Forty-Two Percent of Inc. Magazine Best Workplaces Offer Employee Ownership

Forty-two percent of the companies in Inc. Magazine's Best Places to Work list offer some form of employee ownership. The results are based on a survey by Quantum Workplace of 81,365 employees in more than 1,800 companies who applied for the recognition. Companies could be as large as 500 employees. The ranking is based on engagement scores developed by Quantum Workplace on topics such as trust in leadership, career development, perks, financial rewards, and ability to have input that is listened to.

The survey also looked at a variety of financial and nonfinancial benefits. A list is available at https://www.inc.com/best-workplaces/list. The list and brief descriptions about the companies do not list which ones offer employee ownership. The website also does not indicate how Quantum measured employee ownership. Finally, some of the companies on the list are nonprofits or organizations whose legal form may not allow shared ownership. The survey found that 36% of the companies offer some form of profit sharing.