Google, Qualcomm Lead Companies With Best Business Outlook

by Nathan Eddy

Eighty-six percent of the search engine giant’s employees included in Glassdoor’s report feel the company is getting better, and no one thinks it is getting worse.

Just over three-quarters (76 percent) of Qualcomm employees said the company’s business outlook in the next six months will improve, while 24 percent believe it will stay the same.

The struggling search engine company seems like it’s on the right track according to 75 percent of its employees, while the remaining quarter thinks things will stay the same.

Just 3 percent of employees with the German multinational software corporation think the company’s fortunes will worsen in the next six months.

Eight percent of Amazon.com employees feel the company’s fortunes will take a downturn, compared with 69 percent who feel the opposite.

Tata Consultancy Services, an Indian multinational IT services, business solutions and outsourcing services company, is believed to be holding steady by 31 percent of employees.

Nearly two-thirds (64 percent) of the employees at the Lakeland, Fla.-based supermarket chain feel the company’s fortunes will improve in the next six months, compared with just 5 percent who think they’ll fall.

While 62 percent of employees of General Motors feel the company will gain ground, 14 percent said the business outlook is getting worse.

One in 10 employees at the supermarket chain feel the company’s business outlook will get worse in the next six months, and 29 percent said it will stay the same.

Just under a third (32 percent) of employees at Home Depot see the company’s outlook staying the same, while 6 percent see it getting worse and 61 percent seeing it improving.