Great Place To Work® surveys more than 181,000 employees a year across 600+ organisations in Australia alone. Our reports translate that data into clear, actionable insights for leaders navigating culture, trust, and performance.
Based on feedback from 128,405 Australian employees, this report reveals what separates the 2026 Best Workplaces™ from typical organisations. Discover why pride is the strongest driver of retention, what younger employees need to stay, and how consistent leadership, fairness and meaningful work turn culture into loyalty and advocacy.
Each report draws on verified Trust Index™ survey data collected across hundreds of Australian organisations every year. Our research covers industry benchmarks, national workforce trends, demographic breakdowns, and the culture and leadership practices that separate great workplaces from the rest.
Great Place To Work® partners with organisations and bodies to produce independent, peer-informed research on employee experience and organisational culture.
We partner with organisations to produce independent research on workplace wellbeing. If your organisation has data, a research question, or an audience — let’s talk.
Workplace culture research measures the employee experience across dimensions including trust, fairness, camaraderie, pride, and credibility in leadership. Great Place To Work® uses its Trust Index™ survey methodology, developed over 30+ years, to benchmark these dimensions across industries, company sizes, and demographics. The result is quantitative data on how people actually feel at work, not how organisations say they operate.
Our data comes directly from employees via the Trust Index™ survey, completed anonymously. We survey across 600+ Australian organisations each year, capturing responses from entry-level to senior leadership.
Our most recent national research identifies trust in leadership, psychological safety, and wellbeing as the primary drivers of employee experience in Australian workplaces. Organisations that score highly on these dimensions consistently outperform industry peers on retention, engagement, and productivity. Our annual Best Workplaces™ report and industry-specific publications track how these trends shift year on year.
Employee engagement typically measures motivation and discretionary effort. Employee experience is broader: it captures the full reality of working at an organisation, including fairness, inclusion, belonging, and trust in leadership. Great Place To Work® research measures employee experience using the Trust Index™ framework, which goes beyond engagement scores to reveal the cultural conditions that drive or undermine performance.