❤️ AWARD 03 OF 10 · TEAM OF THE YEAR 2026

Best Company Culture 2026

For the tech team where people treat each other well, every day. Voted by women in tech who meet these hiring teams in person at OutGeek events in 38 cities.

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OUTGEEK Award 03 ★ 2026 ★
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WINNER REVEALED JANUARY 15, 2027
Voting closes December 31. One vote per award.
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WHAT THIS AWARD RECOGNIZES

The team where people treat each other well

Culture shows in small things: who gets interrupted, who gets credit, how a team talks about each other when the manager isn’t listening. This award goes to the team that gets those things right.

AWARD
03 of 10, OutGeek Team of the Year 2026
VOTED BY
Women in tech with OutGeek Plus, and OutGeek team accounts
VOTING
August to December 31, 2026
WINNER
Revealed January 15, 2027
NOMINEES
33 teams on the 2026 ballot
WHAT VOTERS LOOK AT
01

How managers lead

Do people describe their manager as someone who has their back?
02

How the team shows up

At events, do they listen, include everyone and introduce each other?
03

Who gets heard

Whether quieter voices and newer people get space in meetings.
04

How they handle mistakes

Honest feedback and blameless reviews, not public blame.
05

Inclusion in practice

Employee groups, accessible events and a team that welcomes everyone.
⚖️ FAIR AND OPEN

How the winner is picked

1

Members vote

OutGeek Plus members and team accounts vote from August to December 31.
2

One vote per account

One vote in this award per account, and one in each of the other nine. Votes are final once cast.
3

Every vote is tied to an account

Each account votes once in each award: 10 votes in all, one per award.
4

Most votes wins

The team with the most votes on December 31 wins. We reveal the winner on January 15.
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💬 BEFORE YOU VOTE

Questions to ask a hiring team

Ask them at an OutGeek event, or in Threads, where hiring teams answer members' questions.

  1. 1What do you like most about the people you work with?
  2. 2How does your team handle a mistake or a missed deadline?
  3. 3How are decisions made, and who gets a say?
  4. 4What happened the last time someone raised a concern?
  5. 5How does the team welcome new hires in the first month?
  6. 6What would you change about the culture if you could?
🗣️ IN VOTERS' WORDS

Why they'd join a team

“The women on that team kept introducing me to each other like they were proud of their coworkers. I left wishing I worked with people like that.”
OutGeek event attendee
“Nobody talked over anyone during their pitch. Small thing, but I’ve sat through enough meetings to notice.”
OutGeek event attendee
ON THE 2026 BALLOT · 33 TEAMS

The 2026 nominees

Every team on the ballot for this award, A to Z. The leader stays hidden until January 15 so early results don't sway the vote.

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👑 LAST YEAR

2025: the top tech companies, voted by women in tech

In 2025, before the ten awards, voters picked one overall top 10. 2026 is the first year of the Best Company Culture award.

❤️ FOR HIRING TEAMS

Nominate your team for Best Company Culture

Nominate your company from an OutGeek team account. The $129/month account includes one category. Extra categories are $199 once and go on the ballot as soon as payment clears.

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About this award

FAQ

Voting is open until December 31, 2026, and the winner is revealed on January 15, 2027. Until then the leader stays hidden so early results don’t sway the vote. 2026 is the first year of this award.

OutGeek Plus members and team accounts. Each account gets one vote in this award, and one in each of the other nine. Votes are final once cast.

It looks at one thing: how people treat each other. Best Company to Work For is the overall award, and each of the other awards looks at something else.

Most lists rely on employee surveys or data companies send in. This award is voted by women in tech who meet these hiring teams in person at OutGeek events in 38 cities, plus OutGeek team accounts.

Yes. Each award is voted on separately, so one company can win more than one.

Voting closes December 31, 2026. The winner is revealed on January 15, 2027, on this page and on the winning team’s company page.

In 2026 the ballot lists companies OutGeek has worked with, plus any company that nominates itself from a team account. The $129/month team account includes one category. Extra categories are $199 once.

Winning teams get a feature in the OutGeek Journal, their open roles in our newsletter blast, their jobs featured on OutGeek, and social media support from our team.

No. The team with the most votes in an award wins.

Yes. A team account's vote counts like anyone else's: one vote in each award.

The other nine awards

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