what are some good brand name companies to work for in the Bay area?

[skim milk]

I'm interested in the SF bay area and I am applying to some firms. I come from an operational/strategic IT consulting background. I heard back from Google (after referral) but didn't make it through. I am secure in my job at the moment and make good money so it's comfortable. I'm not in any big rush but I want to continue applying. I think the easiest transition would be to another consulting firm based out of the SF office but I am seeking something different.

Places like Cisco, Oracle, Sony, Blackrock, Moody's, or whatever else with good presence in the bay area.

Before you bash me for seeking "brand name firms", I have my reasons related to my professional goals in this stage of my career.

 

[paulney]

I hear HP needs a new CEO.

 

[skim milk]

I hear HP needs a new CEO.

I don't think I can be the CEO but I am going to take a look into some HP jobs.

 

[joesmoke]

mama-san has great massage locations all over. you gotta be willing to go the extra mile, however.

 

[skim milk]

mama-san has great massage locations all over. you gotta be willing to go the extra mile, however.

I will consider that as a part-time weekend job

 

[paulney]

Seriously, though, what do you mean by 'good presence'? Roll out one of those cheesy 'Silicon Valley Map' calendars, see which companies are still in business and start spamming them with your resume.

Don't bother with Sun.

 

[joesmoke]

I will consider that as a part-time weekend job

well then, id say your search for employment is bound to have a happy ending.

 

[Printer Bandit]

Adobe Systems
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Apple Inc.
eBay
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Intel
Intuit
Nvidia
Oracle
VMware
Yahoo!
Agilent Technologies
Applied Materials
Business Objects (acquired by SAP)
Cisco Systems
eBay
Google
Hewlett-Packard
Intel
Intuit
Juniper Networks
LSI
National Semiconductor
NetApp
Nvidia
Oracle Corporation
SanDisk
Sanmina-SCI
Sun Microsystems (acquired by Oracle Corporation)
Symantec
Yahoo!
Actuate Corporation
Adaptec
Aeria Games and Entertainment
Amazon.com's A9.com
Amazon.com's Lab126.com
Amdahl
Ampex
Antibody Solutions
Aricent
Asus
Atari
Atmel
Broadcom
BEA Systems (acquired by Oracle Corporation)
Cypress Semiconductor
Electronic Arts
EMC Corporation (headquartered in Hopkinton, Massachusetts)
Facebook
Fairchild Semiconductor
Force10
Foundry Networks
Fujitsu (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan)
Geitis Engineering
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
IBM Almaden Research Center
IDEO
Logitech
LynuxWorks
Maxtor (now part of Seagate)
McAfee
Memorex (acquired by Imation and moved to Cerritos, California)
Micron Technology (headquartered in Boise, Idaho)
Microsoft (headquartered in Redmond, Washington)
Mozilla Corporation
Nokia (headquartered in Espoo, Finland)
Netflix
Netscape (acquired by AOL)
NeXT Computer, Inc. (acquired by Apple)
Ning
NXP Semiconductors
Opera Software (headquartered in Oslo, Norway)
OPPO
Palm, Inc.
PalmSource, Inc. (acquired by ACCESS)
PayPal (now part of eBay)
Philips Lumileds Lighting Company
PlayPhone
Rambus
ROBLOX
RSA (acquired by EMC)
Redback Networks (acquired by Ericsson)
SAP AG (headquartered in Walldorf, Germany)
Siemens (headquartered in Berlin and Munich, Germany)
Silicon Graphics (now defunct)
Silicon Image
Solectron (acquired by Flextronics)
Sony
Sony Ericsson
SRI International
SunPower
Tesla Motors
TWiT
Tellme Networks (acquired by Microsoft)
TiVo
VA Software (Slashdot)
WebEx (acquired by Cisco Systems)
Western Digital
VeriSign
Veritas Software (acquired by Symantec)
VMware (acquired by EMC)
Xilinx
YouTube (acquired by Google)
Zoran Corporation

 

[nickbits]

Rice-a-roni

 

[PaNsyBoy8]

where are you located now?

 

[skim milk]

printer bandit, those are only high-tech firms. I didn't see places i mentioned in the OP like Blackrock, Moody's, etc