AC3 achieved this result in a category with some of the heavyweights of the Australian workplace culture scene.

The ranking is a result of internal initiatives that demonstrate the organisational commitment to building and sustaining an awesome culture and being a place that people genuinely want to work at, as well as direct feedback from employees to assess whether the management intent is being delivered as a world class experience to employees.

The benchmark study publication comes amid the COVID-19 crisis, which has upended daily life and business operations throughout the world. The ranking of Australia’s Best Places to Work 2020 is based on data collected prior and during the novel coronavirus outbreak. “The organisations in the study are leading the way amid the pandemic, demonstrating care for their employees, customers and communities during this challenging time.” said Zrinka Lovrencic, MD Great Place to Work Australia.

“The COVID-19 pandemic is a challenge facing organisations across the globe, and it puts a premium on being a high trust people-first culture. We celebrate the companies that earned places on our 2020 Best Places to Work benchmarking study, and we hope this will inspire more companies to continue maintaining and building trust with their team members.”

AC3 CEO, Simon Xistouris, said that this achievement “means even more to us during such a challenging time for the world. We have worked incredibly hard to ensure our organisation is resilient and that our people can continue to deliver value to our customers during this time. We have had to completely rethink how we sustain our culture when we are all working remotely, but I couldn’t be more proud of how every member of our team has chipped in to keep that culture alive and check in on their workmates. Being recognised as the XX Best Place to Work in Australia was one our top line business goals for 2020 so we are very excited to achieve this. Beyond any formal recognition, I am just happy to see that our people are happy, engaged, and are making a difference for our customers.”

For more information, please contact Stephanie Challinor, General Manager of Customer Experience & Alliances at AC3 at stephanie.challinor@ac3.com.au or on 0403 938 645.

About AC3

AC3 is a privately owned Australian ICT Managed Services Provider (MSP). Founded in 1999, our purpose is to make technology real and with over 14.000 virtual machines under management and over 300 staff, we do this for more than half of the NSW State Government agencies and over 700 commercial customers.

AC3 is a business built on its people. We believe magic happens when we combine our people with the best technologies. AC3 has offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland and Canberra, together with a number of employees who work remotely across the country and around the world, including North America, South Africa, Thailand and Ireland. AC3 leaves no stone unturned to tap into and retain the world’s best technical talent. Our people live by our four key ‘ways of being’ to deliver outcomes for our customers:

  • Own It: If I say I’m going to do it, I do it. And I give it my all.
  • Better It: I take the current status quo and make it better.
  • Brave It: I listen, say what needs to be said, and do the right thing. Especially when it’s tough.
  • Enjoy It: I take my work seriously, but don’t take myself too seriously.
About Great Place to Work Australia

Great Place to Work Australia, part of Great Place to Work Inc, is a global research and consulting firm specialising in employee engagement, organisational alignment, and its effect on high performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, including Trust Index® Employee Engagement Survey and Culture Audit®, Great Place to Work provides the framework and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognise outstanding workplace cultures.

About the Best Places to Work in Australia Benchmarking Study

Companies nominated for the Best Places to Work benchmarking study must go through an application process and are selected and ranked on the basis of employees’ responses to our Trust Index© Employee Engagement Survey (2/3 of the score), which measures employee perceptions of their workplace. The Culture Audit©, completed by management and evaluated by the Great Place to Work® Australia research team, accounts for 1/3 of the total score. Companies receiving high scores on these assessments appear on our national Best Places to Work lists; the highest scores enjoy the highest rankings. The list recognises companies in three size categories: Under 100 employees; 100-999 employees; and Over 1,000 employees. The 2020 study was conducted between September 2019 and June.