{"id":26075,"date":"2021-12-16T06:42:39","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=26075"},"modified":"2023-09-26T14:40:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T21:40:33","slug":"best-companies-for-diversity-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/best-companies-for-diversity-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Companies for Diversity 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Comparably celebrates its 5<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;<em>Best Places to Work Award<\/em>s this season with four of its popular end-of-year categories, including Best Companies for Diversity (as rated by employees of color). Based solely on sentiment feedback provided by current employees of color who anonymously rated their companies in 16 core workplace culture metrics on Comparably.com during the previous 12 months (November 26, 2020 through November 26, 2021),&nbsp;two ranked lists emerge: Top 100 Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Top 100 Small\/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or fewer).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final data set was compiled from over 15 million ratings across 70,000 companies.&nbsp;Employees of color collectively rated the winning companies nearly 20% higher than other companies site-wide. The average diversity score is 85% for the top-rated large companies compared to 68% site-wide while the average diversity score is 90% for the top-rated Small\/Medium businesses compared to 74% site-wide. Methodology is outlined below the lists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/awards\/winners\/best-diversity-2021-large\">Best Companies for Diversity (Large)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/awards\/winners\/best-diversity-2021-small\">Best Companies for Diversity (Small\/Midsize)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><u>Best Companies for Diversity (Large Companies)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"475\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2021\/12\/2021-Best-Companies-for-Diversity-Large-475x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26184\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ringcentral\">RingCentral<\/a> Belmont, CA<br>2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/adobe\">Adobe<\/a> San Jose, CA<br>3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ibm\">IBM<\/a> Armonk, NY<br>4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> Redmond, WA<br>5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/zoom-video-communications\">Zoom Video Communications<\/a> San Jose, CA<br>6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/chegg\">Chegg<\/a> Santa Clara, CA<br>7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/credit-karma\">Credit Karma<\/a> Oakland, CA<br>8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/medallia\">Medallia<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sentinelone\">SentinelOne<\/a> Mountain View, CA<br>10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/google\">Google<\/a> Mountain View, CA<br>11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/globant\">Globant<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sitel\">Sitel Group<\/a> Miami, FL<br>13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/hubspot\">HubSpot<\/a> Cambridge, MA<br>14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/concentrix\">Concentrix<\/a> Fremont, CA<br>15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/experian\">Experian<\/a> Costa Mesa, CA<br>16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/taskus\">TaskUs<\/a> New Braunfels, TX<br>17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/guidewire-software\">Guidewire Software<\/a> San Mateo, CA<br>18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/zoominfo\">ZoomInfo<\/a> Vancouver, WA<br>19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/farmers-insurance\">Farmers Insurance<\/a> Woodland Hills, CA<br>20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/gympass\">Gympass<\/a> New York, NY<br>21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ncino\">nCino<\/a> Wilmington, NC<br>22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/alorica\">Alorica<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/boston-consulting-group\">Boston Consulting Group<\/a> Boston, MA<br>24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/elsevier\">Elsevier<\/a> New York, NY<br>25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/uber\">Uber<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/stanley-black-decker\">Stanley Black &amp; Decker<\/a> New Britain, CT<br>27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/calix\">Calix<\/a> San Jose, CA<br>28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/adp\">ADP<\/a> Roseland, NJ<br>29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/drivetime\">DriveTime<\/a> Tempe, AZ<br>30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/cience\">CIENCE<\/a> Denver, CO<br>31 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/trimble\">Trimble<\/a> Sunnyvale, CA<br>32 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/waste-connections\">Waste Connections<\/a> The Woodlands, TX<br>33 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/asurion-llc\">Asurion<\/a> Nashville, TN<br>34 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ford-motor-company\">Ford Motor Company<\/a> Dearborn, MI<br>35 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/lexisnexis-risk-solutions-group\">LexisNexis Risk Solutions<\/a> Group Alpharetta, GA<br>36 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ziprecruiter\">ZipRecruiter<\/a> Santa Monica, CA<br>37 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/organon\">Organon<\/a> Jersey City, NJ<br>38 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/criticalriver-in\">CriticalRiver<\/a> Pleasanton, CA<br>39 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/6sense\">6sense<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>40 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/beacon-hill-staffing-group\">Beacon Hill Staffing Group<\/a> Boston, MA<br>41 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/the-change-company\">The Change Company<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>42 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/flywire\">Flywire<\/a> Boston, MA<br>43 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/keeptruckin\">KeepTruckin<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>44 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/the-knot-worldwide\">The Knot Worldwide<\/a> Chevy Chase, MD<br>45 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/northside-hospital\">Northside Hospital<\/a> Atlanta, GA<br>46 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/knowles\">Knowles<\/a> Itasca, IL<br>47 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/integral-ad-science\">Integral Ad Science<\/a> New York, NY<br>48 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/pra-health-sciences\">PRA Health Sciences<\/a> Raleigh, NC<br>49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/lexisnexis\">LexisNexis Legal &amp; Professional<\/a> New York, NY<br>50 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/godaddy\">GoDaddy<\/a> Tempe, AZ<br>51 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/insight-global\">Insight Global<\/a> Atlanta, GA<br>52 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/chewy\">Chewy<\/a> Dania, FL<br>53 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ul-llc\">UL<\/a> Northbrook, IL<br>54 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/instacart\">Instacart<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>55 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/grammarly\">Grammarly<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>56 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/vista-59152\">Vista<\/a> Waltham, MA<br>57 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/stanford-university\">Stanford University<\/a> Stanford, CA<br>58 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/blue-raven-solar\">Blue Raven Solar<\/a> Orem, UT<br>59 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/smartsheet\">Smartsheet<\/a> Bellevue, WA<br>60 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/dxc-technology\">DXC Technology<\/a> Ashburn, VA<br>61 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/first-advantage\">First Advantage<\/a> Atlanta, GA<br>62 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/momentive-ai\">Momentive.ai<\/a> San Mateo, CA<br>63 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/meltwater\">Meltwater<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>64 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/everbridge\">Everbridge<\/a> Burlington, MA<br>65 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/berry-appleman-leiden\">Berry Appleman &amp; Leiden<\/a> Richardson, TX<br>66 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/tenable\">Tenable<\/a> Columbia, MD<br>67 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/goodrx\">GoodRx<\/a> Santa Monica, CA<br>68 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/collabera\">Collabera<\/a> Basking Ridge, NJ<br>69 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/qualfon\">Qualfon<\/a> Coeur d\u2019Alene, ID<br>70 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/luxoft\">Luxoft<\/a> New York, NY<br>71 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/realtor-com\">Realtor.com<\/a> Santa Clara, CA<br>72 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/phenom-83080\">Phenom<\/a> Ambler, PA<br>73 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/rategain\">RateGain<\/a> Dallas, TX<br>74 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/vector-marketing\">Vector Marketing<\/a> Olean, NY<br>75 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/lhc-group\">LHC Group<\/a> Lafayette, LA<br>76 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/geneva-financial-home-loans\">Geneva Financial Home Loans<\/a> Chandler, AZ<br>77 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/smile-brands\">Smile Brands<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>78 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sps-commerce\">SPS Commerce<\/a> Minneapolis, MN<br>79 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/dataart\">DataArt<\/a> New York, NY<br>80 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/goodleap\">GoodLeap<\/a> Roseville, CA<br>81 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/invitation-homes\">Invitation Homes<\/a> Dallas, TX<br>82 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/palo-alto-networks\">Palo Alto Networks<\/a> Santa Clara, CA<br>83 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/rent-a-center\">Rent-A-Center<\/a> Plano, TX<br>84 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/choice-hotels\">Choice Hotels<\/a> Rockville, MD<br>85 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/conduent\">Conduent<\/a> Florham Park, NJ<br>86 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sunrun\">Sunrun<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>87 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/public-storage\">Public Storage<\/a> Glendale, CA<br>88 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/curemd-healthcare\">CureMD Healthcare<\/a> New York, NY<br>89 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sage\">Sage<\/a> Atlanta, GA<br>90 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/cue\">Cue Health<\/a> San Diego, CA<br>91 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/whole-foods-market\">Whole Foods Market<\/a> Austin, TX<br>92 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/american-advisors-group\">American Advisors Group<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>93 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/grail\">GRAIL<\/a> Menlo Park, CA<br>94 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/curriculum-associates\">Curriculum Associates<\/a> North Billerica, MA<br>95 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ukg\">UKG<\/a> Weston, FL<br>96 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/aveanna-healthcare\">Aveanna Healthcare<\/a> Atlanta, GA<br>97 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/remote-com\">Remote<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>98 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/activecampaign\">ActiveCampaign<\/a> Chicago, IL<br>99 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/integra-lifesciences\">Integra LifeSciences<\/a> Princeton, NJ<br>100 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/pegasystems\">Pegasystems<\/a> Cambridge, MA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong><u>Best Companies for Diversity (Small\/Mid-Size Companies)<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"345\" height=\"345\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2021\/12\/2021-Best-Companies-for-Diversity-Small-345x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26185\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>1 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/nylas\">Nylas<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>2 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/pipefy\">Pipefy<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>3 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/ribbon\">Ribbon<\/a> New York, NY<br>4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/globality\">Globality<\/a> Palo Alto, CA<br>5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/vena-solutions\">Vena Solutions<\/a> Toronto, Canada<br>6 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/proveidentity\">Prove<\/a> New York, NY<br>7 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/sada-systems\">SADA Systems<\/a> North Hollywood, CA<br>8 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/civic-financial-services\">Civic Financial Services<\/a> Redondo Beach, CA<br>9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/productboard\">Productboard<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/eqrx\">EQRx<\/a> Cambridge, MA<br>11 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/spothero\">SpotHero<\/a> Chicago, IL<br>12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/branch-metrics\">Branch<\/a> Redwood City, CA<br>13 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/himaxwell-com\">Maxwell<\/a> Denver, CO<br>14 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/setschedule\">SetSchedule<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>15 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/velosio\">Velosio<\/a> Columbus, OH<br>16 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/therapy-brands\">Therapy Brands<\/a> Birmingham, AL<br>17 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/pie-insurance\">Pie Insurance<\/a> Washington, DC<br>18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/stampli\">Stampl<\/a>i Mountain View, CA<br>19 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/rfpio\">RFPIO<\/a> Beaverton, OR<br>20 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/slingshot-technology\">Slingshot Technology<\/a> Provo, UT<br>21 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/phaidon-international\">Phaidon International<\/a> New York, NY<br>22 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/bigid\">BigID<\/a> New York, NY<br>23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/syapse\">Syapse<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>24 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/axios-media\">AXIOS<\/a> Arlington, VA<br>25 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/pilot\">Pilot<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>26 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/newsela\">Newsela<\/a> New York, NY<br>27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/theorem\">Theorem<\/a> Woodland Hills, CA<br>28 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/phathom-pharmaceuticals-71076\">Phathom Pharmaceuticals<\/a> Florham Park, NJ<br>29 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/kyruus\">Kyruus<\/a> Boston, MA<br>30 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/deem\">Deem<\/a> Oakland, CA<br>31 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/firemon\">FireMon<\/a> Overland Park, KS<br>32 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/quanterix\">Quanterix<\/a> Billerica, MA<br>33 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/onsolve-65753\">OnSolve<\/a> Alpharetta, GA<br>34 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/spring-62890\">Spring<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>35 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/analytic-partners\">Analytic Partners<\/a> New York, NY<br>36 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/disqo\">DISQO<\/a> Los Angeles, CA<br>37 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/fyber\">Fyber<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>38 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/fuel-cycle\">Fuel Cycle<\/a> Los Angeles, CA<br>39 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/mavenlink\">Mavenlink<\/a> Irvine, CA<br>40 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/upgrade\">Upgrade<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>41 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/levelset\">Levelset<\/a> New Orleans, LA<br>42 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/alida\">Alida<\/a> Toronto, Canada<br>43 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/birdeye\">Birdeye<\/a> Palo Alto, CA<br>44 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/gem-com\">Gem.com<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>45 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/routeapp\">Route<\/a> Lehi, UT<br>46 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/gr0\">GR0<\/a> Los Angeles, CA<br>47 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/people-ai\">People.ai<\/a> San Francisco, CA<br>48 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/namely\">Namely<\/a> New York, NY<br>49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/lunchbox\">Lunchbox<\/a> New York, NY<br>50 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/companies\/course-hero\">Course Hero<\/a> Redwood City, CA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Methodology<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>This set of Comparably Awards are derived solely from sentiment ratings provided by employees of color (non-Caucasian) who anonymously rated their employers on Comparably.com during a 12-month period (November 26, 2020-November 26, 2021).<\/li><li>Rankings were determined based on a series of questions in 16 core culture metrics, from compensation (salary, bonus, raises) and career growth (opportunities, mentorship, goals) to leadership (CEO, executives, direct managers) and work environment (work-life balance, perks &amp; benefits, coworkers) 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:<\/li><li>Do you typically look forward to coming to work every day?<\/li><li>Is your work environment positive or negative?<\/li><li>How confident are you about the future success of your company?<\/li><li>Do you believe you\u2019re paid fairly?<\/li><li>How often do you get raises?<\/li><li>Does your company give annual bonuses?<\/li><li>Are you satisfied with your benefits?<\/li><li>How many paid vacation, sick and personal days do you have?<\/li><li>What do you estimate the cash value of your benefits to be (healthcare, PTO, etc)?<\/li><li>How would you rate the perks your office provides?&nbsp;<\/li><li>Are you satisfied with your work-life balance?<\/li><li>How would you rate the value and effectiveness of your meetings?<\/li><li>How often do you get valuable feedback on how to improve at work?<\/li><li>Are you challenged at work?<\/li><li>Do you feel burnt out at work?<\/li><li>What\u2019s the work pace like at your company?<\/li><li>Does your boss hurt company culture?<\/li><li>Does someone you work with closely make you want to quit?<\/li><li>How would you rate the quality of your co-workers?<\/li><li>Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?<\/li><li>How would you rate your CEO? Executive team? Direct manager?<\/li><li>Do you have a mentor at work? A close friend at work?<\/li><li>There were no fees or costs associated with participating, nor was nomination required. The final data set was compiled from 15 million ratings across&nbsp;70,000 companies.<\/li><li>To qualify, Large companies (more than 500 employees) must have met a minimum of 75 employee participants and Small\/Mid-Size companies (500 or fewer 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 relative to their company size.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>About&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparably.com\/\"><strong>Comparably<\/strong><\/a>:&nbsp;Comparably (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparably.com\/\">www.comparably.com<\/a>) is a leading workplace culture and corporate brand reputation platform with over 15 million anonymous employee ratings on 70,000 companies. With the most comprehensive data on large and SMB organizations in nearly 20 different workplace categories \u2013 based on gender, ethnicity, age, experience, industry, location, education \u2013 it is one of the most used SaaS platforms for employer branding and a trusted third party site for workplace culture and compensation. For more information on Comparably\u2019s studies and annual&nbsp;<em>Best Places to Work&nbsp;<\/em>&amp;<em>&nbsp;Best Brands Awards<\/em>, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.comparably.com\/news\">www.comparably.com\/news<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comparably celebrates its 5th&nbsp;Annual&nbsp;Best Places to Work Awards this season with four of its popular end-of-year categories, including Best Companies for Diversity (as rated by employees of color). Based solely on sentiment feedback provided by current employees of color who anonymously rated their companies in 16 core workplace culture metrics on Comparably.com during the previous &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/best-companies-for-diversity-2021\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read full-story <i class=\"cm cm-right-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":26187,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"articles-list.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[478,483,322,481,2613],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26075"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26188,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26075\/revisions\/26188"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}