Inspiring Aotearoa to be the world’s best workplace
Best Places to Work aims to recognise, celebrate and cultivate excellence in employee experience, establishing Aotearoa New Zealand businesses as global leaders in workplace culture.
Our three core offerings — the survey, awards and masterclass series — work to identify the best in employee experience and share innovative best practices with all organisations so that, together, our business community is supported on the journey to achieve employee experience excellence.
Foundation Partner
The EMA proudly joins Best Places to Work as the Foundation Partner to support Kiwi businesses to build and celebrate positive and resilient workplaces
Diamond Partners
We've partnered with Best Places to Work to celebrate the companies that are prioritising the health and wellbeing of their employees
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Smartly makes it simple for New Zealand SMEs to look after their people. With easy payroll and people admin software, their staff are paid on time, accurately, and in line with legislation, making them one of the best places to work. That’s why we’ve chosen to partner with Best Places to Work
Futureful is an online platform that connects skilled people to organisations based on shared values, needs and expectations. Quite simply, we help people find the BEST places to work, offering a double benefit for BPTW businesses!
Advocate Partners
Cordis, Auckland is an award-winning 5-star hotel by Langham Hospitality Group providing a luxury experience across class-leading accommodation, unique dining experiences and a commitment to sustainability making it one of the best places to work in the hospitality industry.
The HealthNow platform enables organisations to provide an innovative people-led health and wellbeing benefit to their teams. Only the best places to work take an active role in their people’s health and wellbeing. HealthNow is here to support them to deliver on that simply and effectively.
Humankind is Aotearoa's largest EX design agency. We exist to bring humanity to work while helping organisations drive sustainable performance. When BPTW approached us to partner on celebrating Aotearoa's best workplaces, we couldn't resist
Media Partners
Caffeine is the daily content & community platform for New Zealand’s startup ecosystem, created with founders for founders.
Stuff's vision is to be the most trusted media organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand, and our mission is to help make Aotearoa a better place and help showcase NZ’s best places to work in partnership with the BPTW programme.
Delivery Partners
Survey Conductor Partner
Ecosystm is the growth enabler for all stakeholders to navigate innovation in the digital economy through the power of data, insights, and expertise.
Programme Delivery Partner
The New Zealand Tech Alliance is a group of independent technology associations from across New Zealand that work together to ensure a strong voice for technology.
Programme Delivery Partner
We are difficult to tightly define. We’re part innovation consultancy, part brand agency, part design firm, part venture studio. We’re a unique business, bringing together an uncommon range of disciplines. That’s where the magic is.
Awards & Masterclass Delivery Partner
We are a seasoned team of marketing leaders and execution specialists. We partner with B2B companies to help them retain, grow, and acquire new customers by embracing marketing as a strategic business mindset, rather than a standalone function.
- Get recognised for leadership and commitment to employee experience excellence.
- Connect with an extensive network of forward-thinking employers across the country.
A top-down, bottom-up win-win situation
Research shows that when employees feel cared for, inspired, included, and have a sense of progress and agency, they are vastly more motivated, creative and productive
Today’s best employers attract and retain top performers by investing in employee experience.
Best Places to Work helps businesses to measure, benchmark, and improve employee satisfaction and create a workplace culture everyone loves
We believe companies empowered to create the best workplaces drive higher performance, profitability and innovation. Together we can ensure that Aotearoa New Zealand’s economy thrives
Our door is always open to answer any questions or chat about anything related to creating the best places to work
