I can already hear the objection. “Ryan, don’t you know that the title of this blog post inadvertently personifies employers by implying that an employer (an abstract concept) can be made the object of one’s attention?” Alright, so maybe that’s not what you’re thinking at this precise moment. In fact, I don’t think anyone would object to the idea that we oft fall in love with the idea of something, whether that idea corresponds to a person, or the myriad commercial activity comprising business. In the same way that a person can embody certain attributes that may make them biologically (or culturally) desirable, so too employers can embody certain attributes that make them desirable to would-be employees.
While nailing down what these attributes are may be no less difficult than pinpointing the underlying biochemical-inducing psychological processes driving human love, the love an employee has for his or her employers is usually tied to a number of factors, not least quality of benefits, nature of work assignments, and hierarchical structure (i.e. whether a workplace is upwardly mobile). With this in mind, CNN Money recently produced a list, pointedly titled, “I work for one of the 10 Best Companies,” from which one could, I suppose, begin to compile which attributes are most highly coveted by employees.
Although the subtitle to the report does seem to hit some of the touchstones we use to roughly determine whether an employer is worthy of our affection ( “interesting assignments, unfaltering support, study abroad stints”), after quickly perusing the list, common threads begin to emerge. Check it out!
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