The Escape 100: Winner!

BIG NEWS! Yours truly, TrustedHousesitters, has been selected for The Escape 100 - a well-known campaign highlighting the top purpose-led organisations to ‘escape to’ in 2023.

Beating some 13,000 other company nominations, TrustedHousesitters has come out top thanks to our inspiring mission, positive impact, and flexible working environment - ranking alongside social enterprise giants like Too Good To Go, Origin Coffee, Rude Health, FLOWN, City to Sea, HereWeFlo and Finisterre. Pretty cool, right? (If we do say so ourselves!).

The Escape 100 campaign was started by Escape the City. While on their mission to help 1,000,000 quit their corporate jobs and find work that matters to them and the world, they began to wonder: what actually makes an organisation different, forward-thinking, and impactful? They came up with a scoring system of 6 criteria (Impact, People, Mission, Planet, Innovation and B-Corp) to rank companies, including anonymous employee reviews - and ‘The Escape 100’ was born.

This campaign comes at a key moment in working history. Since the pandemic started, employees all over the world have been given time to think about what really matters to them, and are increasingly prioritizing finding new meaningful, flexible and forward-thinking work environments (as reported by The Times). In Escape the City’s recent survey of 1500 job-seekers, 89% want a career with a clear sense of purpose (up from 71% in 2015), with 73% saying that their reflection time during the pandemic has made them reevaluate their path. Furthermore, for 74% of professionals, a flexible working location is the primary barometer they use when choosing a new role.

We were keen to ask our CEO, Mathew Prior, about what the campaign win means to us here at THS. Here’s what he had to say:

“Here at TrustedHousesitters, we inspire to change the way pets are cared for and the way people travel forever. We pride ourselves on being a mission-led, purposeful business, and so, it’s a true honor to be selected for The Escape 100.

As a remote-first business, we empower our employees to work in the way that works best for them. We are a people-first business, with many of Team Trusted working across the globe with full flexibility, sharing our mission to become the world's most-loved travel solution for pet people. Our 27% employee growth over the last 12 months is a real source of pride for us, and this win is another wonderful stepping stone in making TrustedHousesitters a truly great place to work.”

Needless to say, we’ll be busy celebrating and cracking open the treat tin - in the meantime, be sure to check out The Escape 100, 2023 list here to see our ranking and read our lovely employee reviews!