Simply the best (workplace) in Australasia
We’re thrilled to share that Tax Traders and our sibling company, Taxi, have been named Australasia’s best workplace at the Inspiring Workplaces Awards.
It’s a humbling recognition of what we believe business can be – a force for good where people feel valued, listened to, and empowered to do meaningful work that helps better serve our clients and make the benefits of tax pooling available to all taxpayers.
Among a field of exceptional companies across Australia and New Zealand, we were honoured for our commitment to building a genuinely people-first culture, being named the standout among Australasia’s top 10 best workplaces.
Nicola Taylor, co-founder of Tax Traders and Taxi, said she was thrilled with the recognition for the team, and especially the improvement they had made over the last 12 months.
“As leading fintech companies, we are committed to continuous improvement across our businesses and building our people experience and culture is no different. We can always improve, learn from others and get better, and we are delighted that we have moved from sixth spot last year, to take out the top spot this year. It's great recognition of the work that every member of our team puts in to building our strong culture and making us a great place to work.”
Nicola also noted that the top two spots were taken by New Zealand companies.
“Kiwi companies are really doing well in terms of being great workplaces and making a difference in people's lives. Whether that's a large company like Douglas Pharmaceuticals or a small one like us, New Zealand is well placed to promote itself as one of the best places in the world to work.”
Entrants were assessed against six pillars – culture and purpose, leadership, wellbeing, inclusion, employee voice, and employee experience – with each seen as essential to creating a people-first culture and, by extension, and inspiring workplace.
Tax Traders is proud to have been scored by the judges as best in class in all categories, including being the only workplace that was acknowledged in the areas of leadership and employee voice.
In announcing the overall winner of this year’s Inspiring Workplaces Awards, the judges said: “Tax Traders [and Taxi] excels in integrating purpose, leadership and wellbeing into their culture, fostering joy, generosity, and inclusion. Your five ‘DNA elements’ guide decisions, strategy, and daily interactions, contributing to high employee satisfaction and recognition.”
Overall, event organisers said the standard of this year’s entries “were the strongest ever witness by the judges”, reflecting a powerful shift amongst businesses toward people-first leadership and the courage to reimagine what work can be.
The Australasia Top 10 Inspiring Workplaces in 2025, in ranking order:
1) Tax Traders and Taxi
2) Douglas Pharmaceuticals
3) Concentrix
4) PagerDuty
5) Richard Crookes Construction
6) FDM Group
7) Reward Gateway | Edenred
8) BGIS
9) Comlink Australia
10) CONNETIX
About Inspiring Workplaces
Inspiring Workplaces is a global organisation on a mission to celebrate workplaces that believe in people as the greatest force in business. Their programmes spotlight cultures where belief, belonging, and confidence in the future fuel individuals to thrive – not just at work, but in life.