America’s Most Admired Companies for management

Bank of America provided me an opportunity after my marketing firm (60% Relied upon the Mortgage Industry) failed. As the sole provider for my 3 year old, and things going so well, for so long it has been a huge learning curve taking an entry level position; albeit humbling.
Bank of America strives to be the most admired company in the world, and as a fellow starting over at 39 I was compelled to write my first “blog”(If that is what this is.) Act, Know, Care about the customer. I will not make $130k THIS year, but am so thankful to this company for the way it manages over 200,000 associates with such concern. This is my 26th week, after being forced to release 15 employees, and being unemployed for 6 mo’s straight. We are all facing so many hardships as a nation and I find myself on the phones answering over 130 calls from folks like you that are feeling it, too. Automatic Credit Increases to folks affected by the hurricanes, putting over 233,000 American families into fixed rates that would have been otherwise foreclosed on. It was disconcerting when I read an unfounded “review” from a reader regarding Bank of America.
“How do you define extraordinary talent?”Create a vision and lead people in that direction, Make a decision, and when you find out its not right, change and get on with it. Treat the business like you own it. Pick great people. Deliver, deliver, and deliver! BE Fearless & Patient, and an Eternal optimist. “When it’s good, we think it will never get bad; when it’s bad we think it will never get good” Realize that the problems of today weren’t created today and won’t be necessarily solved today. I am glad I stumbled upon this website.

This list is absolute BS…How is MacDonalds not in the top 5 with such a good rating? Do you guys just randomly come up with a list without any research and hope that your readers will not see through your BS?

I have worked 18 years for International Paper and am extremely proud of the progress made by our company. IP is scoring first in all of the 8 categories for our industry, scoring first in the overall ranking for social responsibility and is making the top 10 in talent management. Our company has come a long way and you will continue to hear about IP in the future.

Having formerly worked for Accenture in the UK and noting their appalling attrition rate and generally low staff morale when it comes to promotion and talent management, I am not quite sure how they ended up on your list…perhaps they do a good advertising job on the media on how they manage their top talent but the reality is far removed from the image.

Behind the sceens, Disney is a cut-throat, pressure cooker to work for. Their employees in the top positions compete with each other, do not make all that much money, fight aggressively for their jobs, and wonder when they are out the door why they were loyal in the first place. It’s just a big lobbyist-run company like so many in America. Too much pressure, too little time off, no security, no loyalty, over worked, and underpaid. Very sad – and now they get ranked # 3 by Fortune. I’d like to know where your ‘inside’ information came from??

In my limited experience as a client, Accenture’s presence on this list has more to do with the quality of their brand advertising than the quality of their services or people. They do a great job dumping a large volume of green recruits at a client site, meeting the letter of their deliverables and convincing leadership to sign new contracts. They do a horrible job at actually delivering innovative solutions that work. Selling more work is a higher priority than adding value to client businesses.

This is ridiculous. How is “soaps and cosmetics” an industry onto itself? Give me a break. Stop trying to delineate industries just to show that a company is the best of their industry.

It was far better when we were a private corporation and not subject to the whims of wall st