FAQ

About the Study

Methodology

Study process

Results

To the Study we invite the companies that fulfill the two conditions. The company have to be in business on Polish market for at least 2 years and have minimum 50 full-time employees at the time of surveying. To nominate your organization click here and fill in the online form.

After receiving company's participation form, an associate from Hewitt Associate office will send you additional information on the study and contact you to answer any questions you may have as well as to confirm your organization's participation.

Participation in Best Employers Study gives a unique opportunity for a company to compare itself with other participants, to receive valuable information concerning its internal and external situation on labor market. The benchmark groups are as followed: all BES participants, Best Employers, the relevant industry (depending on number of participants), European average. Any other benchmarks can be prepared on an individual request.

The Study measures employees' satisfaction concerning many different areas of working environment, gives information about employees and Top Management engagement level, examine HR processes, CEO's opinion and the synergy among different strategies and processes. Our analysis identify those aspects of working environment which have significant impact on personnel engagement level and at the same time pointing out those ones which need improvement. Many companies treat the Best Employers Study as every-year organizational audit which shows the company's current internal situation.

The Best Employers Study recognizes the best companies, but also gives a great opportunity to diagnose the situation in those organizations which intend to be among the Best. Possibility to compare your organization to other participants creates a possibility to recognize company's strengths and weaknesses and new organizational challenges.

What is also important, is the fact that participants do not need to choose between their own survey and Hewitt's study. Best Employers Study can be an excellent supplement to already conducted initiatives.

Polish ranking methodology follows international Hewitt Associates standards. System components can not be changed or influenced by any company participating in the Study or the study organizator. We draw up the list according to a method based on score and weighting. The final position of a company is determined in 60% by employees' opinion and the rest 40% is defined by the result of the so-called Alignment score. The Alignment score is based on simultaneous analysis of several factors like business strategy, HR strategy, knowledge of employees' opinion, efficiency of the company's internal communication and synergy among these systems. Taking into consideration all three perspectives (Employees', HR Managers' and Top Management's) enables us to calculate the above mentioned Alignment score.

There are three questionnaires to be filled by each participant:

• Employee Engagement Questionnaire (to be filled out by employees)
• HR Audit Questionnaire (to be filed out by HR Department)
• Leadership Team Survey (to be filled out by the CEO and Top Management of the company)

In order to be officially ranked in BES, participants must to fill out all three questionnaires. For companies which decide on partial participation (fill out only selected questionnaires), we offer the option to analyze the returned questionnaires and deliver a real feedback on their human resources management and employees engagement level including improvement proposals for the mentioned areas. However, the partial participants will not be officially ranked.

The Employee Engagement Questionnaire and the Leadership Team Survey take approximately 20 minutes to complete each. HR Audit is more demanding and time dedicated to fill-in it should not exceed 3-6 hours (it is usually completed by one person from HR Department).

We are fully aware that the HR managers' time is very expensive. Having that in mind we make significant efforts to reduce our partners' tasks. We help our participants on different stages of the Study: during implementation phase, organization phase (trainings, sample communication) as well as during collecting data (especially HR Audits).

Both Employees Engagement Questionnaire and Leadership Team Survey are available in paper and online form. HR Audit exists only as electronic Excel Application. The possibility of using paper-based questionnaires is related to extra costs resulting from printing the questionnaires and extracting data to computer system. We truly recommend the online application taking into consideration costs and natural environment caring.

If you ranked among the Best Employers the information will be officially published in country press and media. The Best companies get the right to use the Best Employers 2009 logo both for marketing and recruitment purposes and use it for a year since results announcement. During the official ceremony the Study organizer - Hewitt - will announce the final ranking and hand over the statues and certificates to Best Employers. Each BES participant, Study's Partners and media are all invited to this special event.

The Study's results are published only in case of Best Employers. If certain company is not among the Best, its results will not be revealed publicly. The company will get the information about its ranking position and engagement results in a confidential way.

No information concerning Study results can be revealed to third party without prior permission in Confidentiality section in Participant Agreement which is signed up before Study begins with each participant.

The additional reports can be ordered in the form of packages. Their exact description and available analysis depend on individual needs of the participant. The additional reports are fully chargeable and the detailed pricelist is available on demand. Company can order reports any time, before as well as during and after the Study. In case of being interested in ordering reports or getting more information contact of local Hewitt associate is required.