Fortune Magazine and Great Place to Work Honor Hayden Homes with Two National Workplace Awards

Hayden Homes is honored to announce that Great Place To Work® and Fortune Magazine have selected the company for two prestigious awards representing its positive culture, employee experience, leadership and community-driven work.​

For its first recognition, Hayden Homes ranked 3rd on the 2025 Fortune Best Workplaces in Construction™ List. This is Hayden Homes’ 2nd time being named to this prestigious list. Earning a spot means that Hayden Homes is one of the best companies to work for in the country. The Best Workplaces in Construction award is based on analysis of survey responses from nearly 54,000 employees at Great Place To Work Certified™ companies in the construction industry.

The second recognition celebrates Hayden Homes’ ranking as 21st on the 2025 Fortune Best Medium Workplaces™ List, elevating the company out of all medium-sized workplaces in the nation, not just those in construction. This award is highly competitive. To determine the Best Medium Workplaces list, Great Place To Work analyzed the survey responses of over 228,000 employees from Great Place To Work Certified™ companies with between 100 and 999 U.S. employees.

Great Place to Work, which is the global authority on workplace culture, chooses its honorees based on the survey data and a company’s ability to offer positive outcomes for employees regardless of job role, race, gender, sexual orientation, work status, or other demographic identifier.

“Small and medium businesses can compete with anyone for talent when they build an irresistible culture,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO at Great Place To Work. “These companies make the most of their strategic advantages as smaller organizations, ensuring every employee feels recognized for their contributions and rewarded with their fair share of the benefits of success.”

Survey Says: 98-100% Are Proud to Share They Work at Hayden Homes

This year in Hayden Homes’ Great Place to Work survey results, 98% of all team members–and 100% of all women and minority team members–said the company is a great place to work, compared with an average of just 57% of employees who felt the same at other companies in the U.S. That’s a ranking of more than 40% higher than the average U.S. company.

Hayden Homes offers a home purchase discount program, 401k match of up to $10,000 per year and up to 16 hours of paid volunteer time per year, encouraging team members to contribute directly to nonprofits in their communities. Team members are also active participants in uplifting events such as wall raisings and key dedication ceremonies for First Story–a nonprofit founded by Hayden Homes in 1998 that provides homeownership opportunities to under-resourced families, breaking cycles of generational poverty. The company offers a 100% match for team member paycheck contributions to First Story, totaling more than $1.8 million dollars to date, with more than 85% participation from team members.

“We are so proud to be ranked among the nation’s top employers in both the construction field and amongst all medium-sized companies,” said Patti Murphy, vice president of employee engagement with Hayden Homes. “Our culture is deeply rooted in our Give As You Go™ philosophy; which means we prioritize people, encourage volunteerism, and support our community in ways that make a real difference. This shared purpose transforms our day-to-day work into a mission that we are grateful has such value and meaning to our team members. They are the reason we have achieved these accolades.”