Program promotion and awareness campaign.

Participation registration deadline.  Confirmation of registration will be sent within 24 hours.  Companies will then receive an invoice (for paper surveys and purchased reports only) within 15 days. Payment is due within 30 days.

Registered companies choosing to withdraw from the process (by contacting a Best Companies Group representative) may do so by this date without incurring a withdrawal fee.

A Web link for the Email Upload Portal is sent to the primary contact to upload employee email address for survey distribution.  The deadline to upload the file containing the email addresses is April 1. Companies that need access codes will also request them via this portal (online option only).

Deadline to submit all employee survey customization requests (optional).
Deadline to submit alternate language requests (if applicable).
Deadline to request surveying additional employees (beyond the random sample or outside of Orange County).

A Web link for the Best Companies Group (BCG) Employer Questionnaire (EQ) will be sent to the primary contact at each of the registered companies.

April 1, 2013

Deadline to submit your company’s list of employee email addresses to BCG via the Email Upload Portal.  This is also the deadline to request any access codes for employees without company email addresses (online option only).

Deadline to submit the Employee Eligibility Check List (paper option only).

Paper version of the BCG employee survey and postage-paid return envelopes are mailed UPS to the primary contact at participating companies for distribution (paper option only).

Completed Employer Questionnaires (EQ) are due.

Online employee survey invitations are sent via email (online option only).                      

Deadline for all online employee surveys (online option only).

Best Companies Group prepares and issues congratulatory or non-winner letters to all participants.

The BCG Employee Feedback Reports (if purchased) are sent to participating companies. The second part of the Employee Feedback Report, the benchmark reports are sent in August.

Publication date for the "Best Places to Work in Orange County."