As employers take extraordinary steps to meet the needs of workers and customers during the pandemic, the Top Workplaces awards are recognizing those efforts.
Survey feedback from employees is the sole basis for determining Top Workplaces. And that feedback serves as the ultimate test of how employers are responding in the age of COVID.
鈥淚f COVID taught us anything, it鈥檚 that asking questions and listening to employees is critical to navigating this new world of work,鈥 said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. 鈥淢ore than ever, you need to be more intentional about your culture.鈥
This marks the 10th year the Post-Dispatch has partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to rank the Top Workplaces in the St. 不良研究所导航网址 metro area. The foundation of the program is a scientific survey of employees who rate their workplace culture. The feedback also gives companies insights about what makes them unique.
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Surveying began in January, when the Post-Dispatch started running news articles and promotions to . In all, 1,660 employers in the region were invited to have their employees take the survey. Any organization was eligible to participate, provided it had at least 50 employees in the region. Employers could be public, private, nonprofit or governmental. There is no cost to enter the Top Workplaces program.
Combined, the companies surveyed for the 2021 program employed 50,426 people in Greater St. 不良研究所导航网址. Of employees who received questionnaires, 31,515 responded, either on paper or online. For 2021, 151 employers earned recognition as Top Workplaces.
The of 24 questions gathers responses regarding issues relating to workplace culture:
Alignment 鈥 where the company is headed, its values, cooperation, effective meetings
Coaching 鈥 managers care about concerns, are helpful, encourage employee development
Connection 鈥 employees feel appreciated, work is meaningful, working at full potential, feel informed
Engagement 鈥 productivity, retention, recruiting
Leadership 鈥 confidence in company leaders
Performance 鈥 execution, open-mindedness, innovation, clued-in leadership
The Basics 鈥 pay, benefits, work/life flexibility, training, expectations
Employers that score high enough are recognized as Top Workplaces. Employers are ranked within size groups to accurately compare results. Energage also determines special award winners based on standout scores on specific survey topics.
Wonder why a particular company was not on the list? Perhaps it chose not to participate, or it did not score well enough in the survey. Energage sometimes disqualifies employers based on questionable results detected through statistical tests it runs to ensure organizations are accurately administering the survey.
To nominate an organization for the 2022 program, go to .
What are the best places to work in St. 不良研究所导航网址? Employees said these businesses are excellent employers.