🏆 AWARD 01 OF 10 · TEAM OF THE YEAR 2026

Best Company to Work For 2026

The top OutGeek award: the tech company women in tech would most like to join. Voted by the people who meet these hiring teams in person at OutGeek events in 38 cities.

Women in tech chatting over food at an OutGeek event in London
OUTGEEK Award 01 ★ 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 people would most like to join

The other nine awards each look at one thing, like pay, culture or career growth. This one asks the bigger question: after meeting the team, reading their posts and asking them questions, which company would you most want to work for?

AWARD
01 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 the team talks about its work

Do the people you meet describe what they build clearly, and with some pride?
02

Who it hires

Women on the technical team and in leadership, not only in recruiting.
03

How it handles hard times

Whether the company has had layoffs, and how it treated the people affected: notice, severance, support finding a new role and honest answers.
04

How it treats candidates

A clear process, honest answers and quick replies.
05

Pay and flexibility

Fair pay, flexible work and time off people actually take.
⚖️ 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.
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Every vote is tied to an account

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

The team with the most votes on December 31 wins. We reveal the winner on January 15.
A bright, busy room of women in tech networking at an OutGeek event in Paris
💬 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. 1How long has the longest-serving person on your team been here?
  2. 2How many women are on the engineering team, and in leadership?
  3. 3Who got the last promotion on your team, and what did it take?
  4. 4How often does work spill into evenings and weekends?
  5. 5What has the team changed because of employee feedback?
  6. 6What does your interview process look like, and how fast do you reply?
🗣️ IN VOTERS' WORDS

Why they'd join a team

“I’ve met a lot of hiring teams at these events and this is the one I keep thinking about months later. Everyone seemed genuinely happy to be there, not just told to say so.”
OutGeek event attendee
“I asked one of their engineers what she’d change about the company and she had to really think about it. That says a lot.”
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. This award carries that question forward.

🏆 FOR HIRING TEAMS

Nominate your team for Best Company to Work For

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. In 2025, women in tech at OutGeek events ranked BlackRock first, then MaintainX and 50Hertz.

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's the overall award. The other nine look at one thing each, like pay, culture or career growth. This one asks which team you would most like to join.

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

All of Team of the Year →