Best Places to Work is looking for the best game companies
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The GamesIndustry.biz Best Places To Work Awards 2023 is looking for the best game companies in the U.S., United Kingdom and Canada.
The awards are open to all game companies with offices in the regions, and the deadline to apply is August 25 for the U.K., September 8 for the U.S. and September 22 for Canada. Companies that apply can be developers, publishers, service companies, retail and media. Submissions can be entered here.
The awards are separated for each region, with a U.S. event coming in August. The U.K. ceremony is taking place on September 27, and the Canada awards event will be in October. Here’s a video of last year’s winners in the U.S.
Christopher Dring, head of Games B2B at GamesIndustry.biz, said in an interview with GamesBeat that the criteria is based on a two-survey system, one for the employer to fill in (and worth 20% of the score) and the other for employees (80% of the score).
The employer survey asks questions about benefits, healthcare, annual leave, maternity pay and things like that, Dring said. The second survey must go to every employee, and it features over 50 sentiment statements that staff must agree or disagree with – or strongly disagree or strongly agree.
The surveyors also do “red line” checks, looking at other sources such as news stories written about the companies, litigation, commentaries on social media and reviews on Glassdoor, Dring said. If the information is conflicting, GamesIndustry.biz tries to get to facts about the company’s reputation.
“If a department within a studio crunches, we might miss it if all the other departments don’t. So we have these checks
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