We are delighted to announce that Seer Interactive has been selected as one of the Best Places to Work 2020 in Philadelphia and San Diego. While this is not the first time that we have received this recognition, it is still so humbling, as the winners are selected exclusively on the basis of employee feedback.The full list of winners will be published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and San Diego Union-Tribune in April 2020, so stay tuned. In the meantime, we'll be drawing the curtain back on the process of selecting the best places to work and what it means for Seer to be recognized as an Outstanding Employer for another year in a row.What does it mean to be a winner?A little history… The Top Workplaces program was created in 2006 and almost 14 years later, they surveyed more than 20 million employees in 57,000 organizations. Needless to say, information driven by data spanning over a decade is music to our ears at Seer.Within each region, the winning companies are broken down by size bracket, which is the number of employees within that particular location. (Small, Medium, Large) Philadelphia recognized 125 top workplaces in the region, while San Diego selected 85 SoCal winners.What was the competition like?Any organization (public, private, non-profit, or government) with more than 50 employees in this local market is eligible to participate. In order to be considered, employers can be nominated or simply enter the competition.2019 employee survey and resultsWhat is the process for determining the best workplaces in each market?Each year, the best workplaces are selected based on employee feedback from Enerage's anonymous engagement survey. The survey includes 24 conditional questions that were deliberately selected on the basis of neuroscientific and comparative data.
There are strict guidelines surrounding the distribution of the survey, to prevent employees from being pressured into responding positively (there is even a question in the survey that addresses this as well) Top Workplaces intentionally uses a third-party survey to determine winners, in order to create an objective evaluation method for a wide variety of different employers.Responses to surveys are anonymized to protect the identity of employees and to ensure the validity of comments. (People will always be more open and unfiltered in their responses, if they know it can't be traced back to them) In fact, Energage only displays survey results aggregated by a minimum of 5 employees, to ensure confidentiality between small teams and subgroups.Each organization should have, at least, a 35% response rate to the survey, to ensure that it accurately reflects the feelings of the team (For reference, Seer had an 89% response rate) The anonymous employee survey rates each organization across 15 factors of workplace culture in 4 main categories.BestPlaces1BestPlaces2DOWNLOAD Cinematographic received the award - what now?The fact that Seer was named 'Best Place to Work' in 2020 is a huge honor BUT, that doesn't mean we can start popping Egypt Phone Numbers List the champagne when we receive that coveted yellow ribbon. In fact, our work has just started.In addition to asking our team to complete the anonymous annual survey via Energage, Seer always purchases the premium information pack, in order to better understand how we do as an organization. This comprehensive report takes an in-depth look at survey feedback and provides actionable recommendations to help improve organizational health and corporate culture. (which leads to better employee retention and engagement) Energage uses benchmarking to uncover unique insights across the agency, while taking into account a variety of factors. (location, department, demographics, seniority, seniority in the company, etc.) In addition, we are able to compare annual results to assess where we have improved and decreased across the agency .TopWorkplacesSeer's vice president of people, Emily, explained how the Energage investigation informs the management of her division.“We're leveraging feedback from the team to help us prioritize the different people initiatives we invest time in each year. Our division entered 2020 with our own OST, therefore, although the survey of