Philippine firms took the biggest share of the first-ever Southeast Asia's Best Workplaces in Technology 2026 list from Great Place To Work, the global workplace-culture research group. Of the 50 companies recognized across the region, 23 are certified in the Philippines, and nine of the ten winners in the top "Large" category are Philippine-based operations. The list, published by Great Place To Work, is the group's first regional ranking focused only on technology employers.
Key Takeaways
- The Philippines is the most-represented market on the inaugural list, with 23 of the 50 named companies certified locally.
- Companies are split into three size bands: Large (1,000+ staff), Medium (100-999), and Small (10-99).
- The ranking is built from more than 58,200 employee survey responses covering over 219,200 workers across Southeast Asia.
- Homegrown Filipino firms such as Arcanys, Full Scale, CoDev, and Tech One Global sit alongside the local arms of Cisco, Visa, Cognizant, and Adobe.
- Nine of the ten Large-category honorees run their winning operations in the Philippines.
Which Philippine companies made the list
The Large category (organizations with 1,000 or more employees) is where the Philippines' presence is strongest. Only one of the ten winners, Bosch's software unit in Vietnam, is based outside the country. The rest either operate mainly in the Philippines or count it among their certified markets.
| Rank | Large-category company | Certified market(s) |
|---|
| 1 | Cisco | Multiple, incl. Philippines |
| 2 | Carelon Global Solutions Philippines | Philippines |
| 3 | Insight | Philippines, Singapore |
| 4 | Genpact | Philippines |
| 5 | Visa | Philippines, Singapore |
| 6 | Concentrix Philippines | Philippines |
| 7 | Capital One Philippines | Philippines |
| 8 | Cognizant | Multiple, incl. Philippines |
| 9 | Bosch Global Software Technology (Vietnam) | Vietnam |
| 10 | Lexmark Research and Development Corporation | Philippines |
The Medium and Small categories add many more local names. In the Medium band, Filipino and Philippine-operating firms include Arcanys (ranked No. 1), Atlassian, Kollab, One CoreDev IT (CORE), Lingaro Philippines, Etrading Software Manila, CoDev, AGS Health, and Full Scale Teams PH. In the Small category, Tech One Global Phils. topped the group, joined by Karbon and XP Plus Solutions.
How Great Place To Work built the list
The ranking does not rely on what companies say about themselves. It is based on confidential staff feedback through Great Place To Work's Trust Index survey, an anonymous questionnaire that measures trust, fairness, and day-to-day work experience. To be certified, an organization must clear the group's 65% Trust Index benchmark, meaning at least 65% of surveyed employees rate it a genuinely good place to work.
For this regional list, Great Place To Work compiled results from more than 58,200 survey responses representing over 219,200 employees across Southeast Asian markets, including Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Companies were then benchmarked against the best technology employers in the region and split into the three size categories.
Full Scale and the homegrown Filipino tech firms
One closely watched entry is Full Scale, an offshore software development company that builds dedicated engineering teams staffed by Filipino developers. Full Scale Teams PH, Inc. placed No. 15 in the Medium category. According to The Manila Times newswire, the firm was founded in 2018, employs more than 350 engineers who work remotely across the Philippines (its Cebu office is optional), and keeps a developer retention rate above 93%. It says it has placed over 1,000 developers with United States clients.
In its own survey results, 95% of Full Scale staff rated it a great place to work, well above the 65% Philippine average. "We built this company on the idea that Filipino engineers deserve real careers, not gigs," founder Matt Watson said in the announcement.
The wider point is that locally grown firms are now sitting next to some of the largest technology employers in the world, a sign of how deep the country's tech and IT-BPM (information technology and business process management) sector has become.
Why It Matters
For Filipino tech workers, the list is a practical shortlist of employers that their own peers rated highly on trust and culture, not just pay. It reinforces the Philippines' position as a major regional hub for software development and IT-BPM work. The strength runs beyond this single ranking: in a separate Great Place To Work announcement, the group named 30 organizations to its Best Workplaces in the Philippines IT-BPM Industry 2026 list, drawn from the feedback of 679,116 employees, led by Synchrony, Capital One Philippines, and Carelon Global Solutions. For jobseekers here, that is a credible, employee-backed guide to where the better tech workplaces are.
FAQ
Is this the first Southeast Asia technology workplaces list from Great Place To Work?
Yes. Great Place To Work describes the 2026 Southeast Asia's Best Workplaces in Technology ranking as its first regional list focused only on technology employers, separate from its country-level and industry lists.
How can a company get on the list?
A company must first earn Great Place To Work Certification by running the anonymous Trust Index survey among its own staff and clearing the 65% benchmark. Certified technology employers are then eligible to be measured against regional peers for a spot on the list.
