HintTech for the fifth time awarded as Great Place to Work

The Great Place to Work recognition programs take place in 45 countries on six continents and is the largest and most respected employee survey worldwide.

Commissioned by P&O Actueel (a Dutch HRM magazine), the Great Place to Work Institute conducted a research among Dutch companies. The research aimed for investigating the level of company trust under employees and the quality of the work relations, both between employees as well as the relation between management and employees

The data collection is done by interviewing employees, conducting a cultural audit and sending out a questionnaire. The results between companies are compared which results in a ranking.

Award winning companies distinguish themselves positively from other companies in general based on five key values: credibility, respect, honesty, pride and comradeship. It seems that companies who invest a lot in their personnel are more successful than competitors who don't.

Dennis Struyk, managing director HintTech NL, sees the fact that HintTech is elected for the fifth time in a row as a confirmation of the structural attention HintTech has for its employees: 'This year we for example have established a people improvement team, an initiative where management and employees are together looking at improvements, both individual as companywide. The strength of our company is in the people and that requires continuous investments'.

Great Place to Work Best Companies to Work For lists represent the most definitive employer-of-choice and workplace culture quality recognition a company can receive. The used methodology is tested, rigorous and objective, setting the standard for defining the best companies in business, academia and government.

Companies nominated for Best Companies to Work For lists must go through an application process and are selected and ranked predominantly on the basis of employees' response to a Trust Index Survey (2/3s of the score) which measures employee perception of the workplace. The Culture Audit, completed by management and evaluated by an independent Great Place to Work team, accounts for approximately 1/3 of the total score.

The basis for identifying the best places to work is our Great Place to Work Model which is derived from our definition of a great workplace as one where employees trust the people they work for, have pride in the work they do, and enjoy the people they work with. This Model further defines how relationships between employees and managers play out in five dimensions: Credibility, Respect, Fairness, Pride and Camaraderie.

Companies featured on our Best Companies lists have the highest levels of trust, strongest evidence of employee engagement and demonstrate the best applied management practices and programs as defined by The Great Place to Work models.