In today’s fast-evolving workplace, one thing remains clear: Employees thrive in environments where they feel respected, trusted and supported. Newsweek and the Best Practice Institute are partnering for the third year to recognize the Global Most Loved Workplaces® 2025, a celebration of organizations that prioritize employee well-being and cultivate cultures of belonging. Learn more about Most Loved Workplace® certification to join future rankings. Based on feedback from more than two million workers worldwide and interviews with several hundred company officials, this year’s list highlights companies that lead with purpose, align with their employees’ values and foster collaboration, growth and inclusion at every level.
Organizations were evaluated through BPI’s rigorous Love of Workplace Index® which draws from surveys of more than two million employees worldwide, in-depth interviews with hundreds of company leaders, analysis of external public ratings, company news and employee reviews.
The result: a list of 100 companies where people genuinely love to work. The top 30 companies on this ranking—including HLB (#1), Petfolk (#2) and Synctera (#3), among others— exemplify how a deep commitment to employee happiness drives performance, loyalty and success.
Explore the full Global 100 list here and learn how your organization can get certified as a Most Loved Workplace® to be eligible for upcoming lists.
#1: HLB
London – Financial Services
Close personal relationships between the members are key to the success at HLB, a global network of independent advisory and accounting firms. Employees at the member firms of HLB collaborate closely in person on projects and assignments, working in small teams which gives staff more opportunities to progress in their careers. Even junior-level staff work directly with clients, and they have opportunities to transfer and work for other business divisions, giving them more flexibility. Employees can either specialize in their chosen field or transfer to something brand new in the firm.
#2: Petfolk
Charlotte, North Carolina – Veterinary
Petfolk aims to revolutionize the pet care experience, making it simpler, healthier and brighter for pet parents, pets and medical providers. Growth tiers are clearly laid out for professional development with continuing education support including tuition reimbursement, payment for required state veterinarian licensure, Fear Free training and certification and several e-learning platforms available at all Pet Care Centers. Employees here reported feeling respected, supported and valued.
#3: Synctera
Palo Alto, California – Technology
Synctera is a startup that helps fintech companies launch innovative ideas, banks earn new revenue and employees find rewarding careers. It maintains a rich workplace environment of innovation, collaboration and curiosity. The company has emphasized diversity and inclusion since its formation and aims to create real, inclusive behaviors at the heart of its operations rather than just “checking boxes” or “hitting numbers.” Creating a safe space for employees to bring their authentic selves is one of Synctera’s core values.
#4: Supercharge
Budapest, Hungary – Information Technology
Supercharge is an international AI software development company with a culture that values collaboration to solve problems and assures that each Supercharger feels supported and connected. There are many opportunities to learn through external conferences and trainings, as well as in-house soft and hard skills training and even more opportunities to grow through five career paths and biannual promotion cycles.
#5: Customer.io
Portland, Oregon – Technology
Customer.io has made intentional, ongoing efforts to build a workplace where everyone feels seen, supported and celebrated. A huge part of this comes from its Ami Resource Groups (ARGs) — employee-led communities that champion connection, belonging and inclusion across its global team. For example, women-led employee resource groups (ERGs) like Fe-Mail are spaces that help create meaningful connections, drive important conversations and celebrate the diverse experiences of women throughout the organization.
#6: YouScan
Kyiv, Ukraine – Information Technology
As a leader in social media listening and image recognition, YouScan fosters collaboration through a distributed team model that leverages transparency tools, cross-functional squads and open communication to ensure seamless alignment across regions and roles. The company’s positive vision is centered on empowering brands to understand their customers better, and this mission translates into internal culture—where employees know their work has a tangible impact. Respect and psychological safety are deeply embedded, with employee feedback often highlighting YouScan’s open-door leadership style and culture of trust. Through initiatives like flexible scheduling, mental health support and team celebrations, YouScan ensures team members feel valued and heard, demonstrating a strong alignment of values between people and purpose.
#7: APCO
Washington, D.C. – Advisory & Advocacy
APCO is a global advisory and advocacy firm helping leading corporations, foundations and governments navigate a complex world and create lasting impact. A hallmark of APCO is that employees define their own career experience. There are no barriers between offices, allowing employees to collaborate and team up with colleagues worldwide. This global network, and the transformative work it does, are the main reasons people join APCO. It’s also why people return to APCO and why some interns have grown their careers into global leadership positions in various locations.
#8: TaylorMade Golf Co.
Carlsbad, California – Sporting Goods
Known globally for innovation in golf equipment and athlete partnerships, TaylorMade fosters collaboration by uniting product engineers, marketers, athletes and support teams to deliver breakthrough technologies in close coordination. The company’s positive vision is grounded in its pursuit of creating the best-performing golf products in the world—an inspiring purpose that resonates from the R&D labs to the retail floor. TaylorMade demonstrates a strong alignment of values through its commitment to excellence, inclusion and continuous improvement, ensuring that team members’ aspirations are aligned with its brand legacy and competitive spirit. Respect is reinforced through leadership transparency and a strong focus on employee well-being and growth opportunities. Empowered to innovate and push boundaries, employees at TaylorMade consistently deliver killer outcomes, from game-changing product launches to memorable athlete experiences.
#9: Veritiv
Atlanta – Distribution
Veritiv is a distributor of packaging, facility solutions and print products. This highly collaborative company works through integrated teams that work across supply chain, sales and customer solutions to deliver comprehensive value to clients. The company sets a positive vision to help businesses succeed through smart, sustainable solutions. This vision provides employees with a shared sense of purpose and impact. Alignment of values is clear in Veritiv’s emphasis on integrity, innovation and customer commitment, ensuring individual aspirations resonate with broader organizational goals. Veritiv builds a culture of respect through investment in employee development, recognition programs, diversity and inclusion initiatives and flexible work arrangements that support work-life balance. Positive results are consistently delivered by empowering employees to innovate and optimize operations for major brands and enterprises across North America.
#10: Kaplan
Fort Lauderdale, Florida – Education Services
Kaplan’s strategic culture is one of support, continuous learning and high performance. Through initiatives like leadership development pathways, diversity-focused recruitment and consistent recognition of achievement, Kaplan cultivates a workplace where employees feel safe to innovate and grow. Kaplan’s well-articulated mission to empower learners globally sets a positive vision for employees. Systemic collaboration is demonstrated by its cross-functional teams and investment in collaborative technologies. Employee feedback consistently reflects respect and value alignment—critical drivers of emotional connectedness and long-term engagement. Kaplan’s learning-centric environment means employees have clear pathways to impact student success and organizational goals.
#11: Distology
Greater Manchester, United Kingdom – Technology
As a cybersecurity distributor championing innovation and trust, Distology fosters collaboration through its flat structure, transparent communication and cross-functional teamwork—enabling employees to feel empowered and heard. Distology deeply values inclusivity and authenticity, which is evident in its proactive DEI initiatives and efforts to build a culture where everyone is encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Distology’s people-first approach is backed by programs that promote mental health, flexible work and continuous development, which drive personal and professional growth.
#12: NCR Atleos
Atlanta – Financial Services
NCR Atleos is a relatively new fintech company focused on ATM services. Currently focused on succession planning and leadership development, this early-stage startup is poised to embed multiple career paths beyond typical vertical progression. Professional development is supported by tools like LinkedIn Learning and Cornerstone and partnerships with a local military college for veteran recruitment and career support. Leadership demonstrates vulnerability and self-deprecation, creating psychological safety and a collaborative culture where cross-functional collaboration is prioritized over siloed problem-solving.
#13: Vasion
St. George, Utah – Technology
Vasion exemplifies a workplace where innovation, collaboration and personal growth thrive. As a leader in digital transformation solutions, Vasion cultivates systemic collaboration through agile teams, open communication channels and a company-wide commitment to shared goals across product development, customer success and corporate functions. Its mission to simplify and modernize business processes through technology is an inspiring call that unites employees across diverse roles. Vasion prioritizes transparency, continuous learning and employee empowerment, creating an environment where personal aspirations and organizational objectives move together. Employees are encouraged to take ownership, share ideas and challenge the status quo—leading to product innovation, customer impact and internal career advancement. At Vasion, emotional connectedness isn’t just encouraged, it’s woven into the fabric of how the company operates and succeeds.
#14: Zabka Group
Poznan, Poland – Retail
A convenience ecosystem in Poland, Żabka’s cross-functional innovation hubs and dynamic ecosystem model where teams across retail, technology and logistics work seamlessly toward shared goals, create a culture of collaboration. The company demonstrates leadership in diversity, equal opportunity (certified by Equal Salary certification) and environmental responsibility, ensuring personal and corporate values align. Employees experience a strong culture of respect, supported by investments in wellness, mental health and professional development programs.
#15: Airfinity
London – Health Care
Airfinity’s interdisciplinary teams combine science, technology and policy expertise, creating a highly integrated environment where knowledge sharing and collective problem-solving drive outcomes. The company’s purpose to improve global health outcomes through data gives employees a sense of meaning and urgency in their work. Airfinity’s commitment to scientific rigor, innovation and ethical responsibility ensures that employee aspirations align with a larger societal mission. Employees feel a deep sense of respect through leadership transparency, career development opportunities and a flexible, supportive working environment. Meanwhile, Airfinity consistently achieves successful outcomes by delivering real-time, critical insights to some of the world’s most influential organizations and governments, especially during health crises.
#16: Seer Interactive
Philadelphia – Media
Seer Interactive is a digital marketing agency founded in 2001 that recently incorporated AI into its services. The company prioritizes employee development through AI training, a feedback-rich environment, and innovative initiatives such as “coffee roulette” to foster inter-team communication. Giving back to the community is a core value, with 70 percent of the team expected to volunteer more than 16 hours annually.
#17: Ergeon
San Francisco – Construction
Fully remote, globally distributed teams seamlessly coordinate operations, sales, and project management across time zones and functions at Ergeon, a technology-driven home improvement company. The company’s vision is clear and inspiring: to make home improvement accessible and stress-free for everyone. This mission motivates employees to innovate with empathy and purpose. Ergeon’s commitment to diversity, transparency and meritocracy ensures that employees’ personal and professional values reflect the company’s inclusive growth model. Ergeon offers flexible work arrangements, clear career progression paths and an environment where feedback is welcomed and acted upon.
#18: Airhelp
Berlin – Travel Tech
The world’s largest air passenger rights organization, Airhelp brings legal, tech and customer service experts together to advocate for travelers globally. Employees gain a strong sense of purpose and societal impact from the company’s vision, anchored in empowering people to claim what they’re owed and creating fairness in the travel experience. AirHelp’s commitment to transparency, fairness and customer-first innovation are values that mirror the passion and ethics of its diverse, international workforce. AirHelp maintains a culture of respect by offering flexible work options, valuing mental health and celebrating contributions across all levels. Data-driven strategies, legal expertise and cutting-edge technology enable employees to see directly the results of their efforts in real-world wins for customers.
#19: Kyndryl
New York City – Information Technology
Kyndryl has built an emotionally connected, future-focused culture where innovation, belonging and performance thrive. As one of the world’s largest IT infrastructure services providers, Kyndryl’s flat organizational model empowers teams across geographies and functions to innovate together in real-time. The company’s mission is to advance the critical systems that power human progress, which gives employees a direct connection between their work and global impact. Kyndryl’s commitments to inclusion, diversity and continuous learning ensure that personal and professional values align closely with the company’s evolving purpose. Kyndryl promotes a culture of respect through flexible work models, mental health support programs and leadership transparency, ensuring psychological safety across its global workforce. Meanwhile, employees achieve favorable outcomes by delivering complex, mission-critical IT solutions that drive customer success and industry transformation.
#20: Kevel
Durham, North Carolina – Computer Software
Kevel’s remote-first teams work under transparent communication practices in cross-functional project structures that encourage shared problem-solving. As a leader in empowering companies to build their ad platforms, Kevel’s positive vision is anchored in democratizing digital advertising—giving employees a mission that combines technological innovation with ethical, user-first principles. Kevel’s emphasis on transparency, autonomy and diversity ensures that employees’ personal values resonate with the organization’s commitment to doing what’s right for users and partners. Respect is deeply embedded in Kevel’s culture, with a strong focus on work-life balance, mental health support and open-door leadership accessibility. Employees are empowered to own projects end-to-end, driving product innovation and creating meaningful impact for major digital brands.
#21: Pattern
Lehi, Utah– E-Commerce
Pattern is a company in growth mode, with plans to add more than 600 people to its staff this year. It focuses on developing leaders and emphasizing skills leveling, including new AI tools for employees and various learning opportunities like lunch and learns. Over half of its leaders are promoted from within, and the company maintains a low regrettable attrition rate of 7%, thanks to a high hiring standard and extensive employee training programs.
#22: ERM
London – Professional Services
People join ERM (Environmental Resources Management), the world’s largest pure-play sustainability consultancy, to make a difference. The work attracts a very special kind of person, and they work on very challenging, interesting, impactful projects with clients across sectors from financial services to oil and gas companies. This is career-defining work. The company is currently working on building relationships and deepening connectivity across the organization through its ERGs and technical communities. Leaders work toward continuous improvement and listening through a staff survey and use this feedback to shape the company.
#23: Tanium
Emeryville, California – Technology
This year, Tanium doubled down on R&D investments, launched new automated tools and restructured its customer and sales teams to enhance transparency and specialization in roles. With a new location in Krakow, the company grew 200 employees just in Poland, positively integrating their teams through their commitment to diversity and inclusion and merit-based hiring and promotion practices. The company is big on supporting cultural celebrations and the LGBTQ+ community. Transparency is maintained through regular town halls with question-and-answer sessions.
#24: O2E Brands
Vancouver, Canada – Home Services
As a leader in home services franchising, O2E’s key strength is collaboration through strong networks of corporate teams and franchise partners, working closely across functions to deliver outstanding customer and employee experiences. The company’s positive vision—”Ordinary to Exceptional”—inspires every team member to think big, act boldly and transform everyday businesses into extraordinary brands. Alignment of values is clear in O2E’s emphasis on ownership thinking, personal development and celebrating success at every level, ensuring that employee values resonate with the organization’s entrepreneurial spirit. O2E promotes a culture of respect through transparent leadership, diversity and inclusion initiatives and programs that prioritize work-life balance and individual well-being. The company achieves outstanding results by empowering employees and franchise partners to innovate, take calculated risks and deliver exceptional results for customers.
#25: Chainlink Labs
Remote – Information Technology
This global leader in decentralized computing and blockchain innovation fosters systemic collaboration through remote-first teams and open-source development models that prioritize transparency, cross-functional cooperation and community engagement. The company’s positive vision is rooted in building the world’s standard for decentralized connectivity, empowering smart contracts to drive a more secure and equitable digital future. This bold mission inspires employees to contribute to transformative global systems. Alignment of values is deeply reflected in Chainlink Labs’ focus on decentralization, transparency and empowerment, ensuring that individual purpose aligns with organizational goals. Chainlink Labs nurtures respect by emphasizing autonomy, diversity and professional growth, offering employees flexibility and ownership over their work. The company delivers exceptional results by enabling breakthrough innovation in blockchain technology, which is trusted by major enterprises and developers worldwide.
#26: Iguzzini Illuminazione
Recanati, Italy – Electronic Appliances
iGuzzini Illuminazione exemplifies a culture of innovation, craftsmanship and global collaboration. As a world-renowned leader in architectural lighting design, iGuzzini fosters collaboration through interdisciplinary teams that integrate engineering, design and sustainability expertise to create visionary lighting solutions. The company’s positive vision uses light to improve the relationship between people and the environment, and it is a unifying force that inspires employees to contribute to projects of cultural, social and architectural significance. Alignment of values is clear in iGuzzini’s deep commitment to innovation, environmental stewardship and human-centered design, ensuring strong resonance between employee purpose and organizational mission. iGuzzini promotes a culture of respect by investing in continuous learning, workplace well-being and global diversity initiatives, creating an inclusive environment where all voices are valued. The company achieves excellent outcomes through groundbreaking projects that blend technical mastery and artistic excellence, elevating the brand’s international reputation.
#27: Databricks
San Francisco – Software
A global leader in data and AI platforms, Databricks fosters systemic collaboration through a unified “lakehouse” approach (their unique approach to combining data lake features and data-warehouse features in a single platform), cross-functional teams and an open-source ethos that encourages knowledge-sharing across engineering, sales, product and customer success. The company’s positive vision, to democratize data and AI for every organization, galvanizes employees with a shared purpose to drive transformative technological change. Alignment of values is embedded in Databricks’ culture of customer obsession, ownership, accountability and transparency, ensuring that team members’ aspirations align with the broader mission. Databricks cultivates respect through flexible work models, DEI initiatives, mental health resources and leadership practices that emphasize humility and empowerment. The company consistently pushes the boundaries of what’s possible with machine learning, analytics and enterprise data solutions, earning Databricks recognition as a leader in the AI and data space.
#28: Neo4j
San Mateo, California – Software
A graph database company, Neo4j fosters collaboration through its open-source community, cross-functional global teams and a strong internal culture of knowledge-sharing and peer learning. The company’s positive vision is to help the world make sense of complex relationships through data. It gives employees a compelling purpose, connecting their daily work to global impact across industries like healthcare, finance and cybersecurity. Alignment of values is evident in Neo4j’s emphasis on innovation, transparency, customer-centricity and community, ensuring employees’ personal and professional goals align with organizational ambitions. Neo4j builds a culture of respect by supporting flexible work models, investing in employee well-being and creating pathways for professional development and inclusion. Teams deliver remarkable results by driving breakthroughs in graph technology, empowering enterprises to solve complex, real-world problems faster and more intelligently.
#29: PureSpectrum
Westlake Village, California – Market Research
PureSpectrum exemplifies a culture of innovation, agility and inclusivity. PureSpectrum is a technology platform for market research and insights. The company works through tightly integrated cross-functional teams that prioritize transparency, responsiveness and shared success across product, engineering, sales and customer support. The company sets a positive vision—to simplify access to quality insights through technology— which gives employees a clear sense of purpose and impact. Alignment of values is deeply embedded in PureSpectrum’s focus on customer-centricity, innovation and integrity, creating an environment where employees’ goals and values naturally align with organizational ambitions. A culture of respect is evident in PureSpectrum’s commitment to flexible work environments, open communication, professional growth opportunities and wellness initiatives. Significant outcomes are consistently achieved through the company’s rapid innovation cycles, customer success stories and industry recognition for quality and speed in research delivery. PureSpectrum has built a workplace where emotional connectedness, collaboration and high performance are the norm, and where employees are empowered to shape the future of insights technology.
#30: Nectar Ltd
Ta’ Qali, Malta – Food & Beverage
Offering loyalty programs and customer engagement solutions, Nectar Ltd is a collaborative workplace that unites teams across technology, marketing, data science and client services to co-create personalized solutions that drive customer loyalty. Alignment of values is deeply evident in Nectar’s focus on transparency, innovation and customer-centric thinking, which creates a culture where personal and organizational values move in sync. Nectar Ltd promotes respect through inclusive leadership practices, flexible work options and a strong focus on employee well-being and career development. The company pioneers the use of customer insights and technology to deliver measurable results for partners and a superior experience for end users.
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