06/26/2026
PlanetBids has been named an Inc. Magazine Best Place to Work 2026, and back-to-back at that. And we are incredibly proud! But here's what this recognition actually means to small companies like ours and why it hits differently.
There's nowhere to hide.
Sounds ominous, but it's true. At a larger organization, culture can be inconsistent across teams, floors, or time zones. Weak leadership in one area, a misaligned values pocket in another. It can exist without ever fully defining the whole. But when your entire company fits in one room, every decision, every interaction, and every moment of leadership either builds the culture or chips away at it. There is no buffer. No absorbing a culture disruption and moving on. What you do is who you are.
That's a lot of pressure. And we think that's a good thing!
It means we have to be intentional every single day. It means our values can't just live on a wall. They have to live in our actions, our conversations, and the way we show up for each other when things are hard. It means every person we bring on, every leader we develop, and every decision we make either reflects what we stand for or it doesn't.
Winning this recognition two years in a row (and on our very first attempt, just sayin!) tells us we're getting it right. Not perfectly, no. But intentionally, definitely.
This one is for the whole team. To the moon!
