Australia's best tech employer--3rd place: Austar
Austar
Established: 1995
Staff: approx 1400
Based: Gold Coast, OLD
Score: 8.5
Based on the Gold Coast, Austar began life as a provider of pay television to regional Australia, and has since expanded its' services to include Web hosting, ISP and mobile phone services.
While the location certainly adds to the appeal, Austar's staff were equally enthusiastic about the operations within the IT department and the open communications across the company.
Austar HR Director Nicole Husmann believes the key to happy staff lies in the initial recruitment process.
"When it comes to HR one of the key factors is recruiting the right people with the skills do keep the job," Husmann said. "Keeping the staff happy then comes down to coordinating a number of different projects so they don't feel they are getting stale and bored."
And who was the worst? If you published that, the worst companies might actually be so embarrassed they might lift their game.