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CONTENTS
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NOT ‘JUST A NUMBER’
Century 21 New Millennium
agents praise supportive culture
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THE LARGE LIST
The top large workplaces
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TOP HONORS
Recognition for excellence
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If you want to really know what’s happening at work, ask the people on the front lines.
That’s the foundation of the Top Workplaces award. For the 15th year, employee
survey company Energage has partnered
with The Baltimore Sun to honor the best
places to work in Greater Baltimore.
This award can’t be bought; it has to be
earned, based on employee feedback. Winners are chosen through a scientific survey
process. Positive employee feedback equals
recognition. Workplaces that don’t have
strong feedback are excluded from the winners’ list.
Energage crunches the data based on a
26-question survey that takes just a few minutes to complete. The survey asks employees
for their feedback on factors such as pay and
benefits, direction, leadership, meaningfulness, and appreciation. Energage scores
companies based on the responses.
Organizations do not pay fees to survey
employees or to earn a Top Workplaces designation. If they choose, organizations can
purchase the survey data. There is no obligation for winners to purchase any product or
service.
For the 2025 winners list, 3,304 organizations were asked to survey their employees,
and 193 agreed to do so. Based on the survey
feedback, 166 have earned recognition as Top
Workplaces in Greater Baltimore.
“Top Workplaces awards are a celebration
of good news,” said Eric Rubino, CEO of Energage. “They exemplify the significance of a
people-first workplace experience, reminding us that employees are the heart of any
thriving organization.”
To qualify for Top Workplaces recognition, employers must have at least 35 workers
in the region. Beginning this year, employers
are grouped by the overall size of their organization and the number of employees
invited to the survey, which might include
employees outside Greater Baltimore. Employers are grouped into similar sizes to
best compare similar employee experiences.
They are ranked within those groups based
on the strength of the survey feedback.
Employers earn Top Workplaces recognition if their aggregated employees’ feedback score exceeds national benchmarks.
Energage has established those benchmarks
based on feedback from about 30 million employees over 19 years.
Survey results are valid only if 35% or more
employees respond; employers with fewer
than 85 employees have a higher response
threshold, requiring responses from at least
30 employees.
Why might a particular employer not be
on the list? Perhaps it chose not to participate, or perhaps it did and employee feedback scores were not strong enough. Energage also runs tests on survey feedback and,
in some cases, may disqualify an organization
if, for example, a high number of employees
said they felt pressured to answer positively.
EDITOR Tracie Rawson
ART DIRECTOR Leeann Adams
TOP WORKPLACES PHOTOGRAPHER Lloyd Fox
COVER PHOTO ILLUSTRATION Kevin Richardson
DIRECTOR, ADVERTISING
LEADERSHIP AWARD
David Sweiderk of SECU
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ALL-FOR-ONE CULTURE
IntelliGenesis looks for ways
to bring employees together
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THE MIDSIZE LIST
The top midsize workplaces
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LEADERSHIP AWARD
Andrew Moore of Calvert Hall
College High School
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STAYING COMPETITIVE
Red Drum offers employees the
‘best we can’
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THE SMALL LIST
The top small workplaces
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LEADERSHIP AWARD
Brittany Doria of Daz & Co.
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SKILLS VS. BEHAVIOR
When hiring, it’s easy to get
caught up in checking the
skills box
TOP WORKPLACES
baltimoresun.com/topworkplaces
The Baltimore Sun
P.O. Box 1377
Baltimore, MD 21278
News: 410-332-6100
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How the survey
was conducted
— Bob Helbig, Energage
To participate in 2026 Top Workplaces, or for
more information, go to the nomination page
at baltimoresun.com/nominate.
Todd Frederick, 443-819-4331
tfrederick@baltsun.com
© THE BALTIMORE SUN
