The four companies I choose to conduct research on are the following.
PayPal, HP, California Water Company and Stanford’s Lucille Packard Children’s Hospital. I choose these companies because of the cutting-edge technologies they use as well as many other attributes. I currently work in the IT field and feel after graduating with my degree in Networking and Telecommunications my chances will only increase to work for one of these companies or others.
Employer Contact Information:
2211 N 1st St.SAN JOSE, CA
95131-2021
United States
+1.408.9671000
https://www.paypal.com/
General Information about the company:
“PayPal is an electronic commerce company that facilitates payments between parties through online transfers. PayPal allows customers to establish an account on its platform, which is connected to a user’s credit card or checking account. Once identification and proof of funds are confirmed, users can begin sending or receiving payments to and from other PayPal accounts online or through the company’s app”. (Kagan, November 25,2020). PayPal Headquarters employs more than 5,000 people from many different diverse backgrounds. PayPal has many different workforce development programs for under privileged youth in the bay area. This program is incredibly unique as it hires many young adults who have recently graduated from high school and allows them to work as an intern in areas of interest. This program last up to 1 year and many times they eventually hire the intern particularly in areas of information technology.
My interest in the employer:
My interest in this company increased because of mass hiring that they have been doing. The mass hiring was in response to the company’s growth which is one of the primary things is I look for in a company. I also liked the fact that they pledged 500 million to help minority owed business.
Questions for employer:
Do you plan on increasing wages for H-1b visa holders?
Do you offer Tuition reimbursement for Industry certifications and College level courses?
Do encouraged and support career advancement?
Do you encourage technical cross training in other technical departments if a current employee desires to pursue another career path such as software development?
Employer Contact Information:
Hewlett Packard
1501 Page Mill Road Palo Alto
CA 94304
United States
PHONE
1-650-857-1501
WEBSITE
www.hp.com
General Information about the company:
“HP stands for Hewlett-Packard and was a US based company that focused on computer hardware and software, and IT services and consulting. Hewlett-Packard existed as a single entity until November 2015 when it split into HP Inc and HP Enterprise, commonly referred to as HPE.HP Inc focuses on the PC and printer’s business while HPE targets the enterprise products market and services”. (Lima, July 5, 2016) Updated (March 6, 2017) HP underwent a split in 2016 that divided the research and development part of the company HPE, and the services side HP. HP has growth so fast over the years the company thought it was best to split to remain competitive in the future. HP and HPE combined is a colossal giant with more than 50,000 workers worldwide and are worth over 50 billion on the NYSE
My interest in the employer:
My interest in this company increased after I found out the company that split into 2 different entities. Normally when this occurs job growth is the result which gives me and other graduates more chances of getting hired when we graduate. Sometimes you get the opposite and growth is stagnated but from what I researched about the split that occurred in 2015 that is not the case.
Questions for employer:
Where do you see the company going in the next decade regarding growth and hiring?
Do you offer Tuition reimbursement for Industry certifications and College level courses?
Do encouraged and support career advancement?
Do you encourage cross training in other technical disciplines if a current employee desires to pursue another career path such as database administration?
Employer Contact Information:
California Water Service Group
1720 N 1st St,
San Jose
CA 95112
408-367-8200
General Information about the company:
“California Water Service Group is the parent company of California Water Service, Washington Water Service, New Mexico Water Service, Hawaii Water Service, CWS Utility Services, and HWS Utility Services. Together, these companies employ 1,207 people who provide regulated and non-regulated water service to more than 2 million people in California, Washington, New Mexico, and Hawaii”.(California Water Service Group , August 312020 ) California water was established in the mid 1950’s. CWS not only provides water service to residential customers but has provided services to many agriculture business and farmers. CWS and many other water utility companies have been problematic with water shortages issues in recent years. CWS and many others have recently been traded on the Stock exchange. CWS is a 1 billion a year company.
My Interest in the employer:
I did some in depth research on California Water and they have grown from where they were 10 years ago, but I have my concerns about how diversified they are because of a complaint by Congress woman Maxine Waters. She and other Government officials have been focusing on diversification in Silicon Valley companies. With that said I would not turn down a job opportunity there.
Questions for employer:
How long does it take to become a vested employee in your company?
Do you offer Tuition reimbursement for Industry certifications and College level courses?
Do encouraged and support career advancement?
Do you encourage diversity when it comes to hiring?
Employer Contact Information:
Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health
400 Hamilton Avenue
Suite 340
Palo Alto
California
94301
(650) 497-8365
https://www.stanfordchildrens.org
General Information about the company:
“The nonprofit children’s hospital, part of Stanford Children’s Health, provides primary care as well as rare and complex specialty care for pediatric and obstetric patients, with leading programs for treatment in cardiovascular, transplant, cancer, pregnancy, and newborn care”. (DiNardo June 12, 2018). Stanford’s children’s hospital is ranked in the top 10 of best children’s hospitals in the US. Stanford Children’s is incredibly unique like St. Jude’s meaning they treat children in need and is not driven by financial earnings. They treat patients based on health needs. Stanford Children’s hospital has many of the top doctors and nurses in the country. They also are growing by leaps and bounds because they use the latest and greatest cutting-edge technology. They recently received an 80 million donation and just completed a building project in Palo Alto.
My Interest in the employer:
I did some good research on this nonprofit company and I discovered that they are considered one of the best Children’s Hospitals in the US remarkably like St. Jude’s. They operate the same way providing cutting edge health care for under privileged children for are extremely sick. I am a big supporter of any services that helps kids and their families especially since health is so expensive.
Questions for employer:
What types of technologies do you use in your environment?
Do you offer tuition reimbursement for Industry certifications and College level courses?
Do encouraged and support career advancement?
Do you encourage diversity when it comes to hiring?
Citied References:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/paypal.asp
https://techmonitor.ai/what-is/what-is-hp-4940236
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/08/31/2086455/0/en/California-Water-Service-Group-Honored-as-Bay-Area-Top-Workplace-for-Ninth-Consecutive-Year.html
https://healthcaredesignmagazine.com/projects/acute-care/natural-progression-for-lucile-packard-childrens-hospital-stanford/
