Four Edmonton employers named among best for company culture | Daily Hive

Four Edmonton employers named among best for company culture in Canada

JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock

Forbes has just released its inaugural list of Canada’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and several businesses based in Edmonton have made the cut.

Forbes cites Indeed, noting that it comes down to a “combination of [an organization’s] values, vision, workplace environment, and operational norms.”

Companies are also starting to recognize the importance of culture, as employees are increasingly valuing it as well.

Forbes pointed to recent Gallup poll results that found when employees are “strongly connected” to their company culture, the chances of them looking for other job opportunities decline steeply, and they are less likely to feel burned out.

The ranking is based on a survey from more than 40,000 workers in Canada who are employed at companies with at least 500 people in the country.

Survey respondents (who remained anonymous so they could answer freely) were asked if they would recommend their employer to others and to rate it based on a range of company culture-related topics involving fairness, inclusivity, and opportunity.

Respondents were also asked if they would recommend their previous employers (within the past two years) and those they knew through industry experience or through friends or family who worked there.

Data from the past three years of Forbes-Statista employee surveys were incorporated into a scoring system, with heavier weights placed on the more recent data and on recommendations from current employees. Each company ultimately received a score, and the 200 organizations with the highest scores made the ranking.

These four Edmonton-based companies made the list: