The Washington Post recognized WilmerHale among the Top Workplaces in the nation’s capital for the tenth consecutive year. WilmerHale is one of only eight workplaces that have been consistently named to the list since its inception in 2014.

The publication partnered with Energage Inc., a third-party employee engagement firm, to conduct an anonymous survey of more than 500 businesses in the DC area. The workplaces named to the list were recognized based solely on employee feedback about various aspects of workplace culture. The top companies were selected based on survey responses from more than 147,000 employees on topics ranging from employee development to leadership and innovation.

• The comprehensive survey focused on the following categories: 
• Alignment: where the company is headed, its values, cooperation, effective meetings
• Coaching: managers care about concerns, are helpful, encourage employee development
• Connection: employees feel appreciated, work is meaningful, working at full potential
• Engagement: productivity, retention, recruiting
• Leadership: confidence in company leaders
• Performance: execution, open-mindedness, innovation, clued-in leadership
• The Basics: pay, benefits, flexibility, training, expectations

The two-hundred companies--including businesses, nonprofits, government contractors, law firms and schools--featured in this year’s rankings were categorized based on size: largest, large, midsize and small. WilmerHale ranked 15 among the 30 companies named to the 2023 large-size category list.