With people continuing to work remotely or in a hybrid environment as a result of last year’s pandemic and more recent breakthrough COVID cases due to the Delta variant, it can be challenging to turn the pressures of work “off” during personal time. And according to Comparably data, having work-life balance is the No. 1 priority for employees today aside from salary. In fact, 1 out of 3 workers said it was more important than compensation, career advancement, perks/benefits, and stability. Furthermore, nearly half surveyed said they felt burnt out from work over the past year. Providing workers with a manageable workload and the flexibility they need away from “the office” (physical or virtual) will ensure that their time spent working is enjoyable and productive.
“Our studies show that having work-life balance is the No. 1 priority for employees today,” said Comparably co-founder/CEO Jason Nazar. “Finding a happy medium between the demands of work and personal life can be challenging, but flexibility has become increasingly more important over the past year. The companies on our annual Best Work-Life Balance list are applauded by their employees for prioritizing a healthy work-life blend, ultimately leading to a more engaged and productive workforce.”
The Top 100 highest-rated companies with the Best Work-Life Balance are based on anonymous employee feedback on Comparably.com to a variety of questions regarding an employee’s overall satisfaction with their work-life blend. This distinction is segmented into two lists: Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Small/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or fewer). Methodology is outlined below the lists.
A key stat worth noting about the 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance:
- An average of 87% of employees from the top-rated large companies and 91% from the top-rated SMB said they were satisfied with their work-life balance, whereas only 64% of employees from other companies surveyed site-wide could say the same.
- When asked how the work-life balance was at their companies, 83% of employees from the top-rated large and 82% from top-rated SMB said it was either “good” or “excellent,” while only 63% of employees surveyed site-wide from other companies could say the same.
The 50 Large companies with the Best Work-Life Balance are:
1 HubSpot Cambridge, MA
2 Chegg Santa Clara, CA
3 ZipRecruiter Santa Monica, CA
4 Farmers Insurance Woodland Hills, CA
5 nCino Wilmington, NC
6 Momentive (formerly SurveyMonkey) San Mateo, CA
7 Elsevier New York, NY
8 23andMe Sunnyvale, CA
9 Trimble Sunnyvale, CA
10 Smartsheet Bellevue, WA
11 Noblis Reston, VA
12 Curriculum Associates North Billerica, MA
13 CarGurus Cambridge, MA
14 InVision New York, NY
15 Outreach Seattle, WA
16 DriveTime Tempe, AZ
17 Vector Marketing Olean, NY
18 Radiance Technologies Huntsville, AL
19 iFIT Logan, UT
20 Rapid7 Boston, MA
21 Whole Foods Market Austin, TX
22 Gympass New York, NY
23 Squarespace New York, NY
24 The Knot Worldwide Chevy Chase, MD
25 The Home Depot Atlanta, GA
26 Fuze Boston, MA
27 DataArt New York, NY
28 Better New York, NY
29 Frontier Communications Norwalk, CT
30 CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer Walnut Creek, CA
31 American Advisors Group Irvine, CA
32 Northside Hospital Atlanta, GA
33 Sage Atlanta, GA
34 Vistaprint Waltham, MA
35 Globant San Francisco, CA
36 Genesis10 New York, NY
37 Workhuman Framingham, MA
38 Visionworks San Antonio, TX
39 Sport Clips Georgetown, TX
40 ePlus Herndon, VA
41 Ascension Saint Louis, MO
42 Instructure Salt Lake City, UT
43 Choice Hotels Rockville, MD
44 Nordic Consulting Partners Madison, WI
45 Ambry Genetics Aliso Viejo, CA
46 CureMD Healthcare New York, NY
47 PRA Health Sciences (an ICON plc company) Raleigh, NC
48 LexisNexis Risk Solutions Group Alpharetta, GA
49 Geneva Financial Home Loans Chandler, AZ
50 Blue Raven Solar Orem, UT
Best Work-Life Balance (Large Companies)
The 50 Small/Mid-size companies with the Best Work-Life Balance are:
1 Course Hero Redwood City, CA
2 Namely New York, NY
3 Strava San Francisco, CA
4 Kyruus Boston, MA
5 Verisys Corporation Louisville, KY
6 Fetch Rewards Chicago, IL
7 Mixpanel San Francisco, CA
8 GoSite San Diego, CA
9 Rev.com Austin, TX
10 Motivosity Lehi, UT
11 TextNow Ontario, Canada
12 SmartBug Media Newport Beach, CA
13 SADA Systems North Hollywood, CA
14 Syapse San Francisco, CA
15 The Hollister Group Boston, MA
16 Lulu Press Raleigh, NC
17 Classy Llama Springfield, MO
18 Theorem Woodland Hills, CA
19 Stampli Mountain View, CA
20 Paragon Technology Group Scott AFB, IL
21 Ribbon New York, NY
22 Events.com La Jolla, CA
23 LRP Media Group Palm Beach, FL
24 Wistia Cambridge, MA
25 Jam City Culver City, CA
26 Territory Foods Arlington, VA
27 FireMon Overland Park, KS
28 NWN Corporation Waltham, MA
29 Calendly Atlanta, GA
30 Who What Wear Los Angeles, CA
31 Route Lehi, UT
32 Act! Scottsdale, AZ
33 Spring San Francisco, CA
34 EQRx Cambridge, MA
35 Hometap Boston, MA
36 Snapdocs San Francisco, CA
37 Branch Redwood City, CA
38 NetCentrics Herndon, VA
39 The Mom Project Chicago, IL
40 OutboundEngine Austin, TX
41 Sensei Biotherapeutics Boston, MA
42 The Change Company Irvine, CA
43 Alida Toronto, Canada
44 Nature’s Sunshine Products Lehi, UT
45 Gem.com San Francisco, CA
46 IZEA Winter Park, FL
47 Virbela Bellingham, WA
48 Archer Education Overland Park, KS
49 Ambassador Labs Boston, MA
50 Teleport Oakland, CA
Best Work-Life Balance (Small/Mid-Size Companies)
Methodology
- This set of Comparably Awards are derived from sentiment ratings provided by employees who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com during a 12-month period (September 17, 2020-September 17, 2021).
- Rankings were determined based on a series of questions related to work-life balance (in yes/no, true/false, 1-10 scale, and multiple-choice format). The answer to each question was given a numerical score and then compared to companies of similar size. Sample questions include:
- Are you satisfied with your work-life balance?
- How’s the work-life balance at your company?
- On average, how many hours do you work per day?
- How long do you take for lunch breaks?
- Do you feel burnt out at work?
- To qualify, Large companies (more than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 75 employee participants and Small/Mid-Size companies (fewer than 500 employees) needed a minimum of 25 employee participants. For fairness and statistical significance, additional weight was given to companies with more participation from their employee base.
- There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required. The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across 70,000 North American companies.
- For Awards FAQ, please go to www.comparably.com/awards
About Comparably
Comparably is a leading workplace culture and corporate brand reputation platform with over 15 million anonymous ratings on 70,000 companies. With the most comprehensive data on large and SMB organizations in nearly 20 different workplace categories – based on gender, ethnicity, age, experience, title, industry, location, and education – it is one of the most used SaaS platforms for employer branding and a trusted third party site for workplace culture and compensation data. For more information on Comparably and its annual Best Places to Work and Best Brands series, visit comparably.com.
