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Here’s how a company earns Top Workplaces honors

Sponsored: The Salt Lake Tribune and Energage recognize standout organizations that prioritize a people-first culture through a rigorous, science-backed survey process.

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For the 12th year, employee survey company Energage has partnered with The Salt Lake Tribune to honor the best places to work in Utah.

This award is based on employee feedback. Winners are chosen through a scientific survey process. Positive employee feedback equals recognition. Workplaces that don’t have strong feedback are excluded from the winners list.

Energage crunches the data based on a 25-question survey that asks employees for their feedback on such factors as pay and benefits, direction, leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. Energage scores companies based on the responses.

Organizations do not pay any fees to survey employees or to earn a Top Workplaces designation. If they choose, organizations can purchase the survey data. There is no obligation for winners to purchase any product or service.

For the 2025 winners list, 3,578 organizations were asked to survey their employees, and 181 agreed to do so. Based on the survey feedback, 154 have earned recognition as Top Workplaces in Utah.

“Top Workplaces awards are a celebration of good news,” said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. “They exemplify the significance of a people-first workplace experience, reminding us that employees are the heart of any thriving organization.”

To qualify for Top Workplaces recognition, employers must have at least 35 workers in the region. Beginning this year, employers are grouped by the overall size of their organization, and the number of employees invited to survey, which might include employees outside of Utah. Employers are grouped into similar sizes to best compare similar employee experiences. They are ranked within those groups based on the strength of the survey feedback.

Employers earn Top Workplaces recognition if their aggregated employees feedback score exceeds national benchmarks. Energage has established those benchmarks based on feedback from about 30 million employees over 19 years.

Survey results are valid only if 35% or more employees respond; employers with fewer than 85 employees have a higher response threshold, requiring responses from at least 30 employees.

Why might a particular employer not be on the list? Perhaps it chose not to participate, or perhaps it did and employee feedback scores were not strong enough. Energage also runs tests on survey feedback and in some cases may disqualify an organization if, for example, a high number of employees said they felt pressured to answer positively.

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2025 Top Workplaces winners

Large Companies

Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

Nightingale Education Group

BZI - Building Zone Industries

Mountain America Credit Union

CHG Healthcare

The Haskell Company

AAPC

Arctic Wolf

O.C. Tanner

Montage International

Golden Customer Care

LINX

Health Catalyst, Inc.

Security National Financial Corporation

Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences

Select Health

Cirkul

Brighton Hospice

Stanley Consultants

Helix Electric

Greenix

Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers

Chartway Credit Union

Verisys Corporation

Discover

Becklar

Panda Restaurant Group

CBIZ

NetDocuments

USANA Health Sciences, Inc.

Weave

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Great Basin Industrial

Odyssey House of Utah

BHI

BAE Systems Intelligence and Security

American Preparatory Academy

NCG Hospitality

Bridge Investment Group

MasterControl

isolved

Harris

Young Automotive Group

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.

Holiday Oil

Zerorez, Inc

Acima Digital

Ace Recycling & Disposal

City of Orem, UT

Moxie Pest Control

Platform Accounting Group

Encompass Health - Home Health & Hospice

Medical Review Institute of America

Zions Bank

LendingClub

Graybar

Malnove

eAssist

Atkore

West Shore Home

Utah Community Action Program

Special Awards

LEADERSHIP

James Barlow, BZI - Building Zone Industries

DIRECTION

Nightingale Education Group

MANAGERS

Mountain America Credit Union

MEANINGFULNESS

Odyssey House of Utah

WORK/LIFE FLEXIBILITY

Health Catalyst, Inc.

Midsize Companies

Bamboo Insurance

Onset Financial, Inc.

Smarty, LLC

First Step House

Groove Technology Solutions

WB Games Avalanche

Deseret First Credit Union

Employee Navigator

GMRE

Arbiter

Ensign Engineering & Land Surveying Inc

Vasion

Squire

Crucial Learning

TCN

Priority Dispatch

Alpha Warranty Services

Tanner LLC

Pompa Program

Spectrum Engineers, Inc.

Western Building Group

JobNimbus

LifeVantage Corporation

CallTower

Motorola Solutions

Utah Food Bank

Landmark Excavating, Inc.

Haynie & Company

Galloway & Company, Inc.

Engagex

Summit Line Construction

Utah First Credit Union

Rock West Composites

Squeeze

Bedrock Quartz

Trove Brands

HOJ Innovations

RainFocus

Beacon Group

Property Management Professionals

SILAC Insurance Company

Oquirrh Recreation and Parks District

GSL Electric

IMA SLC (previously Diversified Insurance Group)

Herriman City

Special Awards

LEADERSHIP

Justin Nielsen, Onset Financial, Inc.

NEW IDEAS

Employee Navigator

CLUED IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Arbiter

COMMUNICATION

Bamboo Insurance

WELL-BEING

Groove Technology Solutions

Small Companies

Avtech Capital

Kuali, Inc.

Achieve Today

Bowen Collins & Associates

LIFT Auto Repair Marketing

Twist Lab

Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness

Gold Standard Automotive Network

Focus Engineering & Surveying

York Howell

Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Intermountain Area

CBC Mortgage Agency

BrainStorm

BHB Structural

Automation Products Group

Children’s Service Society of Utah

Smart Wave Solar

Stratus HR

Accelerate Dental

CUI Agency

The Haven

Kelso Industries

Lumea

Cornerstone Aviation

Holbrook Service: Servco Heating & AC

Access Development

Utah Facial Plastics

Fullcast

VLCM

Sundance Bay

Frazil

David Evans and Associates

OptConnect

National Institute of Medical Aesthetics

CLA

Gozney

First Electronic Bank

Nursa

Tesani

Snell & Wilmer, LLP

Leavitt Select Insurance Services

Max Connect Digital

Tranont

eLuma

SynergySuite

Zwick Construction Company

Hose & Rubber Supply

Master AutoTech

Special Awards

LEADERSHIP

Mary Jo McMillen, Utah Support Advocates for Recovery Awareness

DOERS

LIFT Auto Repair Marketing

VALUES

Kuali, Inc.

APPRECIATION

Achieve Today

TRAINING

Avtech Capital

BENEFITS

Stratus HR