Employee Surveys Now Rank Utah Workplaces
Utah employers with 35 or more workers can now be ranked against national employee-feedback benchmarks, and the process is independent of applications or public votes.
Updated on Nov. 3, 2026 in Remote Work
Groove Technology Solutions, a nationwide property technology company headquartered in the Salt Lake City area, was named a 2026 Utah Top Workplace by the Salt Lake Business Journal, ranking No. 24 among 38 honorees in the midsize category. Utah employers with at least 35 employees can take part in the Top Workplaces survey, which is administered by Energage.
Why it matters
The recognition is based on anonymous employee feedback measured against national benchmarks, not on applications or public votes, so it signals how a workforce rates its employer relative to peers. For Salt Lake City operators, it shows how employee-survey results are now being used as a public signal of workplace quality, which can influence recruiting and retention.
Groove ranked No. 24 among 38 honorees in the midsize category, and results are measured against national benchmarks drawn from roughly 30 million employees. The company has now earned the designation for six consecutive years, having first been named in 2021.
The players
Groove Technology Solutions
A nationwide property technology company headquartered in the Salt Lake City area that serves the hospitality and institutional sectors.
Energage
An independent workplace research firm that administers the confidential employee surveys used to select Utah Top Workplaces.
Salt Lake Business Journal
A regional business publication that took over administration of the Utah Top Workplaces program in 2026.
The details
Utah employers with at least 35 employees invite their workforce to take a confidential survey administered by Energage. Only organizations whose results exceed national benchmarks earn a place on the list. Energage screens for signs that employees felt pressured to answer positively, and the program charges no fees and uses no judging panels or public votes.
Timeline
2021: Groove first named a Top Workplace.
2025: Groove named DIRECTV FOR BUSINESS Hospitality & Institutions Dealer of the Year.
2026: Utah Top Workplaces program moves to the Salt Lake Business Journal.
Nov. 3, 2026: Groove announced as a 2026 Utah Top Workplace.
Market Landscape
Energage's national benchmarks, drawn from roughly 30 million employees, give Utah's Top Workplaces list a yardstick that compares local employers with companies across the country. The Salt Lake Business Journal's 2026 takeover of the program places employee-survey recognition under a regional business publication for the first time in this listing.
Salt Lake City employers that compete for talent should note that employee-survey rankings are now a visible public signal, so HR teams may want to review their own survey results against national benchmarks. Recruiting and retention functions should track how a workforce rating can translate into candidate interest.
The takeaway
Employers seeking to benchmark their workforce can compare their own employee-survey results against the national norms that Energage uses for the Top Workplace award. Operators who want to understand the methodology should review how the anonymous survey screens for pressured responses before drawing conclusions from any ranking.
Further reading
For more on how employee-survey recognition fits into broader hiring trends, see the Remote Work coverage on We are Main Street.
Source note: This article includes information reported by The Manila times.
