Why We Don't Expect to Win the Employer of the Year Award Again Next Year

As they announced Infinum was this year’s Best Employer award winner and Tanja got up to collect the heavy-duty trophy, they asked her whether she expected Infinum to win in 2020 as well. To the surprise of other HR Managers, Tanja bluntly said: ‘I hope not’.

“Mind you, I don’t mean that in a skeptical, there-are-no-guarantees-in-life way. I know that our employees will always be cared for, no matter how big the company gets,” Tanja said, then continued.

“I will always know every individual’s name, struggles, and passions. Weirdly, sometimes I will even know the size of shoes they wear.”

“Call me cheesy, but I would honestly like to see companies from the bottom of this year’s list make it to next year’s top three because that would mean someone somewhere made a huge effort to create a better workplace,” Tanja explained.

There is no telling whether the 260+ (insert the number of colleagues we’ll hire next year) employees will still feel this way this time next year, nor are we taking the collective opinion of more than 90% of employees who voted for granted. Is it (even more) challenging to maintain the high standard and try to raise the bar further? Oh, yes. But that won’t stop us from trying.