10 companies with the best culture, according to employees

March 28, 2023 1:16 PM

Gone are the days of simply offering competitive benefits and good salaries to retain a workforce. Employees want more than fair compensation — they want community, too.

Eighty-eight percent of workers believe that company culture is important in remote work, according to remote team building resource Gomada, and 78% of employees are actively looking for a more supportive work culture.

In an effort to help workers in their search for the company culture they're craving, workplace insights platform Comparably recently released its third-annual list of businesses with the best culture. The ranking is based on compensation data for public and private companies as well as anonymous ratings on Comparably.com, provided from February 2022 through February 2023, by both U.S.-based and international employees at large companies.

The platform ranked companies against 20 different categories, including compensation, leadership, work-life balance, professional development opportunities, perks and benefits.

"Chegg has the best company culture I've ever experienced in my 15 plus years of work," noted one employee of the student media platform, which placed third on the list. "The executive team regularly solicits feedback and cares about the wellbeing of our employees."

Despite a turbulent season riddled with layoffs and disgruntled employees, tech companies dominate Comparably's top 10. Chegg, Hubspot, Microsoft and RingCentral have all appeared on the list for three consecutive years, with Microsoft defending its ranking as the company with the best company culture for the second year in a row. Workday made its debut on the list coming in at the number two spot.

See which companies are best supporting their employees (and what their employees had to say) according to Comparably's best global company culture list:

Microsoft

"Smart people, highly collaborative, excellent and caring culture. Exciting time to be a part of Microsoft and to make a big impact for people and organizations throughout the world."

Workday

"The culture at Workday is really our secret sauce. A lot of great people who want to see others succeed and provide support to each other."

Chegg

"There's a strong push for employee equity across the company and around the world. Mission-driven through and through."

RingCentral

"RingCentral has clear company goals and a metric-driven direction. I appreciate their investment in company culture: they celebrate many different cultural events and are always on top of addressing world issues."

HubSpot

"I have been with HubSpot for a few years at this point. Hands down, this is the best company I have ever been a part of and probably one of the best companies out there in the world. A phenomenal place overall with the culture, the people, the product. Fantastic place."

Contentrix

"At Concentrix, we have an inclusive culture and promote diversity. Our culture statements are the guiding principles of our employees around the world."

Elsevier

"Overall a global culture with openness, boundaryless, transparency, learning, opportunities, inclusion, and respect for colleagues."

LexisNexis

"Work culture is excellent at LexisNexis. The leadership team is open to hear newer ideas from the engineers, and leads and supports a strong culture of diversity and inclusion."

Globant

"Globant's culture embraces diversity and focuses on bringing out the best of every [employee]. The environment always leads you to be the best version of yourself."

RX

"RXPH has a very strong culture of work-life balance and advocating for continuous learning and career growth. This alone makes the experience life-changing."