More than 230 nominations for list of 100
Microsoft and Google scored top spots on the Best Workplaces in Canada list by the Great Place to Work Institute.
One hundred companies made the list, which is published in the April 12, 2011, issue of The Globe and Mail. This year’s list is broken down into two sections: employers with more than 1,000 employees — which includes 16 best workplaces with Microsoft ranking first — and employers with between 50 and 999 employees — which includes 84 best workplaces with Google ranking first.
This year's list received more than 230 nominations.
The competition process is based on two criteria. Two-thirds of the total score comes from a 58-statement survey completed by more than 50,000 employees across the country who also have the opportunity to provide open-ended comments.
The remaining one-third of the score comes from an in-depth review of the organization's culture, including an evaluation of human resources policies and procedures.
Together, both criteria provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work: credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie, said the Great Place to Work Institute.
Visit www.greatplacetowork.ca for more information about the organizations.
|
Rank |
Company |
|
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1,000+ employees |
|
1 |
Microsoft Canada |
|
2 |
TD Bank Group |
|
3 |
Devon Canada |
|
4 |
Starbucks Coffee Canada |
|
5 |
Grant Thornton |
|
6 |
RBC |
|
7 |
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts |
|
8 |
Scotiabank Group |
|
9 |
Ernst & Young |
|
10 |
Mosaic Sales Solutions |
|
11 |
State Farm Insurance |
|
12 |
Joey Restaurants |
|
13 |
Deloitte & Touche |
|
14 |
Kiewit |
|
15 |
Trillium Health Centre |
|
16 |
Diageo Canada |
|
|
50-999 employees |
|
1 |
Google Canada |
|
2 |
NetApp |
|
3 |
SAS Institute (Canada) |
|
4 |
Habañero Consulting Group |
|
5 |
Gap Adventures |
|
6 |
Protegra |
|
7 |
Nycomed Canada |
|
8 |
T4G Limited |
|
9 |
Intuit Canada |
|
10 |
Enermodal Engineering |
|
11 |
Admiral Insurance |
|
12 |
Possibility Holdings |
|
13 |
Lutherwood |
|
14 |
Royal LePage Performance Realty |
|
15 |
Vermilion Energy |
|
16 |
Ariad Custom Communications |
|
17 |
Keller Williams Ottawa Realty |
|
18 |
Medtronic of Canada |
|
19 |
Disney Online Studios Canada |
|
20 |
Ontario Hospital Association |
|
21 |
The Calgary Food Bank |
|
22 |
Lakeside Process Controls |
|
23 |
Summerhill |
|
24 |
Sequel Naturals |
|
25 |
Randstad Canada |
|
26 |
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services Canada |
|
27 |
Immigrant Services Society of British Columbia |
|
28 |
Halsall Associates |
|
29 |
Urban Systems |
|
30 |
Ames Tile & Stone |
|
31 |
SaskCentral (Credit Union Central of Saskatchewan) |
|
32 |
OnX Enterprise Solutions |
|
33 |
Lannick Group of Companies |
|
34 |
L.V. Lomas |
|
35 |
Construction Control |
|
36 |
CDW Canada |
|
37 |
Capital One Canada |
|
38 |
Sandvine |
|
39 |
Stryker Canada |
|
40 |
Hill & Knowlton Canada |
|
41 |
Sapient Canada |
|
42 |
Qualcomm |
|
43 |
Online Business Systems |
|
44 |
Tri Fit |
|
45 |
Fuller Landau |
|
46 |
Real Food for Real Kids |
|
47 |
FinancialCAD |
|
48 |
The Marketing Store |
|
49 |
Connect Hearing |
|
50 |
Nintendo of Canada |
|
51 |
Cobalt Engineering |
|
52 |
Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club |
|
53 |
Pinchin Environmental |
|
54 |
FIRMA Foreign Exchange |
|
55 |
Autodesk |
|
56 |
Softchoice |
|
57 |
HRdownloads |
|
58 |
Scott Builders |
|
59 |
S. C. Johnson and Son |
|
60 |
Federated Insurance Company of Canada |
|
61 |
Vivonet |
|
62 |
1-800-GOT-JUNK? |
|
63 |
Wood's Homes |
|
64 |
Windsor Family Credit Union |
|
65 |
Benefits by Design |
|
66 |
AML Communications |
|
67 |
Kenlin Design Group |
|
68 |
Capri Insurance Services |
|
69 |
Ideaca |
|
70 |
Coastal Pacific Xpress |
|
71 |
Trico Homes |
|
72 |
Hilti (Canada) |
|
73 |
IT/Net Ottawa |
|
74 |
Wish Group |
|
75 |
CIM |
|
76 |
Broadridge Financial Solutions Canada |
|
77 |
Carswell, a Thomson Reuters business |
|
78 |
Quintiles Canada |
|
79 |
Gardiner Roberts |
|
80 |
Agriculture Financial Services |
|
81 |
Infrastructure Ontario |
|
82 |
EPIC Information Solutions |
|
83 |
Zedi |
|
84 |
Community Savings Credit Union |
