From Sloper Pierre Raymond:
Companies have been changing their pace since the advent of the pandemic, and although it may have started as a part-time idea, certain changes are now looking more permanent, and we’re not just talking about remote work.
While millions of American employees have been separating themselves from anxiety-induced employers, and the pandemic fueling a Great Resignation which saw more than 5.9 million workers put down tools in December 2021 – organizations are shifting their focus from employee perks to the employee themselves.
For decades employers have been playing the tone of company culture all too well, but now that tone has changed, and employees are looking to work for companies that can offer them more than the ordinary run-of-the-mill job perks.
On either side of the spectrum, many are pointing fingers towards the Federal government for over-stimulating, printing stimulus checks like it was the new currency. But now as millions quit their jobs, some with the hopes of a fourth stimulus check, chatter in government board rooms on this topic have gone silent.
All-in-all organizations have been throwing themselves behind restructuring how they can make the workplace more attractive. 2022 may look a bit more prosperous as employers seek to attract the most impressive talent for job roles. Overall, there’s already been a shift in how employees want to work, how they want to manage their workload, and how their company values work-life balance.
A recent survey published by Top WorkPlaces has revealed the best companies to work for in the United States, and you’ll be surprised to find that even your favorite multinational tech-savvy firm didn’t make the cut this year.
Although these surveys may sometimes be considered a one-sided, or biased opinion from millions of surveyed employees, at the end of the day it gives us a better picture of how these companies have managed to retain their staff, show resilience, and perhaps become the poster-child for what Corporate America should have been all these years.
The following top five companies were ranked as the most attractive companies to work for in the United States. With more than 2500 employees, and offices on a national level, employees surveyed found that these organizations have been looking to care for employee needs above anything else.
Top Five
- Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation
- PrimeLending, A PlainsCapital Company
- Plante Moran
- Arrow Exterminators, Inc.
- Progressive
If you wondered if any big-tech companies made the cut, it shouldn’t surprise you that even supermarket chain Aldi has been named one of the best places to work in the US for two years in a row. Companies are targeting the needs of their employees, and that’s what’s helping them stay loyal to the brand.
So how are the winners accounted for?
While some may feel their methodology does have some holes in it, after careful reading, and placing the pieces together, you soon realize that these sorts of surveys look at the core of the company or organization, looking to see if any cracks could cause employees to feel dismayed by their employer.
To calculate for the winners, employee engagement surveys are conducted, whereby they need to complete 15 Culture Drivers. From here, further research is conducted on the results, and the company to find if they can predict a high-performing industry benchmark for the surveyed employer.
Why is this important?
You can list various reasons why these surveys and research is important, but overall it boils down to how companies are treating their staff, regardless of financial hardships or any unprecedented challenges that may suddenly arise.
Making use of a third-party company to conduct employee surveys, especially on a national level such as this, allows employees to understand that an independent body can help better understand what the current situation within the company may be.
Yet, we can also view this not only from the outside but from the inside as well. Why should third-party companies or independent research firms offer a platform on which employees can voice their opinions about their boss or the workplace?
Companies should be focusing on their employees as the basic link of the business, regardless of their position or the title they hold. There’s already so much controversy over how corporate America treats their junior employees, and it’s going to take some time to cover up the cracks.
A Final Thought
The pandemic may have induced employees to quit their toxic jobs, and permanently leave a work environment that pushed them to the brink. But have we become so toxic in the workplace, that the only way out is resignation? Or are we simply churning old ones out, and quickly replacing them with young and enthusiastic employees?
There’s no real cure for what we have created, and yet we busk in the glory and recognition we receive on a global scale for coining Corporate America, putting force a façade of promising prospects to the world, but under the surface, there’s so much more we have yet uncovered.
