Employment company Glassdoor has announced the winners of its 8th Employees’ Choice Awards, honoring the top CEOs in 2021 across North America and parts of Europe. The Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards are based on the input of employees who voluntarily provide anonymous feedback by completing a company review about their CEO’s leadership, along with insights into their job, work environment and employer over the past year.
This year, the Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Awards for the Top CEOs include six company categories across the U.S., Canada, U.K., France and Germany. In the U.S., Glassdoor has revealed the 100 Top CEOs (honoring CEOs at employers with 1,000 or more employees) and the 50 Top CEOs at small and medium companies (honoring CEOs at employers with fewer than 1,000 employees).
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“Over the past year, company leaders around the world faced unprecedented challenges to support employees during the COVID-19 crisis. Now, the employees have spoken and it’s clear that these CEOs excelled and found new ways to support their people when the world of work flipped upside down,” said Glassdoor CEO Christian Sutherland-Wong. “Through a challenging year, it’s inspiring to see Top CEOs who, according to their employees, adapted to change, redefined visions and led with transparency while putting the health and safety of employees first. I extend my sincerest congratulations to this year’s Employees’ Choice Award winners.”
Travel and hospitality leaders among the top 10 CEOs in 2021 in the U.S. were Southwest Airlines’ Gary C. Kelly in fourth place at 98 percent approval and Delta Air Lines’ Ed Bastian in eighth place with 97 percent approval. Among the top 100, Hyatt Hotel Corp.’s Mark S. Hoplamazian was 41 with 94 percent approval rating and Royal Caribbean Group’s Richard D. Fain was 96 with 90 percent approval rating.
Across the approximately 1.5 million employers reviewed on Glassdoor, the average CEO approval rating is 73 percent.