My take on the top 100 workplace list - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog

My take on the top 100 workplace list - The Chief Happiness Officer Blog I took a look at this years list of the 100 best US workplaces, and while I dont know many of the companies on there, many of the usual suspects are certainly included. Google, Container Store, Whole Foods, W.L. Gore, Starbucks, Nordstrom and others are certainly familiar cases from the books Ive read about happiness at work. Im not sure if this validates the top 100 list or the case literature. Or neither :o) However, we should remember that not every company competes here. In fact, only around 500 companies entered the competition, so making the top 100 list is not THAT impressive. Companies with less than 1000 employees can not participate even though many of them are probably better workplaces than the big organizations. Also, a companys score depends not only on what its employees say. Heres some info from the website: Two-thirds of a companys score is based on the survey, which is sent to a minimum of 400 randomly selected employees from each company and asks about things such as attitudes toward management, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The remaining third of the score comes from our evaluation of each companys responses to the institutes Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about demographic makeup, pay, and benefits programs, and open-ended questions about the company?s people-management philosophy, internal communications, opportunities, compensation practices, diversity programs, etc. All in all, Im sure that the companies on this list are all good places to work and Im equally sure that there are many even better ones out there that simply didnt compete in this particular contest. (A big thank you to Andrew Ferrier for asking the question that inspired this post). Previously: 10 seeeeeeriously cool workplaces Happiness at work at Google Perks gone wild: SAS Institute Thanks for visiting my blog. If you're new here, you should check out this list of my 10 most popular articles. And if you want more great tips and ideas you should check out our newsletter about happiness at work. It's great and it's free :-)Share this:LinkedInFacebookTwitterRedditPinterest Related