Comparably Announces Best Places to Work and Best CEOs of 2024 Based on Millions of Employee Ratings

8th Annual Awards Celebrate Top Companies for Culture, Compensation, and Leadership

Key Takeaways:

• Adobe, ADP, Elastic, and Squarespace recognized among the Top 10 large organizations for workplace culture, with Hubspot earning eight consecutive wins in the category
• Adobe’s Shantanu Narayan, ADP’s Maria Black, Elsevier’s Kumsal Bayazit, Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, and Informatica’s Amit Walia represent the most diverse group of Top 5 CEOs in the history of the awards
• Boston Consulting Group, Paycom, Salesforce, and Workday rank among the Top 10 large companies praised for their compensation packages

VANCOUVER, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Comparably (a ZoomInfo company) – a leading employee review platform for workplace culture and compensation – today unveiled its 8th Annual Best Places to Work Awards, honoring the top-rated companies for culture, leadership, and compensation. The lists highlight standout CEOs, organizations with exceptional workplace cultures, and companies offering the most competitive compensation packages, according to employee ratings over the past year on Comparably.com.

With more than 20 million ratings across 70,000 companies, Comparably’s annual rankings are based on anonymous employee feedback to 50 data-driven questions spanning nearly 20 key workplace culture metrics.

“Comparably’s Best Places to Work Awards are an invaluable benchmark for organizations striving to create positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace cultures," said Chad Herring, CHRO of ZoomInfo. "These lists recognize companies that prioritize employee satisfaction, transparency, and growth, which are essential to attracting and retaining top talent. It is a testament to their efforts and ongoing commitment to continuously enhancing the work experience for every team member.”

For the first time since Comparably introduced its Best CEOs category in 2017, the Top 5 large company leaders include the most diverse group of women and people of color in the list’s history. In addition, HubSpot has achieved an impressive milestone with eight consecutive wins for Best Company Culture — the most of any organization in this category — followed by ADP, Adobe, and TaskUs, each with seven wins.

The Top 10 Best Workplace Cultures:

1. Paycom
2. Elsevier
3. ADP
4. Primerica
5. Adobe
6. Elastic
7. Calix
8. Esri
9. Squarespace
10. Remitly

The Top 10 Best CEOs:

1. Kumsal Bayazit, Elsevier
2. Maria Black, ADP
3. Shantanu Narayen, Adobe
4. Satya Nadella, Microsoft
5. Amit Walia, Informatica
6. Michael Weening, Calix
7. Matt Oppenheim, Remitly
8. Jack Dangermond, Esri
9. Chad Richison, Paycom
10. Sassine Ghazi, Synopsys

The Top 10 Best Companies for Compensation:

1. Paycom
2. Boston Consulting Group
3. Adobe
4. Waste Connections
5. Salesforce
6. Workday
7. Elastic
8. Calix
9. Squarespace
10. Hubspot

The full list of ranked companies and CEOs can be found on Comparably’s Awards site.

About Comparably Awards

The rankings for the 8th Annual Comparably Awards were based on sentiment ratings provided by current employees via Comparably.com over a 12-month period (Nov. 11, 2023 - Nov. 11, 2024). Employees responded to questions across nearly 20 core culture metrics, including compensation (salary, bonus, raises), career growth (opportunities, mentorship, goals), leadership (CEO, executives, direct managers), and work environment (work-life balance, perks & benefits, coworkers), among others. Responses were collected in various formats, including yes/no, true/false, 1-10 scale, and multiple-choice. Each response was assigned a numerical score and compared to other companies of similar size.

To be eligible for inclusion, large companies (more than 500 employees) needed at least 75 employee participants, while small companies (up to 500 employees) required a minimum of 25 participants. Companies with higher participation rates from their employee base were given additional weight in the rankings to ensure statistical significance. There were no fees or costs involved in participating, and companies did not need to submit a nomination. Full methodology details are available here.

About Comparably

Comparably (a ZoomInfo company) is a leading platform for workplace culture insights and compensation data, empowering employees and job seekers to make more informed career decisions. With 20 million anonymous employee ratings across nearly 20 core culture metrics, covering 70,000 companies, Comparably provides one of the most comprehensive datasets on workplace culture, salaries, and leadership. Insights can be segmented by gender, ethnicity, age, experience, industry, department, location, and education, offering a deep and nuanced view of organizations of all sizes. Trusted by employers and job seekers alike, Comparably is the go-to resource for employer branding and workplace culture, highlighted through its annual Best Places to Work Awards. For more information, visit www.comparably.com.