
2013 Approval Rating: 95%
2012 Approval Rating: 87%
What employees think:
“Richard Davis is an outstanding CEO. I had the opportunity to meet him and what a pleasure it was to do so! He started out as a part time teller in college!” – U.S. Bank Branch Manager II (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
8. Paul E. Jacobs, Qualcomm
2013 Approval Rating: 95%
2012 Approval Rating: 94%
What employees think:
“The company is driven by engineers from CEO downward with a very strong start up mentality. One is free to experiment and contribute the way [they think] is the right approach to any problem.” – QUALCOMM Senior Software Engineer (San Diego, CA)
Source: Glassdoor
7. Joe Tucci, Emc2
2013 Approval Rating: 96%
2012 Approval Rating: 87%
What employees think:
“Company top management is competent and profitable. Company does appear to care about its employees as well as its bottom line.” –EMC Senior Software Engineer (Bedford, MA)
Source: Glassdoor
6. Frank D'Souza, Cognizant
2013 Approval Rating: 96%
2012 Approval Rating: 92%
What employees think:
“Forward looking, with a great leadership at the top. Frank D'Souza has been inspirational in his leadership.” – Cognizant Technology Programmer Solutions (Calcutta, India)
Source: Glassdoor
5. John E. Schlifske, Northwestern Mutual
2013 Approval Rating: 96%
2012 Approval Rating: 93%
What employees think:
“The company as a whole is very strong and well managed. They have a great sales cycle and are very caring with their approach to clients.” - Northwestern Mutual Financial Representative (location n/a)
Source: Glassdoor
4. Jim Turley, Ernst & Young
2013 Approval Rating: 96%
2012 Approval Rating: 95%
What employees think:
“Flexible work hours and projects, lots of opportunity to learn, superiors are willing to teach.” – Ernst & Young Tax Manager (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Source: Glassdoor
3. Dominic Barton, Mckinsey and Company
2013 Approval Rating: 97%
2012 Approval Rating: 96%
What employees think:
“Learning from [a] variety of experiences due to experience with different industries, types of cases, and different people. Good mentorship from seniors.” – McKinsey & Company Business Analyst (Mumbai, India)
Source: Glassdoor
2. Bill McDermott & Jim Hagemann Snabe, SAP
2013 Approval Rating: 99%
2012 Approval Rating: 92%
What employees think:
“Excellent compensation, the co-CEOs are phenomenal.” – S&P Vice President (Newton Square, PA)
Source: Glassdoor
1. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook
2013 Approval Rating: 99%
2012 Approval Rating: 85%
What employees think:
“An open community from Zuck on down. Mutual trust company wide and sense of community and drive, instilled by our CEO who we all truly respect.” – Facebook Employee (Menlo Park, CA)
Source: Glassdoor
