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2026 Call for Nominations
Energage and azcentral are accepting nominations for the 2026 Arizona Top Workplaces. All it takes is a quick employee survey. Participation is free. Earn the trusted gold badge.
BestCompaniesAZ serves as the Arizona Brand Ambassador for the azcentral and Energage
Top Workplaces programs in Phoenix and Tucson, supporting promotion of the 2026 Call for Nominations. BestCompaniesAZ does not administer the survey, collect nomination data or select winners.
Hear from 2025 Winners on the Value of Arizona Top Workplaces
Peoples Mortgage Company
James CampoyDirector of Marketing
Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Autism United
Cori PoageHuman Resources Manager
Arizona Top Workplaces Timeline
Step 1: Sign Up
Until January 30, 2026
Step 2: Survey Employees
By March 2, 2026
Step 3: Receive Results
March 2026
Step 4: Celebrate!
June 2026
Awards that attract top talent, win loyal customers, and fuel growth
Top Workplaces awards leverage real employee feedback to help you build a credible employer reputation, showcased to millions. Here’s why Top Workplaces awards are a strategic power play:
Consumers trust businesses
with positive reputations
Job seekers consider
reputation in career decisions
Stakeholders believe market
value is based on reputation
FAQ
What are the benefits of participating and being named to a Top Workplaces list?
- Your company will be recognized in a special edition of the partner publication and receive an online profile on TopWorkplaces.com
- Becoming a Top Workplace is a great way to attract and retain the best talent
- Your company can use the Top Workplaces logo on company materials and websites to help spread the word about your work environment
Energage assesses your ‘organizational health’. Our research shows that the core elements of organizational health are what employees value most in the workplace and that organizations with high levels of organizational health outperform their peers. To find out more read the program overview.
Are there any costs to participating?
- Surveying: There is no cost for surveying employees online.
- Results upgrade packages (optional): For companies that wish to have more in-depth access to survey results, we offer a number of upgrade packages.
What does my organization need to do to participate?
Nominate your organization or contact BestCompaniesAZ to register.
How many employees would we need to be eligible?
Your company must employ at least 35 employees in Arizona to be eligible.
What languages are available for the survey?
Survey is available in these languages: Arabic, Burmese, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, French – Canadian, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Nepali, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Spanish – Castillian, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Vietnamese.
Additional languages can added for a fee.
How are surveys distributed?
We provide access to an online survey.
- Online survey: If you provide us with your email addresses, we can send a link to the online survey directly to your employees. Each survey has a unique survey code which makes the process more robust as each employee only has access to one survey code and can therefore only complete the survey once.
Are individual employee survey responses confidential?
Yes, Energage takes confidentiality extremely seriously. Without confidentiality, this survey would not provide the candid feedback which makes the results so valuable. We only show survey results that are the aggregate of at least 5 employees. For certain results views we require 10 responders (to display the department associated with a comment) and 30 responders (to show a heatmap).
Your company’s survey results are not shared with any third party.
How are employee email addresses used?
We have surveyed over 23 million employees via email and have never and will never release a single email address to another party or use a survey-taker’s email address for any purpose other than inviting the individual to take the workplace survey.
Is there a minimum response rate required?
A 35% response rate is required to be considered for Top Workplaces designation. For organizations with less than 85 employees, 30 survey responses are required.
If our company is not named to the Top Workplaces list, will our company name ever appear anywhere stating that we participated?
No, we keep the names of participants confidential. Only the names of participants that make the Top Workplaces lists are shared with the partner newspaper.
Are there any participation terms and conditions?
Yes, there are a set of terms that are aimed at laying out the rules, and protecting your confidentiality. Please click here to see the Participation Terms.
As the founder of the most respected workplace award programs in the Southwest, BestCompaniesAZ knows what it takes to win workplace awards.
Ready to get the recognition your company deserves?