Which company would you prefer to join?

https://www.companymatches.com/

35•wsycharles0o•7mo ago

Comments

noelwelsh•7mo ago

Weird that the reasons don't include anything about the actual work. The work I envisage doing is a much more important reason than, say, prestige to me.

furk•7mo ago

It also mentions “remote” as a reason as if I know which companies allow remote work by heart.

jakewins•7mo ago

Primary reason for my choices was I didn’t want the other company.

Do I want to work for Instacart? Not really. Do I prefer working for Instacart over Tesla? Well, I’d rather go back to hand digging trenches in the rain than work for Tesla, so yeah I prefer Instacart.

bayindirh•7mo ago

Yeah, same for me. Choosing the less bad one.

neilv•7mo ago

Same here.

The first ~10 companies I saw were a dumpster fire.

I think that US companies in general are better on average than this.

tdeck•7mo ago

Ethics is also a big one for me but seems to be missing.

scarface_74•7mo ago

I mean for either company you are going to be helping a company to chase profits. There is nothing wrong with that. But let’s not pretend there is a deeper meaning to work than to exchange labor for money. None of these companies will see you as any more than a number. The only deciding factor would be remote work and money.

noelwelsh•7mo ago

This is the weird Homo economicus take that pops up quite often on HN. It shouldn't be surprising that some people want more than just money from the place where they spend half or more of their waking life. You can just check the comments here to see some of the reasons that people work, beyond money.

scarface_74•7mo ago

After you have worked 10 jobs over 30 years from 60 person startups to BigTech you realize it’s purely transactional. Do you think your employer “cares” about you? My job funds my short and long term needs and wants. The employer sees me as just a number, why should I treat them as any more than just a paycheck? None of us are out here saving starving children.

const_cast•7mo ago

It makes complete sense that people want something more out of a job than money. However, you should not be looking for emotional attraction to a job, because that's asking for trouble. The thing is too many people tie their identity to their job, which then means that they're limiting their career opportunities and quality of life for people who fundamentally do not care about them. It's self-destructive.

What we should care about is, how long is the commute? Do I have to commute every day? Is the work stressful? Can I potentially work less than 40 hours? Will I be treated with base line respect? You know, things that tangible increase your quality of life.

companymatches•7mo ago

added interesting work as one reason!

WhyIsItAlwaysHN•7mo ago

You might want to add a simple description of each company. I don't know half of them and in this dopamine shot optimized format, I don't really have the patience to research every one of them in a different tab.

companymatches•7mo ago

yeah that is a good idea, i need to think a bit on UX part, and would need to pull in all the company info, which should not be hard

poisonborz•7mo ago

Would need an option "to not join the other" when asking why.

probably_wrong•7mo ago

I'd also like an option for "I'd rather be unemployed".

globular-toast•7mo ago

Yep. Every time a "trading" company came up like Jane Street my only option was to select the other.

companymatches•7mo ago

yeah added this option in the reasons, and also provide way for user to express dislike for either company

INTPenis•7mo ago

The list is actually missing the only two companies I ever dreamed of joining. Red Hat and Gitlab. Never made it, but I was close with RedHat.

nottorp•7mo ago

You dodged a bullet since it's IBM now :)

maxehmookau•7mo ago

"Tesla or TikTok" ....yeesh

Mashimo•7mo ago

Hard to say when I don't know the details. I prefer Work Life Balance and the people, but how would I know if MongoDB .. or whoever, is a fit?

nottorp•7mo ago

"Which company would you prefer to join if you had extensive info about all those companies" would be a more appropriate title.

I clicked hoping it's some sort of quiz about what i prefer to work on and how work is done, that will eventually recommend me a few companies.

simoncion•7mo ago

So... it's Hot or Not, but with a two-point scale and for companies, rather than people?

TrackerFF•7mo ago

Should maybe add "brand recognition" or something like that.

Some of these companies, I only know by name. And if I'm stuck between two unknown companies, I'll go with the one that I've seen the most. Not really prestige, but because their branding / exposure / whatever.

neilv•7mo ago

Clicking on the top companies on the leaderboard, top reason given for most wins is Prestige (over Compensation, Mission, Career Growth, etc.).

I wonder how accurate that self-reporting is.

How many of the people saying Prestige are thinking career growth? What does prestige get you that's more important than career growth? (Consolation prize for parents who wanted you to become a doctor?)

strken•7mo ago

I got LinkedIn and Ramp. I've never heard of Ramp in my life. I bet all the actual results for Ramp are buried under a mountain of people who clicked companies with a more widespread brand and then clicked prestige because it's the closest thing to "I have no idea who the other option is".

neilv•7mo ago

Great theory.

omegabravo•7mo ago

I don't know what two companies pay, so I clicked two based on reputation and work. If I knew one paid more, I would have absolutely chosen that.

Surac•7mo ago

you forget one option: non of them. all are soulless and burn people to make money with products not needed

neilv•7mo ago

AMD only wins 86% over McDonalds.

bee_rider•7mo ago

I could see it. I’d much rather work for AMD (they are knocking it out of the park these days), but I bet the standards are really low at McDonalds.

Philpax•7mo ago

Wow. The selection of companies is dire. I can't say I'd want to work for any of the companies I saw within the first ten rounds.

absoluteunit1•7mo ago

My thoughts exactly haha

companymatches•7mo ago

i just provided way for user to express dislike for either company and skip the pair

amai•7mo ago

The last 20 according to the leaderboard now:

110. Tesla

111. Roku

112. Electronic Arts

113. Brex

114. xAI

115. Docusign

116. Rubrik

117. Oracle

118. SoFi

119. Epic Games

120. Expendify

121. Cisco

122. Albertsons

123. Circle

124. Peloton

125. WeWork

126. Concur

127. Expedia

128. Walmart

129. Coupang

130. HBO

moribvndvs•7mo ago

This is just a who’s-who of asshole companies.

bibalo•7mo ago

why is Github is top 5

companymatches•7mo ago

Hey HN, owner of the companymatches.com here

We weren’t quite expecting this much love… We just exceeded our free egress limit today (and this post contributes to a big portion for sure)

If things start acting weird, that’s why. Thanks for the interest — and the brutally honest feedback.

Feel free to keep voting on the site. And let us know what you'd like to see next.

Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

Portable C Compiler

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

Software Engineering Transformation 2026

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

Lunch with the FT: Tarek Mansour

Old Mexico and her lost provinces (1883)

'AI' is a dick move, redux

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?

An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds

Dev with 5 of experience switched to Rails, what should I be careful about?

AlphaFace: High Fidelity and Real-Time Face Swapper Robust to Facial Pose

Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand

Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

Tell HN: Yet Another Round of Zendesk Spam

Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

Show HN: Django-rclone: Database and media backups for Django, powered by rclone

NY lawmakers proposed statewide data center moratorium

OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok – these scientists are listening in

Show HN: AI agent forgets user preferences every session. This fixes it

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

Show HN: SSHcode – Always-On Claude Code/OpenCode over Tailscale and Hetzner

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

Multi-agent coordination on Claude Code: 8 production pain points and patterns

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

Show HN: Minecraft Creeper meets 90s Tamagotchi

Show HN: Termiteam – Control center for multiple AI agent terminals

The only U.S. particle collider shuts down

Ask HN: Why do purchased B2B email lists still have such poor deliverability?

Show HN: Remotion directory (videos and prompts)

Portable C Compiler

Show HN: Kokki – A "Dual-Core" System Prompt to Reduce LLM Hallucinations

Software Engineering Transformation 2026

Microsoft purges Win11 printer drivers, devices on borrowed time

Lunch with the FT: Tarek Mansour

Old Mexico and her lost provinces (1883)

'AI' is a dick move, redux

The source code was the moat. But not anymore

Does anyone else feel like their inbox has become their job?

An AI model that can read and diagnose a brain MRI in seconds

Dev with 5 of experience switched to Rails, what should I be careful about?

AlphaFace: High Fidelity and Real-Time Face Swapper Robust to Facial Pose

Scientists discover “levitating” time crystals that you can hold in your hand

Rammstein – Deutschland (C64 Cover, Real SID, 8-bit – 2019) [video]

Tell HN: Yet Another Round of Zendesk Spam

Postgres Message Queue (PGMQ)

Show HN: Django-rclone: Database and media backups for Django, powered by rclone

NY lawmakers proposed statewide data center moratorium

OpenClaw AI chatbots are running amok – these scientists are listening in

Show HN: AI agent forgets user preferences every session. This fixes it

Introduce the Vouch/Denouncement Contribution Model

Show HN: SSHcode – Always-On Claude Code/OpenCode over Tailscale and Hetzner

Microsoft appointed a quality czar. He has no direct reports and no budget

Multi-agent coordination on Claude Code: 8 production pain points and patterns

Washington Post CEO Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure

Which company would you prefer to join?

Comments