The full process, end to end

From honest input to certified public badge.

Six deterministic steps. No editorial judgment, no pay-to-play — anonymous employee input, a public formula, and a QR-verifiable certificate anyone can check.

The six steps

Deterministic, transparent, verifiable.

The same process runs every certificate — no shortcuts, no editorial curation.

Find or add your workplace

Search the public directory. If your organization isn't listed, add it in seconds — no signup, no email required. Admin approves new organizations within 24 hours.

Rate 15 categories

Ratings, yes/no checks, and multiple-choice questions across leadership, culture, pay, workload, psychological safety, growth, DEI, and more. Takes about 3 minutes.

Verify with a work email

A one-time domain match (name@acme.com for Acme) proves you actually work there. We hash the email for deduplication and never publish or sell it.

Score is computed live

Overall score is the mean of all 15 ratings, converted to a 0–100% satisfaction figure. The math is deterministic and public on the methodology page.

Verdict issued

Score ≥ 75% earns a Good Place to Work certificate. Below 75% earns a Worst Workplace to Work certificate. Both are equally valid, permanent, and certified.

Certificate goes public

Every verdict issues a unique certificate number, QR code, verification URL, and organization profile with category breakdowns and trend charts.

Timeline•Submit review: ~3 min•Verification: instant•Score update: live•New org approval: < 24 h•Certificate reissue: automatic

For employees

Search or add your workplace

If it's not listed, add it. Admin approves within 24 hours; you can bookmark the pending page and submit as soon as it goes live.

Complete the 3-minute survey

Ratings across 15 categories, plus optional comments. Skip anything you can't answer — it doesn't affect your score.

Stay anonymous

No account, no name, no employer notification. Only a hashed email fingerprint is stored, purely to prevent duplicates.

Watch the score update

The overall score recomputes on every approved submission. Your rating counts the moment it clears verification.

Start a review

For employers

Watch your public score

Reviews aggregate live on your organization's public profile with category radar charts and rolling trend lines.

Claim a Good badge

Fill in the claim form on your profile; our team reaches out within 2 business days to complete verification and unlock press assets.

Request a re-survey (Worst)

Made real changes? Submit a re-survey request; we coordinate a fresh, verified survey window and the new score replaces the old one.

Show progress publicly

Every re-issuance is dated and versioned. Investors, boards, and candidates can watch improvement over time.

Learn about certification

Trust controls

What makes a badge trustworthy.

Four independent controls make certificates hard to fake and easy to verify.

Domain verification

Only work-email addresses matching the organization's domain can submit. Personal emails are rejected before they touch the database.

Sample floor

Certificates only issue after a minimum of 3 verified employee submissions — no single voice can decide a verdict.

Fingerprint dedup

A one-way hashed IP fingerprint blocks the same reviewer from stuffing multiple submissions.

Public verification

Every certificate carries a QR code and a public /verify page returning the score, sample size, issue date, and status.

Quick answers

Is it really anonymous?

Yes. No account, no name, and your work email is hashed the moment it verifies.

How long does it take?

Around 3 minutes for the full 15-category survey.

What decides the badge?

The mean of all 15 ratings, converted to a percent. ≥ 75% = Good, below = Worst.

Can employers pay for a better score?

No. Never. Zero exceptions since day one.

See all FAQs

Ready to rate a workplace?

Under 3 minutes. 100% anonymous. Fully verifiable.

Start a review Read the methodology