Top Employer: Open Farm Inc.

Recognized as one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2023):

Here are some of the reasons why Open Farm Inc. was selected as one of Canada's Top Small & Medium Employers (2023):

Open Farm moves employees to four weeks of vacation after four years on-the-job and provides additional paid time off during the winter holidays as well as paid personal days which can be scheduled as needed (three days per year)
Open Farm supports employees who want to start a family with maternity and parental leave top-up of 80 per cent of salary for up to four weeks (for new and adoptive parents)
Open Farm offers a number of financial incentives, including signing bonuses for some employees, year-end bonuses for all and generous referral bonuses of up to $3,000 for successful hires -- the company has grown notably in the past year, increasing its full-time workforce by over 20 per cent

The Open Farm sales team at a sales event

Industry	Pet food manufacturing
Established in Canada	2014
Major Canadian hiring locations	Toronto ON
Full-time employees in Canada	43
Part-time employees in Canada	6
Full-time employee growth in the past year	22.9 %
Average age of employees in Canada	33 years
Longest serving employee	8 years
Hybrid work	rolled out a hybrid work plan in September 2022 and reclassified all roles based on the necessity to be hybrid or fully remote (by both job description and personal circumstance)
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 100% of the premiums
Flexible work options	telecommuting
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, paid internships
Tuition subsidies (related to job)	yes
Performance recognition	individual performance bonuses, on-the-spot rewards, peer-to-peer recognition awards, tailored and unique rewards (e.g. travel), long-service awards