Crown Consulting Inc. was named a top 2020 Washington, D.C. workplace by the Washington Post, receiving high marks for policies that make workers feel happy and fulfilled.

The Post partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to rank the Washington area’s Top Workplaces. The process is based on a scientific survey of employees who rate their workplace culture.

“There is an open-door policy, where I feel I can talk openly with any level of management and my opinions and ideas are valued,” an employee wrote in a survey.

Crown ranked 37th among 80 companies in the Small Business category.

The Post ranking was based on employee surveys from 3,642 regional employers with than 50 people in the D.C. area invited to participate. Crown headquarters is located in Arlington, Va.

The employee engagement survey of 24 questions gathers responses regarding issues related to workplace culture:

  • Alignment: where the company is headed, its values, cooperation, effective meetings
  • Coaching: managers care about concerns, are helpful, encourage employee development
  • Connection: employees feel appreciated, work is meaningful, working at full potential, clued in to each other
  • Engagement: productivity, retention, recruiting
  • Leadership: confidence in company leaders
  • Performance: execution, open-mindedness, innovation, clued-in leadership
  • The Basics: pay, benefits, flexibility, training, expectations

About Crown

Crown Consulting Inc. is shaping the future of air transportation with concept development, design and deployment of systems and aircraft. We bring more than three decades of experience working with the Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, states and industry. Our science and research, programs and engineering, and integration and infrastructure service areas integrate industry-leading air mobility technology and planning support, engineering, information solutions and advanced analytics that enhance system performance and provide robust air mobility solutions for government and industry clients. For more information, visit crownci.com.