» To identify Florida’s best employers, Florida Trend partnered with Workforce Research Group, which surveyed firms that chose to participate. Any firm with at least 15 employees in Florida, including firms based outside the state, could participate at no cost.
» The first part of the survey involved a questionnaire about company policies, practices and demographics. The second part went to a randomly selected group of each firm’s employees, who responded — anonymously — to 72 statements on a five-point agreement scale.
» The survey also included two open-ended questions and seven demographic questions. The questions focused on nine themes: General employee experience; role satisfaction; communication and workplace culture; supervisor relationship; training, technology and development; diversity and inclusion; leadership; benefits; and work-life balance. Contract employees were not included in employee surveys and not added to employee counts.
» To sign up for next year’s Best Companies rankings, go to bestcompaniesfla.com.