Top Workplaces deadline extended

Turns out you’ve got a little more time to find out just how healthy your organization is. The Journal and its partner, WorkplaceDynamics LLP, have extended the deadline for nominations for our Top Workplaces survey to Feb. 17.

Remember, this is much more than a popularity contest. The results you’ll get from the Top Workplaces survey can help assess the health of your company. They validate achievements, reveal problem areas and set a foundation for new goals.

“Employee engagement is the key to unlocking and empowering potential in companies and their employees,” said Doug Claffey, CEO of WorkplaceDynamics. “To get to that, you have to know the truth of what’s happening within and across an organization. A survey conducted by a third party is key to that.”

The Top Workplaces team will continue to reach out to companies and organizations around New Mexico, interviewing thousands of employees to compile a comprehensive list of New Mexico’s Top Workplaces for 2017.

The results will be published this spring

and an analysis of the results will be provided to employers who take part. Here’s how it works: To join this survey, an employee, employer or customer needs to nominate his or her company by Feb. 17 through ABQ journal. com/nominate or by calling 505-288-3443. The company will receive a call from WorkplaceDynamics to explain the survey process.

Employees then will be surveyed about the company’s direction, execution and engagement of employees. WorkplaceDynamics determines who makes the list based on those surveys.

WorkplaceDynamics runs a series of statistical tests to look for any questionable results and routinely disqualifies some employees based on those findings.

The Journal’s Top Workplaces 2016 publication was seen by tens of thousands of readers across New Mexico.

In addition, employers named to the list can use their “Albuquerque Journal Top Workplace” designation in all media relations and recruitment efforts.

The survey has strict protocols.

There is no internet voting, no “click as many times as you can” and you cannot submit a small group of handpicked employees to respond to questions.

Participating companies must grant individual access either to all employees or a vast majority for larger businesses.