06.15.2009 9:41 am
St. Louis has five of the best IT workplaces
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
If you work in the information technology field, the St. Louis area has five of the 100 best employers, according to ComputerWorld. Here’s the list, along with some of the things the magazine likes about each company:
- 5. Monsanto, praised for its flexible scheduling during Highway 40 construction.
- 27. Scottrade, which has an Above & Beyond program that lets employees reward one another.
- 42. Edward Jones, praised for job security and its profit-sharing plan.
- 52. National Information Solutions Cooperative, a Lake St. Louis employer where there’s a Wii in the break room and where every employee gets a birthday greeting from the CEO.
- 72. MasterCard Worldwide, noted for its telecommuting program. MasterCard is based in Purchase, N.Y., but has its major technology center in O’Fallon, Mo.
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David Nicklaus has covered St. Louis business for more than 25 years. His column appears three days a week on the Post-Dispatch business page. 
I see from your list of the elitest places to work in IT that you failed to comment about how MasterCard and Edward Jones are known for not paying competitive consultant salaries and throwing consultants out on the street at a whim of financial woe. Hmmmm….maybe I am just jealous because I don’t have the specialized skills to work for any of these companies.
StorminNorman, companies use consultants to augment their staff. When you take a job as a consultant you know this. I did 3 stints as a consultant so I have seen both sides multiple times. You should expect to be let go if they see financial problems on the horizon. The best you can do is research the consulting company to see if they will also toss you to curb if your contract ends and save part of the extra money they pay you for being a consultant. The good companies will try to find you a new assignment before letting you go. Of course the days of “being on the bench” are long gone…. but they will try for a limited period of time. And that extra money will help between assignments.
As for competitive wages…. it’s a free market. Companies will pay what the need to for people. Being on this list will help these companies and as such they won’t have to pay as much because people will want to work for them because they are a “good company to work for”. So MasterCard can pay less (if this is even true) because people want to work there. Also, with the market flooded with people everyone should expect to get a lower position for less money. The “employee” market is no different than any other market. It’s all about supply and demand.
Stormin;
Let me explain something about life to you. NO ONE works for another company……Everyone works for themselves. If you dont like the pay, or how the company plays, go somewhere else or start your own.
Years ago I worked a contract at Monsanto (loved it). I have been applying for positions with Scottrade (very poor response). I have applied for many positions at Edward Jones (you get an auto response), I think most positions are smoke. Never heard of National Information Solutions Cooperative, but I’ll look them up. I worked a short term contract at MasterCard when on Lackland (hated it there).
Ya got your links screwed up!
Until STLtoday fixes our link, here’s the National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC)ComputerWorld ranking profile page: http://www.computerworld.com/spring/bp/detail/581
For more information about NISC, visit http://www.nisc.coop