Comments on: America’s Most Admired Companies: Full list

By: Jimbo, Nashville, TN

Jimbo, Nashville, TN — Tue, 12 May 2009 02:38:44 +0000

ACS has no business on this list! The only list they could top is the Most Hated Companies. 35% overseas, constant layoffs, horrible benefits, bad management.

By: James, Atlanta, GA

James, Atlanta, GA — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:02:29 +0000

How Carmax gets onto this list is a mystery to me. They pay their sales associates a flat commission of $150 per car. That rate has not risen in over ten years! Imagine how many cars a sales consultant has to sell month in and month out to support a family. It is a running joke at Carmax that no one knows anyone who participated in the Fortune surveys.

By: TV Rivera, Tampa, Florida

TV Rivera, Tampa, Florida — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 17:01:40 +0000

I speak from a consumer’s point of view after one long, horrendous, nightmarish transaction with JC Penney, over which I have made multiple painful calls, have not received a single e-mail or phone call, as requested–and worse, not a single assurance that they are not going to KEEP RIGHT ON SCREWING UP as they have been doing for almost a solid month. In the course of this one transaction, JC Penney staff has violated a whole slew of their own corporate principles, as posted on their website.

RIGHT NOW, I wouldn’t give two cents for JC Penney’s corporate reputation; and maybe YOU SHOULDN’T EITHER UNTIL YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION RIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH–THE CONSUMER.

You might then have something to shout about.

By: CB, KCMO

CB, KCMO — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:11:30 +0000

DST Systems has a horrible people management record, who comes up with these statistics? A management poll was taken 2-3 years ago and failed miserably. They have not attempted another since.

By: Jose Miami, FL

Jose Miami, FL — Sun, 11 May 2008 15:36:12 +0000

CarMax is all about image and impressing shareholders.
They don’t care about anything else.
Wake up and smell the coffee everybody.
Their cars are overpriced, have paintwork, and they low-ball customers who come in to sell their vehicle.
Management is horrendous. No other word to describe it.
They treat their associates very poorly, though they’ll brainwash internal and external customers otherwise. Plus, they use the constructive dismissal technique with employees that they don’t like so they don’t collect unemployment. shameful.
wake up and smell the coffee. This company is EVIL!

By: Bryan S., Saint Louis, MO

Bryan S., Saint Louis, MO — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:57:25 +0000

How IKON got ranked 4 in managing people is beyond me. First of all, IKON underpays their people, even by market standards based on the demands placed upon them. And on top of that they allow their employees to deal with rudeness, disrespect and unprofessional treatment by clients all to keep the money coming in. I worked for IKON and my wife does now, and I was unimpressed. I have worked for other companies on the list, like Peabody Energy, and I can say that IKON doesn’t measure up.

By: John, Atlanta, GA

John, Atlanta, GA — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 02:20:29 +0000

UPS is admired only by the people outside the company. Unless you are simply happy with stability and the comfort of a financially strong company, I would not recommend them to anyone. They do not pay well, and overwork their employees.

By: Marcus, Richmond, VA

Marcus, Richmond, VA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:13:11 +0000

I have to agree about the analysis of Target… It is not the workplace it once was. So sad.

By: Michael, Alexandria, VA

Michael, Alexandria, VA — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 03:08:29 +0000

Target is on this list??? You’ve got to be kidding me! Target is a terrible place to work….slave labor and slave wages. Target is great at marketing an image…great for “guests” only. It is a god-awful place to work. Aside from the terrible pay and benefits, the atmosphere is unprofessional and juvenile… And way too many young, uneducated, and inexperienced managers making important decisions that they are not qualified to make. It is a strong AVOID!

By: Glen, Cali

Glen, Cali — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:06:05 +0000

Someone should do a study at UPS about the prevalence of alchoholism, divorce, depression, suicide…

By: Jon W. Charleston, SC

Jon W. Charleston, SC — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 04:51:16 +0000

I have worked for starbucks for the past 5months and it the probably the best job that I have had in a long time.

By: Jennifer of Greenbelt, MD

Jennifer of Greenbelt, MD — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:09:05 +0000

I have worked for Starbucks for going on 5 years. The company has done some things in the last month that I am really proud of. By realizing our previous faults, taking ownership and providing long term steps to make amends, we are showing the world why we have been able to change the face of coffee, one cup at a time.

By: KMauldin -Austin TX

KMauldin -Austin TX — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:42:00 +0000

I have worked for JPMCHASE for 3 1/2 years…and they capped retail bankers’ salaries, cut expenses drastically and eliminated the ability to ‘purchase additional time off’. With only two weeks vacation and most branches open 6 days a week, it was not worth the ‘wall-street’ darling name.

By: J, Phoenix, AZ

J, Phoenix, AZ — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:18:23 +0000

I think that Northwestern Mutual is a great company as I have invested with them for years. My policies with them have outperformed any other companies that I own in my portfolio. The fact that they’ve stayed mutual is a great benefit to the policyholders.

By: jane, los angeles california

jane, los angeles california — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:34:54 +0000

i have worked for bluecross of california.. it’s a contact center..
after watching the documentary of michael moore , i felt guilty.
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even if there are some cases of fraud with american healthcare..i still cant get the point of insurance companies trying to get away of the bills that are due…
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some of the medical review people are testifying that they are getting paid to deny hospital claims..
tsk tsk..
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move to france!

By: Joe Katzman, San Jose, CA

Joe Katzman, San Jose, CA — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:42:11 +0000

Aerospace & Defense looks like a SNAFUed ratings job. How do you do a top 10 in that industry, even if you restrict yourself to businesses with a substantial American footprint, and manage to leave out EADS (incl. Airbus, and market-leader Eurocopter), and also BAE Systems?

I’m the Editor in Chief at Defense Industry Daily, and cover these industries on a daily basis. Folks, any methodology that would exclude these 2 companies, in this sector, needs a lot of rethinking.

Hopefully, we’ll see some of that rethinking in the 2008 ratings.

By: Adrian,Sydney NSW

Adrian,Sydney NSW — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 05:26:45 +0000

IBM has a score of 7.46 and number 1 in their industry ahead of Apple who have a score of 7.44. Apple rank in the number 7 overall with IBM not even in the top 20. How so ?

By: Richard Maturi Cheyenne, WY

Richard Maturi Cheyenne, WY — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:26:15 +0000

American Express/Ameriprise is the most despicable company I know and I have interviewed/profiled hundreds of companies as a professional journalist. When our elderly aunt and uncle need more cash from their annuities, American Express promised them one payout plan with interest and then switched them to one witout interest. After, they died (within a day of each other) American Express tried to impose non-allowable fees on the benficiaires, and cheat the bneneficiaries out of the interest promised in its written proposal. Although we got the Florida Department of Financial Services to get Ameircan Express/Ameriprise to pay what it originally offered at the specified rate, the FLDFS never punished American Express for its numerous violations of Florida Statutes. Likewise, Governor Crist failed to provide any justice and protect Florida elderly against prerdatory practices by unscruplous financial services firms.

By: Randy Wilkerson Olympia Washington

Randy Wilkerson Olympia Washington — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 01:53:12 +0000

I’ve wanted to leave the insurance industry altogether after working with a different company so when I started working for Aflac I went into it very reluctantly. I’m pleased to say that with all my reluctancy I’m still proud to work for a company that provides benefits in an amazing way to take care of people in their times of need.

By: Fred, Oakland County, Michigan

Fred, Oakland County, Michigan — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 19:26:53 +0000

MassMutual is a great company. I personally love the LifeBridge insurance product, Free for low income people. Hows that for social responsibility?