hammerjack is on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For™ in Southeast Asia 2026

Manila, Philippines - hammerjack has been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For™ in Southeast Asia for 2026. It's the second year in a row the company has made the list, following its first inclusion in 2025.

The second listing comes during a period of continued growth for hammerjack. Teams keep expanding across the Philippines, and the business keeps investing in its people, its leaders and the systems that support them as it scales.

The listing sits alongside hammerjack's Great Place to Work® certification in the Philippines and its place among the Top 8 Best Workplaces in the Philippines (Medium category), along with a Top 3 ranking in the Medium IT-BPM category. Staff retention across the Philippines team sits at 97%. For clients, that number matters as much as the award. A stable team means fewer handovers, less retraining, and people who know your business properly because they've been in it for years.

A workplace that grows with its people

As hammerjack has grown, so has the way it looks after its people. The workplace keeps developing as the team gets bigger, built on practices like:

• Transparent pay practices, so people know where they stand and why
• Leaders who act on feedback and hold themselves to the same standards as their teams
• Regular 1-on-1 conversations that keep communication useful and human
• Psychological safety treated as something people practise daily, not a line in a handbook

Each of these keeps getting refined as the company grows, so the experience stays strong for new starters and long-serving team members alike.

How we support our people

Being recognised as a great workplace comes down to the support people get every day, from their first week to their fifth year. That support is built into how hammerjack runs.

• A People & Culture partner for everyone. Every team member has a People & Culture partner who checks in, listens and helps them grow. Our on-ground HR team looks after the full employee journey, from onboarding and performance reviews through to records and offboarding, so nobody is left to figure things out alone.

• Pay and benefits done right. As the legal employer in the Philippines, hammerjack handles payroll, timekeeping, government-mandated benefits and statutory contributions. Salary benchmarking and custom Total Rewards packages keep pay fair and competitive as people progress.

• Room to learn and grow. Tailored learning and development programs help people build their skills, with learning pathways in AI, communication and leadership. Team members who want to step up get the support to do it.

• IT that just works. Our IT team provides the hardware, infrastructure and day-to-day support people need to do their jobs well, with asset tracking and security controls managed in the background. Workspaces are secure and ISO 27001 certified, so people can focus on the work.

• A place people like coming to. The office comes with unlimited barista coffee and free weekly lunches, and regular engagement activities keep teams connected, whether they work onsite, hybrid or remote.

• Support on the client side too. Every client has a Customer Success Manager who keeps the working relationship on track and picks up issues early. When the relationship between a team member and their client is healthy, everyone does better work.

The same experience, wherever people work

hammerjack's teams work onsite, hybrid and remote. Access to development opportunities, recognition and leadership support is the same in each arrangement, and keeping it that way gets harder as headcount grows. It's something the company keeps working at every year.

The approach affects how teams collaborate, how leaders lead and how decisions get made. When people get the same respect and clarity no matter where they log in from, problems tend to get raised early instead of late.

What it means for clients

The people hammerjack places with Australian businesses are the same people this recognition is about. A workplace that keeps people engaged and supported shows up for clients in steadier teams and lower turnover, and in team members who stick around long enough to get really good at the job.

Our values

• We do what's right, even when it's hard.

• We act with purpose, because meaning drives excellence.

• We work with people who care and are empowered, because that's where greatness lives.

• We serve the people who matter, because they trust us with their future.

As hammerjack keeps growing across Southeast Asia, the focus stays on strengthening leadership capability and making sure people development keeps up with commercial growth, so the next team member who joins gets the same experience as the ones who earned this listing.