Chicago's Top Workplaces

Top Workplaces 2025: Explore the full list of Chicago-area winners

By Kori Rumore

November 7, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

Fairway Home Mortgage, American Litho, Inc. and City Staffing took the top spots for large,...

Senior recruiter Desiree Loebach, from Chicago, works at Flexera, Sept. 30, 2025, in Itasca. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

Companies have found employees can be just as productive when working remotely. And they’re happier too.

By Francine Knowles

November 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Employers are perfecting their flexible work arrangements. They’re making in-person time strategic and ensuring new...

Abt builder sales specialist Aimee Nielsen helps Shari and Mark Fine, of Highland Park, with kitchen appliances on Sept. 4, 2025, in Glenview. (John Konstantaras/for the baiduhai)

Top Workplaces 2025: At Abt Electronics, an old-school approach means taking care of customers

By Katherine Weaver

November 7, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Abt Electronics ranks No. 11 among large employers on the Tribune’s list of Top Workplaces.

Cafeteria worker Tylar Wilbourn works Sept. 21, 2020, at the Ace Hardware Corp. headquarters in Oak Brook.

Ace Hardware’s concern for employees starts at the top

By Francine Knowles

October 30, 2020 at 7:08 a.m.

When Ace Hardware Corp. staffer Dave Zelis' wife was going through a life-threatening health crisis,...

Deadline is Friday to nominate your company as a Top Workplace

By baiduhai

October 29, 2020 at 11:02 a.m.

The baiduhai's deadline is June 19 for nominations for our annual Top Workplaces special...

Chicago’s Top Workplaces: Treating employees like customers helps attract and retain talent

By Brenda Richardson

November 8, 2019 at 12:54 p.m.

In today's competitive marketplace, companies spend a lot of time talking about creating exceptional customer...

Top Workplaces 2019: 150 local companies highlighted in 10th annual survey

By baiduhai

March 7, 2024 at 9:23 a.m.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group, Impact Networking and Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River...

On behalf of the Tribune, Energage, a workplace survey and improvement specialist, conducted an engagement survey of Chicago-area employers with at least 100 employees.

From cubicles to standing desks: The Tribune has been spotlighting Top Workplaces for a decade. Here’s how winners are selected.

By baiduhai

November 8, 2019 at 8:44 a.m.

Every fall for the past 10 years, the baiduhai has produced Top Workplaces after...

Workers use individual rest areas at OpticsPlanet in Northbrook on Sept. 20, 2019. The company, a subsidiary of retail technology firm Ecentria, has about 220 employees in Northbrook.

Sleep pods, opportunities to advance, immigration lawyers: OpticsPlanet supports its diverse workforce

By Tatiana Walk-Morris

November 8, 2019 at 8:00 a.m.

Before joining OpticsPlanet in December 2010, Polina Sutin admittedly didn't know much about the company,...

Now Health Group employees Kimberly Nagle, from left, Jennifer Harbin, Elizabeth Ferreira and Jenny Resendez gather for an impromptu meeting on Sept. 26, 2019, in Bloomingdale. The company, which does business as Now Foods, makes natural foods, dietary supplements and sports nutrition products.

Loyalty — to the company and the workers — means a lot at Now Health Group

By Tatiana Walk-Morris

November 8, 2019 at 8:03 a.m.

In fall 1994, Jim Emme spotted a classified ad in the baiduhai. Now Foods...

Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza River North employee Florence Gardner, center, with the accounting department, and other employees pass out school supplies to students at George Manierre Elementary School in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2019. The hotel has a year-round partnership with the school.

No. 1: At Holiday Inn Mart Plaza there’s an app to aid communication. But the hotel’s family spirit is the real key.

By Suzanne Cosgrove

November 8, 2019 at 8:04 a.m.

In the U.S. hotel industry, the median employee tenure is about two years, according to...

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff employees meet Sept. 13, 2019, at their North Michigan Avenue office. The brokerage is a subsidiary of HomeServices of America, a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate.

No. 1: ‘True Midwest values’ guide Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff

By Brenda Richardson

November 8, 2019 at 8:06 a.m.

It's midmorning on a Friday at the spacious Michigan Avenue corporate office of Berkshire Hathaway...

Employee Zucely Monterola works out at the wellness center at Antunes on Sept. 24, 2019, in Carol Stream. The company also offers an on-site health center staffed twice a week by a nurse practitioner and medical assistant.

Five core values are bedrock for Antunes and its employees

By Brenda Richardson

November 8, 2019 at 8:08 a.m.

On any given weekday at the A.J. Antunes headquarters in Carol Stream, you can find...