The epidemic has a more soft driving style, as companies offer maximum flexibility to help employees survive in the crisis. Five years later, CEOs are shipped by finding the new nature at work. Execs who once made updates from kitchen tables –With pets and children in the backgroundNow think about productivity and whether it is Calling workers to the office.

Work policies from home are not the only difficult decisions. Political transformations and economic opposite sticks increase water. Many CEOs think if so Walking DEI obligationsOr reduce intermediate benefits, or Trim. Achieving the right balance is difficult: what is best for productivity, and the summary does not always translate and keep employee morale.

In the sophisticated culture of the postpartum world, leaders in 100 companies are better to work for It can provide guidelines on mobility in basic issues.

“Covid has been a difficult time for everyone, and he called for a special response to maintain safe people. I think everyone will agree that the pendant has gone greatly,” says Rani Hammond, SVP Global Human Resources in Global Resources. IHG hotels and resorts (No. 17 in the list). “I think we will see things again in their new nature.”

For the 2025 ranking, a great place to work included more than 1.3 million American workers to find the company’s cultures that stand out. Hundreds of thousands of employees presented a clear message: keeping them engaging is not related to tricks, it is related to listening when they say they need flexible hours or added incentives to feel reliable partners at work.

While the days of getting deep tissue massage in your office may end, these leaders highlight how a strong culture is grown without all bells and biles.

Despite the addresses that indicate that five days a week in the office is the new normal rate, 98 % of companies in this list adopt a form of their forms Distance worker and hybrid. In IHG, this looks like a three -day hybrid policy for corporate employees. The hospitality company also provides the days of recharge the employees and the Friday of the meetings.

At the same time, at the Accounting Company PWC (No. 20), the new ordinary includes flexible days, with the option to finish the work early, and a personal presence only half the time.

“It is not a secret that being together personally enhances stronger ties, cooperation, creativity, and development,” says the PWC president in the United States and the inclusion official, Yolanda Cells-Kofeld, adding that she expects that mixed action will remain the base for its company in 2025.

Of course, some companies in the menu rid the list in the office with the basketball fields on the site and the therapists and care for children. But in an era in which job security is apparently the greatest advantage, the basic employees estimate: training, recognition and compensation.

In 2024, retail sale Titan Wal Mart (No. 100) The salaries of store managers increased on average by $ 11,000 a year, and presented a new performance bonus (up to $ 1,000 a year) for watch partners on the front lines, and Kick started a new program to help enhance internal appointments.

On the same way, Panda Restaurant Collection (No. 51) Invested more than 10 million dollars to control employee salaries last year; Future station and store chain Sheetz (No. 40) The third transformation bonuses and the ownership program of employees. Mortgage financing company Vi Mai (No. 12), at the same time, grants $ 10,000 to eligible employees who buy primary accommodation, scholarships for clients, and official assistance.

The secret of being the best employer in the eyes of your employees? Attention and acting really matters.

“Listen more than you are talking and your teams will tell you what they need for you to provide their best,” Hammond echoes. “As long as you follow this advice, your work and colleagues will be amazingly successful.”

More on 2025 The best companies to work for:

• The unique approach to work from a distance in Atlasian (No. 95)
• The impressive parental vacation policy at Hewlett Packard (No. 84)
• CISCO volunteer programs (No. 3)
• How do I prefer companies to work to give their employees time to recharge
• DEI policies are suitable for the trade scene today

This article appears in April/May 2025 The issue of wealth.

This story was originally shown on Fortune.com

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