Over 100 California Companies Among 2021’s Best Workplaces: Inc.

ACROSS CALIFORNIA — Over 100 companies in California have been named one of the best places to work in America, according to a new ranking released this week by Inc. magazine.

Innovative Commercial Environments in San Diego and OptoTest in Camarillo received “special recognition” and were among the many in California to make the list. All of the companies “did the most to support their employees and keep them engaged through a turbulent year,” the ranking states.

A total of 429 companies nationwide earned a spot among this year’s ranking. California businesses accounted for 107 of the slots.

While the best workplaces typically were defined as ones that offered “an open-office design with a stocked fridge and mindfulness pods,” that all changed last year when the coronavirus pandemic struck, forcing businesses across the country to leave the office and go remote.

Now, the best workplaces are those that have “thrived in the face of adversity,” according to the ranking, and continued to foster a strong culture throughout the pandemic.

Companies eligible to be a Best Workplace selection must be independent businesses based in the United States. Companies also need to have at least 10 employees, been in business at least two years and have a total annual revenue of less than $1 billion.

To be named a Best Workplace, companies must apply for consideration.

Each nominated company took part in a comprehensive employee survey, conducted by Quantum Workplace, that touched on topics including management effectiveness, perks and how it fosters employee growth. Employees' responses, as well as an audit of the organization’s benefits, are used to determine the company’s overall score.

Companies that made the list were not ranked numerically.
The following companies based in California made the list:

• 34 Strong
• 6sense
• Affinity
• Alation
• Asana
• Axis Security
• Backblaze
• Beer Home Team
• Benchling
• Benefit Pro Insurance
• BetterUp
• Bev
• Big Green IT
• BigPanda
• BlackLine
• Blend
• Build Staffing Group
• Career Group Companies
• Cask
• Chime
• Coalition
• Cobalt.io
• Coda
• Coupa
• Cyara
• Databricks
• Deepgram
• DigitalOcean
• Doma
• Edmunds
• EverHive Corporation
• Exabeam
• FloQast
• GitLab
• Golden Star Technology (GST)
• GoodRx
• Grammarly
• Grand Rounds Health
• Griffin Funding
• Groove
• Handshake
• Health+Commerce
• Hinge Health
• HoneyBook
• HOVER
• Innovative Commercial Environments
• Intermedia
• Invoca
• Ivantis
• Jobot
• Konnect Agency
• Liftoff
• Lojistic
• Loom
• MediaAlpha
• Mirketa Inc.
• Mission Wealth LP
• Monte Carlo
• Moveworks
• Mythical Games
• NerdWallet
• NewRocket
• Openprise
• Ordermark
• Outer
• PandaDoc
• Pegasus
• Plaid
• pMD
• Power Digital Marketing
• Productiv
• Pure Financial Advisors
• Randle Communications
• Remote
• RepairPal
• Roth Staffing Companies, L.P.
• Sada
• Seismic
• SentinelOne
• ServiceTItan
• Sift
• Sigma Computing
• Simpplr
• Skyline Enterprises
• sourceM
• Styra
• Swiftly
• Sysdig
• Tatari
• Theorem
• TruAmerica Multifamily
• Trust & Will
• Unity
• UpSellit
• Virta Health
• Vive Organic
• Water Systems Consulting
• WestPac WealthPartners
• Winnie
• Wonolo
• WorkRamp
• Wpromote
• Zenput

See the full list of Best Workplaces at Inc.com.