Rover Unveils the Best Dog-Friendly Companies of 2021 - Seite 2

In a booming labor market, employers adopting dog-friendly benefits are seeing a return on their investments. Of US-based companies featured in this year’s report, 95% believe that being a pet-friendly company has positively impacted hiring and recruiting of new employees. The majority (93%) of businesses claim that company morale has improved since implementing dog-friendly perks with more employee interaction and engagement, and better communication among team members.

As COVID-19 continues to complicate returning to the workplace, many companies are maintaining a dog-friendly culture with: dog cameos on video calls (87%), virtual introductions to new dogs (74%), and swapping dog footage with colleagues (94%). A common denominator among these companies: 100% believe their employees consider their dogs to be members of the family.

“There's a rising sentiment in American society that dogs are, in fact, a part of our nuclear families—they aren't just pets. The pandemic only accelerated and strengthened those feelings,” said Rover’s head of people and culture, Jovana Teodorovic. “It’s abundantly clear that pet-friendly benefits are not only appreciated by employees, but they’re actually creating a more productive workforce and competitive hiring process. While some businesses may move to remote work, many others will transition back to the office or into a hybrid workplace plan. We anticipate more than ever that they'll consider where and how pets fit into the equation.”

This year’s Top 20 Best Dog-Friendly Companies include:

1. Amazon (Seattle, WA)
2. athenahealth, LLC (Watertown, MA)
3. Trupanion (Seattle, WA)
4. Kinship (New York, NY)
5. PetDesk (San Diego, CA)
6. Stride Health (San Francisco, CA)
7. Petco (San Diego, CA)
8. Purina (St. Louis, MO)
9. SelfMade (New York, NY)
10. SS&C Advent (San Francisco, CA)
11. WeWork (New York, NY)
12. VMware, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA)
13. PeopleConnect People Search (San Diego, CA)
14. PetSmart (Phoenix, AZ)
15. Procore Technologies (Carpinteria, CA)
16. Zogics (Lenox, MA)
17. Tripadvisor (Needham, MA)
18. Noodles & Company (Broomfield, CO)
19. FabFitFun (Los Angeles, CA)
20. The Farmer’s Dog (New York, NY)

To view the full report on the Best Dog-Friendly Companies, please visit here. A similar report was conducted in the UK and Canada.