How we created the list of winners

How does a company make the Top Workplaces list? By inspiring employees.

“Top Workplaces put the employee at the center of things, and focus on creating the right environment to unleash potential and inspire performance,” said Doug Claffey, founder of Energage, the research partner for Top Workplaces for Hearst Connecticut newspapers.

This is the ninth year Hearst Connecticut Media has joined with Philadelphia-based Energage to determine the region’s best places to work. The results are based solely on a scientific employee survey process.

Starting in February, Hearst Connecticut newspapers welcomed anyone to nominate companies as Top Workplaces. Energage also reached out to companies. In all, 951 employers in the region were invited to take part in the process.

Any employer — including provate firms, publicly traded companies, nonprofits, local offices of multistate corporations and government agencies — was eligible, as long as it had at least 35 employees in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties. There is no cost to enter the Top Workplaces program.

A smaller number of employers agreed to take the survey. Combined, they employ 13,595 people in the region. A total of 8,473 employees responded to questionnaires, either on paper or online.

For this year’s winners list, 50 employers earned recognition as Top Workplaces based on the employee feedback.

The employee engagement survey of 24 questions gathers responses on issues relating to workplace culture:

* Alignment - where the company is headed, its values, cooperation

* Connection - employees feel appreciated and well informed, their work is...

from Business https://www.ctpost.com/topworkplaces/article/How-we-created-the-list-of-winners-14464770.php