Previous winners

Congratulations
to every winner.

Awarded across three size categories in each country, based on full time equivalents across the business, including shopfront and all support office roles. Every one of these was decided by votes.

2017 to 2025
No award was made in 2024
Highlighted rows are the current holders

New Zealand

YearSmallMediumLarge
2025DFS NZ2degrees RetailFoodstuffs North Island
2023Taking ShapeGilmoursSpark New Zealand
2022DFS NZGilmoursFoodstuffs North Island
2021RubyGilmoursFoodstuffs North Island
2020SilvermoonMichael HillFoodstuffs North Island
2019IndustrieSpark RetailFoodstuffs North Island
2018Deadly PoniesSpark RetailFarmers
2017GlengarryWarehouse StationeryThe Warehouse

Australia

YearSmallMediumLarge
2025The Silver CollectiveFreedomEssilorLuxottica
2023Austin Group: GAZMAN, Cable Melbourne, Perri CuttenAustin Group: GAZMAN, Cable Melbourne, Perri CuttenAustin Group: GAZMAN, Cable Melbourne, Perri Cutten
2022DISSHJeanswestMichael Hill
2021The Silver CollectiveGazmanUniqlo
2020HermèsBlue IllusionLowe's
2019Feather FoxSpendless ShoesLowe's
2018IncuLowe'sJeanswest
2017GametradersLowe'sJeanswest

Hear from the winners

What it's like on the
inside.

Winners talk about what they actually did to build a workplace people vote for. Interviews with Foodstuffs North Island, Spark, Uniqlo, Gazman, Lowes and Spendless Shoes.

Read the winner Q&As

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Voting closes 30 September. Winners announced 5 October.

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