THE EMPLOYEE SURVEY consists of 65 statements divided into six workplace categories. Answers to the first five categories count for 5/6 of the overall score used to determine the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Oregon. The sixth category, Sustainable Practices, is used to help determine our 100 Best Green Companies to Work For, published in June. Employees rate the statements in terms of satisfaction and importance. The survey has six optional demographic questions, and two open-ended questions for written comments. Companies are scored based on average satisfaction ratings.

A company representative familiar with your organization’s employment and benefits policies should complete the benefits (or employer) survey. It takes about 30 minutes. To access the Employer Survey, the representative will need the unique survey link sent to your company's 100 Best contact in the survey instructions.

The survey is divided into six sections: Benefits and Compensation; Work Environment; Decision Making and Trust; Performance Management; Career Development and Learning; and Sustainable Practices (used to determine the 100 Best Green Companies list). Within each section are 10 workplace qualities (15 in Sustainable Practices) on which employees rate satisfaction and importance. There is also an optional demographic section and two open-ended questions asking what employees like about their workplace and what they would like improved.

Find out whether your company can participate, how the employee survey works, how companies are scored, when the deadlines are, what promotional opportunities are associated with the 100 Best, etc.

The confidential employer survey consists of 61 questions providing a comprehensive analysis of company benefits policies. Answers from the first 45 questions count for 1/6 of a participating company's overall 100 Best Companies score. The 15 Sustainable Practices questions count for 1/3 of a company's 100 Best Green Companies score. There is one open-ended question for additional comments.

Here are some great reasons for your company to sign up for the 100 Best survey: it's free, easy to facilitate, provides honest feedback and can boost workplace morale.

A valuable process that gives you critical insight into your company's strengths and weaknesses along with the chance to rank among the 100 Best Companies and the 100 Best Green Companies to Work For in Oregon.

Each year since 1994, Oregon Business magazine has been proud to present the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. The aim of the project — a survey conducted in the late summer and fall with results published in March — is to recognize and celebrate Oregon companies for their commitment to creating great places for their employees to work.