Sony is the 9th Most Desired Company to Work For in the USA

A new reports is out by Universum, an employment data and consulting firm, which asks young professionals which companies they most want to work for. The survey which 6,700 early-career professionals participated in, all under the age of 40 were given a list of 200 companies to choose from.  Not surprisingly, Apple, Facebook, Google ranked in the top 5 which all have a hip image with a great cultures and success to back them up with. Sneaking into the top 10 list was Sony Electronics, ranked in at number 9, just behind Microsoft which came in at number 8. No doubt, part of Sony’s appeal has always been the PlayStation brand which has in recent years been home to exclusive games such as Uncharted, God of War, LittleBigPlanet and Gran Turismo.

After the jump, the top 50 most desired companies to work for.

1. Google
2. Apple
3. Facebook
4. State Department
5. Walt Disney
6. Amazon
7. FBI
8. Microsoft
9. Sony
10. CIA
11. Nike
12. Teach for America
13 NASA
14. Peace Corps
15 Electronic Arts
16. Yahoo!
17. National Institutes of Health
18. American Cancer Society
19. Mayo Clinic
20. The Coca-Cola Company
21. Whole Foods Market
22. Centers for Disease Control
23. U.S. Department of Energy
24. U.S. Department of the Treasury
25. AT&T
26. Starbucks
27. Johnson & Johnson
28. The World Bank
29. U.S. Army
30. Target
31. D.O.D.
32. National Security Agency
33. BMW
34. U.S. Air Force
35. Procter & Gamble
36. IBM
37. Intel
38. adidas
39. IKEA
40. General Electric
41. J.P. Morgan
42. McKinsey & Company
43. L’Oreal
44. Southwest Airlines
45. Macy’s Inc.
46. Goldman Sachs
47. Deloitte
48. Verizon
49. Time Warner
50. Lockheed Martin Corporation

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What’s your top 5 most desired company to work for?

 

[Via WSJ]