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The strategy behind the nation’s leading employer recognition program
No two Top Workplaces are exactly alike. In fact, they come in all shapes and sizes. But these standout organizations share one thing in common: They’re dedicated to people-first culture excellence, and they prioritize it day in and day out.
Who determines if your organization deserves a Top Workplaces award? Those who know the company’s culture best: your employees. The Top Workplaces program starts with capturing their feedback about what matters most.
Top Workplaces begins with the Workplace Survey. Part of the Energage Platform, the research-backed employee engagement survey measures employee engagement and what drives it.
Survey results are compared to our Top Workplaces benchmark. With more than 17 years of data from 27 million employee surveys across 70,000 organizations, your data is compared against the industry’s best-in-class.
Top Workplaces are determined by feedback captured by the employee engagement survey. There are no essays, forms, or other organization-provided content that allows for subjective analysis.
Organizations must achieve a 35% response rate to be considered for the Top Workplaces award. For organizations with fewer than 85 employees, at least 30 survey responses are required.
Energage statistical tests look for any questionable results and ensure organizations are accurately administering the survey. Sometimes, we have to disqualify a small number of organizations based on what we find or other factors such as a low response rate.
Participating organizations are categorized into size bands, from small to large or extra-large. We do this because of a phenomenon similar to “mean reversion,” where the larger the group of people, the less extreme their scores can be.
Energage identifies which companies rise to the level of being a Top Workplace using a proprietary approach that combines our wealth of data and industry-leading benchmarks to ensure winners truly represent culture greatness.
This single, research-backed employee engagement survey qualifies your company for year-round Top Workplaces employer recognition, including national, regional, and culture excellence, and industry awards.
National Top Workplaces includes annual and quarterly employer recognition, including USA, Industry, and Culture Excellence awards. To be eligible, organizations must employ a minimum of 150 employees. Companies can be public, private, nonprofit, for profit, or governmental. There is no cost to participate.
For national awards, employers are categorized in four size bands:
We partner with the nation’s most prestigious media outlets to bring Top Workplaces to 60 markets across the United States. Depending on the region, eligible organizations must have a minimum of 35 or 50 employees to participate. Companies can be public, private, nonprofit, educational, or governmental. As always, there is no cost to participate.
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Get started today! Nominating your company to participate is the first step. The process is quick, easy, and there is no cost to survey your employees.