蜜桃视频app teamed up with聽聽on the 2026 Top Workplaces聽awards. The Top Workplaces designation is based entirely on employee feedback collected through a confidential survey. Energage evaluates responses to 26 questions covering leadership, direction, compensation, benefits, workplace culture and purpose, allowing employees to share honest assessments anonymously.
Out of 342 employers recognized this year, one stands out 鈥� a two鈥憏ear鈥憃ld company that鈥檚 already earned Top Workplace honors twice.
NR Labs, the Tysons, Virginia-based cybersecurity firm Brian Gay and Ryan Tappis built from the ground up, didn鈥檛 begin in a boardroom. The co鈥慺ounders鈥� partnership began a decade ago in a “cramped 8鈥慴y-8 office” in Bethesda, Maryland.
Gay said seeing how Tappis handled the workload, the mission and the pressure made an impression.
鈥淣othing tells the true colors about someone until you see them deliver and work hard,鈥� he said.
Tappis joked that the two were 鈥渕arried, whether we wanted to be or not,鈥� after spending five days a week in that small office.
The partnership stuck. Gay eventually joined Tappis at another firm, and when the time came to build something new, their director core followed them.
鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to assemble a team of rock stars that are really all in on the cyber mission,鈥� Tappis said.
NR Labs handles everything from security operations centers to risk management and offensive penetration testing, but both leaders said the real work begins with people.
鈥淲e sell people, we do not sell a product,鈥� Tappis said. 鈥淥ur people need to be happy and motivated and challenged.鈥�
Gay said the company鈥檚 approach is to remove the roadblocks that slow employees down.
鈥淲e don鈥檛 try to wrap it around meetings, bureaucracy, overhead,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey can just focus on the core work ahead of them.鈥�
Both leaders said the culture is rooted in listening, not perks.
鈥淚t鈥檚 not ping-pong and kombucha tap,鈥� Tappis said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 caring about them as people. Know who their family is, know what makes them tick.鈥�
NR Labs also embraces what they call an 鈥渙pt鈥慽n culture,鈥� where employees choose how much they want to stretch beyond their day鈥憈o鈥慸ay roles.
“Here are the stretch things you do if you want to achieve higher bonuses, higher compensation,” Gay said. “But it鈥檚 on you to make that decision.”
When NR Labs learned it had made the Top Workplaces list again, Tappis said the recognition meant even more because it came directly from employees.
鈥淚t鈥檚 incredibly honoring, humbling,鈥� he said. 鈥淭his is tangible evidence that it鈥檚 working.鈥�
On its website, NR Labs describes itself as a people鈥慸riven business, focused on hiring and empowering talented individuals. Making the Top Workplaces list two years in a row, in the same amount of time they鈥檝e been in business, suggests their employees agree.
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