[email protected] Awards

The cost to register is $495 USD for franchisors and suppliers. The entry fee is waived for franchise owners.

All participants will receive a scorecard showing their benchmark scores in the eight key areas of the survey. Award winners will also receive a PR toolkit with award graphics, a press release template and other opportunities for promotion.

Additionally, your company has the option of purchasing detailed reports that capture all the data collected from your employees, which can be used to identify opportunities and risks, understand where you can make improvements, and measure year-over-year progress on employee engagement and retention.

If your company doesn’t make the list, no one will know but you. Individual companies who are not finalists or award winners will not be shared publicly.

[email protected] is the only awards program dedicated solely to recognizing companies serving the franchise sector for creating outstanding workplaces for their employees.

Any company operating in the franchise space – franchisors, franchisees, and suppliers – that is proud of the workplace and culture they have created, challenges their employees to continually improve their performance in a fun and engaging environment, and supports their employees’ career growth and advancement, as well as franchise companies that want to attract, hire, and retain the best employees. 

The awards are open to all U.S. and Canadian-based franchises, franchisees, and suppliers servicing the franchise sector that have at least 10 full-time employees and gross annual revenue of $1M+.

There are so many perks to winning! Here are just a few of the biggies:

• Broad exposure and recognition. This is an opportunity to show the world you’re an employer of choice.
• Actionable insights. You’ll receive your benchmarks score so you can see how your employee engagement compares to other franchise brands. Plus, if you opt in to receive the full results of your survey, you’ll get access to the detailed results and a full review with the FBR team to identify areas of risk and opportunity.
• Higher employee engagement and retention. Employees will appreciate that you are asking for their input and you’ll be able to use the feedback to help you retain the best employees in the business.
• Valuable recruitment tool. Attract the best and the brightest employees.
• Shared best practices. Get the inside scoop on the strategies top franchise employers are using.

The deadline to register is March 31. Employees must complete the survey by April 30 to be included in the research.

Companies that participate in our [email protected] survey are eligible for the [email protected] Awards recognizing the best franchise companies to work for based on responses from their employees in these categories:

• Best Culture
• Best Boss (aka Management)
• Best Leadership
• Best Compensation & Benefits
• Best Overall Satisfaction
• Best Law Firm
• Best Financial Services Firm
• Best Marketing/PR Firm
• And More

The award winners are selected based on their employee engagement benchmark scores on 24 questions in eight key areas, which include, satisfaction, alignment, team, and leadership. Scores for each benchmark question are determined  using a weighted scale — the most positive response option (such as “excellent” or “strongly agree”) having the most positive effect, and the most negative option having the most negative effect.

Award winners will be notified by mid-May and will be publicly announced in mid-June.

The process is easy! Simply fill out the entry form and submit your registration fee. Once you register, a team member from FBR will be in touch to go over options for customization, survey administration and the results you receive.