Vault Releases Most Detailed Survey Winners: Accenture, Microsoft, Sprint, CDI and Goldman

Business Wire, Nov 5, 2004

NEW YORK -- New York research firm Vault (web site at Vault.com) today announced its most detailed survey winners for October, including employee surveys for Accenture (NYSE:ACN), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), Sprint (NYSE:FON), CDI (NYSE:CDI), and Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS). These employee surveys were chosen by Vault editors for providing the most detailed insider career information to Vault.com readers.

To read the full text of the winning surveys, click here: http://www.vault.com/go/to.jsp?place=31318

Excerpts of the winning surveys are below:

Employer: Accenture (NYSE: ACN) - Workplace Survey

Job title: Analyst

I would describe my employment at Accenture as a thrilling ride when I was single, enjoyable but with some barriers after being married, and slightly difficult to manage a work-life balance as a father of 2 - a newborn and a toddler. Work hours: Long in Consulting or Services. Min 50 in either. Project go-live dates can push that to 80 or 100 if it includes weekends...

Employer: Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) - Salary Survey

Job title: Software Design Engineer

Current base salary: $99,000; Annual bonus: 0-15% depending on performance; Annual raise: 0-15% depending on performance and market conditions; Stock awards: vary by job level and business factors. Employees are reviewed annually culminating in an effect to the September 15th paycheck. A score from 0-5 is given where 3.0 means you are meeting job expectations, 3.5 means...

Employer: Sprint (NYSE: FON) - Workplace Survey

Job title: Support Specialist/Representative

The company still provides a retirement vested program (unheard of these days) as well as various incentive programs and financial programs (401k), Employee Stock Options Plan and MIP (management Incentive plan) for bonus dollars if company goals are met. Sprint provides exceptional training for employees and requires upgrades to stay attuned to market/customer needs. Classes include quality control, safety procedures as well as social/cultural instruction ...

Employer: Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) - Interview Survey

Job title: Summer Analyst

First round on campus interviews are usually two-on-one interviews. Questions asked are almost always fit based and resume based, eg "Why did you do ... What did you learn from... Why do you want to work at GS".. Second round superdays are one on one interviews with 4 professionals. All interviews last from 30-45 mins...

Employer: CDI Corp (NYSE: CDI) - Workplace Survey

Job title: Manager

CDI provides a great deal of flexibility and autonomy, as my immediate supervisor is located in Milwaukee, and rarely visits the office here in Illinois. We are considered senior people who know how to conduct business. In Illinois CDI is not well known. There has been significant turnover of the sales and recruiting staff over the years...

To read the full text of the winning surveys, click here: http://www.vault.com/go/to.jsp?place=31318

To fill out a Vault Employer Survey, click here: http://www.vault.com/go/to.jsp?place=31317

ABOUT VAULT Inc.:

Vault, Inc. is the leading media company focused on careers. Vault's primary offering is its web site, www.vault.com, which features "insider" workplace information on over 5,000 companies, expert career articles on more than 70 industries, and an industry-focused job board. Offline, Vault offers the Vault Career Library, a series of more than 100 nationally distributed career-focused print books.