2024 Best Places to Work

Meet the 2024 Best Places to Work! 15 London employers offering what today’s workers want: flexibility, job satisfaction, work-life balance — and a few fun perks, too

MEET LONDON’S BEST Places to Work for 2024. This annual ranking, produced by London Inc. and Ahria Consulting, shines the spotlight on 15 local organizations whose employees rate them as exceptional.

Which is why the Best Places to Work award is so distinguished: the awards are based solely on employee survey feedback; each company’s employees exclusively determined the winners.

And while the 15 organizations named in this issue are very different — each with its own culture, type of work and benefits — they’re also, in many ways, very much alike.

The best employers all work to ensure work-life balance (and yup, most that can embrace hybrid work wholeheartedly). They also give their staffs the autonomy to do their jobs, provide meaningful and interesting work, a collegial environment, chances to learn and grow and good pay and benefits.

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But above all else, if there is one thing these organizations all have in common, it’s trust. Employees who trust their managers give their best work freely, and their extra effort goes right to the company’s bottom line. Managers who trust their employees allow innovative ideas to percolate from all levels of the company. Employees who trust each other report a sense of camaraderie and even a feeling of being part of a family. Together, they deliver far more than the sum of their individual efforts.

This year’s winners came out on top of nomination pool of more than 90 applicants, and combined, 864 employees work for these 15 standout companies.

We break out the companies in three different employer size categories: Small Business (10 to 19 employees); Medium Business (20 to 80 employees); and Large Business (greater than 80 employees). Generally speaking, smaller employers tend to score higher than midsize employers, and midsize employers tend to score higher than large employers.

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The 2024 Best Places to Work roster mirrors the city’s diverse economic landscape. Organizations hail from a range of industries, including professional services, technology, law, marketing and non-profit. But they are all tied together by a common value: They create supportive, collegial and empowering workplaces.

Read about Selecting London’s Best: Best Places to Work were awarded using an assessment measuring five main components of employee engagement

For all the Best Places to Work organizations, the results of the Ahria Employee Pulse Assessment are reported as a score in six key areas, each represented by its own icon. Here’s what the symbols mean:

Interest
A reflection of how focused and happy employees are while on the job, characterized by time passing quickly and difficulty separating oneself from work. Out of five possible points.

Dedication
How strongly employees believe their work engages their skills and efforts, and the resulting sense of meaning, enthusiasm, inspiration, pride and challenge. Out of five possible points.

Effort
A gauge of employees’ willingness to dedicate a high level of energy and effort to their work, even in the face of difficult challenges. Out of five possible points.

Atmosphere
The overall work environment and culture within the organization. Out of five possible points.

Leadership
The behaviours, actions and qualities of organizational leaders that influence employee engagement. Out of five possible points.

Net Promoter
An index ranging from -100 to 100 that measures the willingness of employees to recommend their organization as a great place to work to others.

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