About the Best Places to Work in IT
Find out about Computerworld’s annual Best Places to Work in IT program, together with eligibility, survey contents, deadlines, and extra.
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Thank you in your curiosity in Computerworld’s Best Places to Work in IT.
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We’re excited to announce that the Best Places to Work in IT program is increasing in 2022! As a world firm we wish to acknowledge the achievements of firms everywhere in the world. To allow worldwide participation on this widespread program, we’re making some vital modifications this yr:
- The survey will probably be open to all firms with 5 or extra IT workers, and 100 or extra complete workers worldwide.
- There won’t be an worker survey element this yr. Nominated firms will nonetheless full an organization survey and be given the chance to inform us about their successes in a number of areas, together with retention and engagement; variety, fairness, and inclusion; advantages; profession improvement; and coaching.
- Regional panels of judges consisting of business leaders inside and out of doors of Computerworld will consider entries and ensure the honorees.
- Honorees will probably be acknowledged inside their nation and/or area. As prior to now, general and class awards will probably be named inside three firm dimension classes.
We are planning to open nominations on May 31, 2022. We’ll be selling this system on-line and through social media. The FAQ listing beneath solutions many questions on collaborating within the Best Places to Work in IT program. Additional questions will be emailed to bestplaces@computerworld.com.
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About the Best Places to Work in IT program
Computerworld conducts an annual survey to determine one of the best locations to work for IT professionals. We invite readers, PR professionals and different events to appoint firms they think about nice employers for IT staff. You might nominate your individual firm. We then ask these nominated firms that meet our fundamental standards to take part in our survey.
This yr for the primary time, nominations will probably be open for firms exterior of the United States! We are excited to broaden this program, which has a 29-year historical past within the United States, to firms worldwide. Nominees will probably be evaluated towards different collaborating firms of their area.
The employers within the Best Places listing are evaluated by firm dimension: Large firms have 5,000 or extra workers; midsize have between 1,001 and 4,999 workers; and small firms make use of 1,000 or fewer staff.
To be eligible, firms should have a minimal of 5 IT workers. Companies should have a minimal of 100 complete workers. We think about IT workers to be these IT staff who present expertise assist and companies to their very own firm — or to a number of firms by way of their work at an IT service supplier. Workers who would *not* be included are administrative assist employees for the IT division, employees who work in communications or PR for the expertise division, IT contractors, or these employees whose main function is in product improvement for outdoor gross sales.
In most circumstances, we want to have the mother or father firm, relatively than subsidiaries or associates, apply for the Best Places to Work in IT listing. However, a subsidiary or affiliate could also be eligible, offering that it stands out as a separate entity from the mother or father firm, with separate enterprise capabilities, IT management and so forth. A subsidiary may be eligible to use individually if its mother or father firm is a holding firm. In these circumstances, the mother or father firm and subsidiary could possibly apply individually. We encourage firms to finish the nomination kind or contact us at bestplaces@computerworld.com, and our Best Places analysis staff will consider the submissions on a case-by-case foundation.
Questions concerning the Best Places to Work in IT program will be emailed to bestplaces@computerworld.com.
Frequently requested questions
- Survey necessities and eligibility
- Survey contents and procedures
- List publication and notification
Survey necessities and eligibilityDoes my firm must be nominated to finish the survey?
No. Companies might take part even when they weren’t nominated. In lieu of a nomination, please ship an e-mail to bestplaces@computerworld.com with the identify and speak to info (together with e-mail tackle) of the person who ought to obtain the corporate survey and different info; we’ll deal with the remainder.
Does the Best Places to Work in IT listing embrace public firms solely?
No. The survey consists of personal in addition to public firms.
What standards should my firm meet to take part?
To be thought-about for our Best Places to Work in IT listing:
- Companies should have a minimal of 5 IT workers.
- Companies should have a minimal of 100 complete workers worldwide.
- In most circumstances, we want to have the mother or father firm, relatively than subsidiaries or associates, apply for the Best Places to Work in IT listing. However, a subsidiary or affiliate could also be eligible, offering that it stands out as a separate entity from the mother or father firm, with separate enterprise capabilities, IT management and so forth. A subsidiary may be eligible to use individually if its mother or father firm is a holding firm. In these circumstances, the mother or father firm and subsidiary could possibly apply individually. We encourage firms to finish the nomination kind or contact us at bestplaces@computerworld.com, and our Best Places analysis staff will consider the submissions on a case-by-case foundation.
Who ought to full the survey?
An particular person conversant in employment statistics, advantages, insurance policies and applications of your IT division and your organization ought to full the survey. This might be a human sources consultant, a CIO or company PR consultant — or a staff of all of the above.
Survey contents and proceduresWhat does the corporate survey ask?
Our on-line survey consists of questions on firms’ advantages, coaching and improvement, IT wage modifications, p.c of IT workers promoted, IT turnover charges, and the share of girls workers in administration in IT departments. In addition, we are going to accumulate details about variety, fairness and inclusion (DEI) applications, distant/hybrid working, and firm development.
Which workers are thought-about “IT staff” on this survey?
Answers to the survey ought to be based mostly on these IT staff who present expertise assist and companies to their very own firm — or to a number of firms by way of their work at an IT service supplier. Workers who would not be included are administrative assist employees for the IT division, employees who work in communications or PR for the expertise division, IT contractors, or these employees whose main function is in product improvement for outdoor gross sales.
What occurs if I depart a query clean on the survey?
You cannot depart a query clean whether it is required. Many of the questions on the survey are required; the survey cannot be processed if they don’t seem to be answered. Please reply to one of the best of your capability for questions with lists or choices included. If any open-ended/textual content based mostly questions aren’t relevant to your organization, please point out “NA” for “not relevant.” If there’s a query you’ll be able to’t reply totally given the format of the survey, you might briefly clarify your solutions in an addendum subject that follows every survey part.
Companies that withhold info used to rank the finalists may have factors deducted from their rating. Answers which are left clean or have unexplained N/As will probably be assumed to be 0 (zero).
Companies should present solutions to questions associated to information we run in our characteristic story and graphics with a purpose to be thought-about. Please see beneath for the kinds of required info which are usually shared publicly.
Can I save my survey and are available again to it at a later date?
Yes. You will be capable to save your partially accomplished survey and might save {a partially} accomplished survey as many occasions as obligatory. Please save your distinctive ID and password to re-enter the survey. When you come to the survey, it is possible for you to to evaluate/modify questions that you’ve got already answered. However, we are going to proceed to offer a printer-friendly model of the survey, and we advocate that you simply full this survey, then enter your solutions on-line.
How ought to I ship my firm’s info to Computerworld?
We settle for firm info from the net survey solely. Please enter all information as precisely as attainable. Provide firm identify, location, net tackle and different info, as you want to it to seem in print.
Can I get a duplicate of the survey to evaluate earlier than I’m going to the net survey and submit my firm’s info?
Yes. A printer-friendly model of the 2022 Best Places firm survey will be considered right here, for reference. We encourage members to finish this model offline earlier than filling out the net survey.
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2022 Best Places to Work in IT Company Survey
Printer-friendly copy of the 2022 Best Places to Work in IT firm survey. Best Places to Work in IT Team
Will Computerworld present us with a duplicate of our submitted survey?
Upon survey submission, Computerworld will e-mail you a password-protected hyperlink to view your organization’s survey responses.
Is there an worker portion to the survey?
This yr there’ll NOT be an worker survey portion to the survey. Computerworld determined to make this transformation to streamline the method for international participation and to allow firms with smaller IT departments to take part. In lieu of the worker survey portion of this system, Computerworld will probably be inviting a panel of judges consisting of business consultants from each inside and out of doors of Computerworld to judge entries and ensure this yr’s honorees. More details about the judging panels in every area will probably be posted right here because it turns into out there.
List publication and notificationWhen will the listing of honorees be revealed?
The Best Places to Work in IT honorees will probably be introduced in late fall on Computerworld.com.
When can I discover out if my firm is on the listing?
Computerworld will notify firms that will probably be honored as a 2022 Best Place to Work in IT a number of weeks upfront of publication. Computerworld’s advertising and marketing group contacts honorees to supply help with press releases.
Is there a timeline to which I can refer for survey motion objects?
Below is the 2022 Best Places to Work in IT timeline.
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Nominations open for the 2022 Best Places to Work in IT. Nominated firms obtain an e-mail with a hyperlink to the Best Places firm survey from Computerworld by the second week of June. Thereafter, firm surveys will probably be despatched on a rolling foundation.
Monday, August 1, 2022
DEADLINE: Completed Best Places firm survey is because of Computerworld.
Late fall 2022
List of Best Places to Work in IT honorees is on the market on-line.
What info will probably be shared publicly?
Computerworld tries to keep away from printing info that an organization might think about aggressive. The following info might seem publicly:
- Company identify
- Location
- Industry
- Website
- Total variety of workers
- Total variety of IT workers
- Percentage of IT worker turnover
- Percentage of IT worker promotions
- Number of coaching days provided per IT worker
- Information from a 300-word essay outlining what’s particular about your organization and IT division
Please be aware that income, general IT funds and different delicate info won’t be reported. Such info will probably be used solely in combination format or for rating functions.
What if I’ve a query that was not answered on this FAQ?
Please e-mail your inquiries to the next tackle: bestplaces@computerworld.com.
In the topic line, please embrace your organization identify and be as descriptive as attainable within the topic line as to the character of your inquiry.