Managers the world over may boast of being the “World’s Best Boss” on cheesy mugs and desktop gag pieces, but in the case of Google’s Larry Page or Nike’s Mark Parker, the claim wouldn’t be hyperbole.
That’s according to a recent report from online jobs forum Glassdoor, which ranks the top fifty CEOs based entirely on what employees think of the job they are doing. The website calculated the list using an algorithm that pulls feedback aimed at a company’s top boss from the site’s thousands of employee reviews.
Page and Parker both clocked in at a 97% approval rating to top the list. That’s a big jump for Page from last year, when he occupied the number 11 spot with a 93% score, and an even a bigger one for Parker, who didn’t crack the top 50.
“You’ll see Larry and Sergey at TGIF and you’ll admire how they lead the company. They are brilliant, goofy, low key but intense, and likeable,” one unnamed Google employee wrote on the jobs website.
Meanwhile, LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner, who took the crown last year, fell to number 12 with a 7% drop in his previously spotless approval rating.
T-Mobile’s outspoken CEO John Legere made a grand entrance to the list, taking the number 14 spot for his first time on the board. Other newcomers include Chevron’s John Watson at number 16 and Airbnb’s Brian Cheskey at 48.
Maybe because of all the famously extravagant office perks, tech CEOs were some of the most well-liked of the bunch, grabbing up 15 of the 50 top spots. The retail industry also boasted a strong showing with seven execs on the board.
