March - June

Program promotion and awareness campaign.

June 25, 2010

Participation registration deadline.  Confirmation of registration will be sent within 24 hours.  Companies will then receive an invoice within 15 days. Fees are due within 30 days of invoice receipt.

July 14, 2010

A Web link for the Email Upload Portal is sent to the primary contact to upload employee email addresses for survey distribution. The deadline to upload the file containing the email addresses is July 16th. Companies that need access codes will also request them via this portal (online option only).

Deadline to submit customization requests (optional).
Deadline to submit requests for alternate language surveys (if applicable).

July 16, 2010

Deadline to submit your company’s list of employee email addresses to BCG via the Email Upload Portal. This is also the deadline to request any access codes for employees without company email addresses (online option only).

July 23, 2010

If applicable, paper version of the employee survey and postage-paid return envelopes are sent to the primary contact at participating companies for distribution (paper option only).

July 30, 2010

Completed Employer Questionnaires (EQs) are due.

August 6, 2010

Online Employee Engagement & Satisfaction Surveys are sent via email (online option only).

August 11, 2010

Deadline for paper version of the employee survey. Surveys must be postmarked by this date (paper option only).

August 20, 2010

Deadline for all online versions of the employee survey (online option only).

September 9, 2010

BCG prepares and issues notification letters to the participants.

November 2010

Publication and event date for the “Best Companies to Work for in Central California.” Benchmarking data will be sent to companies after the list-making companies are announced.