Facebook, a social media company was named “the best company to work for in 2013”. Companies were ranked based on a 18-question survey completed by employees asking their satisfaction on career opportunities, compensation, benefits, work-life balance, senior management, culture and values. Companies that have been leaders in the creation and implementation of strong corporate cultures such as Google, Facebook, and Zappos have all become successful. I have learned from both my Comm 101 and Comm 292 class that successful companies often have strong corporate cultures. Facebook employees must go through an extensive on-boarding orientation/experience that allows them to learn about the company culture directly from some of the company’s longest-tenured employees. All the employees are able to recite Facebook’s vision statement which is “to give people the power to share and make the world more open and connected”. Besides from all the perks, there are happy hours, intramural sports teams, clubs and even an annual Game Day for Facebook employees to bond and develop a strong company culture. In addition, Facebook also has an incredible CEO: Mark Zuckerberg whom leads by example. With all these factors, Facebook has become really successful and has developed a strong and unique company culture with motivated employees which in turn leads to company growth.

References: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2012/12/12/the-best-companies-to-work-for-in-2013/

http://blogs.wsj.com/accelerators/2013/02/05/lessons-from-facebook-how-culture-lead-to-growth/