do you like where you work Nominate your company for a Top Workplaces Award

do you love where you work Do you think your company should be commended for its work-life balance, great benefits, or just positive workplace culture?

The Richmond Times-Dispatch annual employer recognition program is now accepting nominations for its 2023 awards. Recognize your company for its hard work to positively meet the challenges of inflation, telecommuting and uncertainty.

This year’s economic outlook remains uncertain, with widespread fears of a contracting economy and the negative impact this could have on businesses and wallets.

The Harvard Business Review says the job market is still strong despite the US Bureau of Labor Statistics’ latest jobs report reporting that 263,000 jobs were created in the economy. While it shows companies are still creating jobs, that number was also below the expected growth rate for September.

The coming year will test companies’ resolve in navigating the financial squeeze, as a debate over hybrid and remote working could emerge as the worst of the pandemic appears to be in the rearview mirror.

We want to hear from you if you’re proud of how your company has weathered the pandemic and is positioning itself for the future.

This year marks the 10th annual Richmond Times-Dispatch Top Workplaces Awards program, which allows companies large and small to be nominated for recognition of their organizational health.

The newspaper is once again collaborating with Energage as a research partner on the project.

Energage conducts Top Workplaces surveys for media in 61 markets and surveyed more than 2 million employees in over 8,000 organizations in 2021.

The company says its research shows that the core elements of organizational health are what employees value most in the workplace and that organizations with high levels of organizational health outperform their peers.

1,141 organizations were invited to last year’s 2022 program and 118 were interviewed.

87 were recognized as winners, with over 17,000 employees taking surveys for the awards.

Participating organizations must have 35 or more employees in the Greater Richmond Region to be eligible. These can be public, private, non-profit or governmental organizations.

The 2022 awards were presented in four categories – groups with 25-124 employees, 125-399 employees, 400-899 and companies with over 900 employees.

Last year’s winners included major companies such as Capital One, CarMax and Estes Express Lines.

Some of the smaller companies that received awards were Starling International Childcare & Learning Center, Cutz For Guys and the City of Ashland.

Workplaces that participate in the program are evaluated by their employees using a short 24-question survey.

The companies are surveyed from October to January.

Jobs can be nominated on The Times-Dispatch’s Top Workplaces page at richmond.com/top-workplaces by entering an email address or by calling (804) 977-9367.

The deadline for the first nomination is November 18th. The final release date is still set for 2023.