Holly & Smith Architects Named a 2023 Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge

Holly & Smith Architects was recently named as one of the 2023 Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge. The awards program is a project of the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report and the Greater Baton Rouge SHRM, an affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management and Best Companies Group.

This survey and awards program was created in 2014 to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Baton Rouge, benefiting its economy, its workforce and businesses.  

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

• Have at least 15 employees working in Baton Rouge;
• Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business;
• Be a publicly or privately held business or government entity/municipality
• Have a facility in Baton Rouge; and
• Must be in business a minimum of 1 year.

Companies from across the region entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Baton Rouge. The first part consisted of evaluating each company’s workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Workforce Research Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Baton Rouge and also analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.