20 tech companies with the highest employee satisfaction

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While jobs in technology can be financially rewarding, mentally they can be challenging, leading to burnout and poor employee retention. 

Fullstack Academy recently ranked the tech companies with the best work-life balance by examining Glassdoor reviews for over 100 of the most well-known tech companies in the U.S., focusing on keywords that indicate either a good or poor work-life balance. It ranked the companies by low negative keyword frequency to high negative keyword frequency.

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The top ranking company, NetApp, has 1,801 Glassdoor reviews with a 10.05% negative keyword frequency. The positive reviews for this data infrastructure company give insight into how it values work-life balance, featuring mentions of "flexible," "work from home" and "time off" in Glassdoor reviews.

Other top companies include Cisco and Spotify, with Cisco receiving 10,237 Glassdoor reviews with a 10.13% negative keyword frequency and Spotify receiving 583 reviews with a 10.46% negative keyword frequency. 

Read more about the tech companies with the best employment reviews.

Tech companies with the most praise from their employees

Rank Company Reviews Negative keyword frequency
1 NetApp 1,801 10.05%
2 Cisco 10,237 10.13%
3 Spotify 583 10.46%
4 Autodesk 1,497 10.62%
5 Dropbox 1,219 11.07%
6 Ansys 285 11.23%
7 PTC 802 11.60%
8 Adobe 2,447 11.69%
9 Akamai 850 12.00%
10 Oracle 12,029 12.00%
11 Informatica 560 12.32%
12 Pinterest 403 12.66%
13 Synopsys 749 12.68%
14 Guidewire 587 12.95%
15 Teradata 755 12.98%
16 VMware 3,229 13.13%
17 EPAM Systems 652 13.19%
18 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 3,265 13.38%
19 Uber 3,209 13.52%
20 F5 727 13.62%
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F5 ranked 20th with a negative keyword frequency of 13.62%.
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Uber ranked 19th with a negative keyword frequency of 13.52%.
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HP ranked 18th with a negative keyword frequency of 13.38%.
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EPAM Systems ranked 17th with a negative keyowrd frequency of 13.19%.
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VMware ranked 16th with a negative keyword frequency of 13.13%
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Teradate ranked 15th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.98%.
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Guidewire ranked 14th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.95%.
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Synopsys ranked 13th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.68%.
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Pinterest ranked 12th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.66%.
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Informatica ranked 11th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.32%.
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Oracle ranked 10th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.00%.
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Akamai ranked 9th with a negative keyword frequency of 12.00%.
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Adobe ranked 8th with a negative keyword frequency of 11.69%.
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PTC ranked 7th with a negative keyword frequency of 11.60%.
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Ansys ranked 6th with a negative keyword frequency of 11.23%.
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Dropbox ranked 5th with a negative keywrod frequency of 11.07%.
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Autodesk ranked 4th with a negative keyword frequency of 10.62%.
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Spotify ranked 3rd with a negative keyword frequency of 10.46%.
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Cisco ranked 2nd with a negative keyword frequency of 10.13%.
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NetApp ranked 1st with a negative keyword frequency of 10.05%.
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