Aton is a Great Place to Work for the sixth year

.We take care

.We take care is the common thread running through our way of doing business.
A simple principle: we take care of people, projects, relationships, and the impact we create.

We do this every day, in a tangible way, with a culture built on trust and an organisation that gives space for autonomy, teamwork, and shared responsibility.

And that is how, in 2025, Aton was certified as a Great Place to Work for the sixth year in a row.

A recognition that makes us proud and, at the same time, offers us each year the chance to pause for a moment and ask ourselves: are we still making the right choices? The ones that truly allow us to take care of people, the relationships we build, and the ecosystem around us?

What being a Great Place to Work® truly means for us

Being a Great Place to Work® means building, every day, an environment where each colleague can and wants to give their best — finding joy in what they do, believing in the Aton project, feeling recognised, and continuously evolving.

In 2023, we set ourselves two clear goals:

• to keep the average satisfaction score above 85%
• to ensure that 90% of Atonpeople consider Aton “an excellent place to work”

In 2025, 95% of Atonpeople chose to take part in the survey.

The results show that the goals we had set were not only achieved, but surpassed, with performance exceeding benchmark levels:

• the Trust Index rose to 86% (+5 compared to 2023)
• 90% of Atonpeople consider Aton “an excellent place to work”
• +4 points compared with the IT sector average
• +1 point compared with the average of the Best Workplaces in our category

But it is not just these numbers that make us smile.

The survey highlighted several cross-cutting themes of strong positivity, such as:

• a leadership style centred on listening and human values
• a high level of autonomy and accountability at every level
• genuine relationships, with teams that learn from one another, listen, and collaborate
• a perceived authenticity in the company’s social mission

Among the most frequently recurring words in the comments were “listening”, “trust”, “authenticity”, and “care”.

Some people wrote:

“The working environment is excellent in many respects, with altruism, empathy, and synchronicity standing out. We support one another, always encouraging everyone to give their best, whatever their role, because we all recognise each other as equals. There is also plenty of support and flexibility for new parents.”

“The truly authentic spirit of collaboration and the sense of teamwork are exceptional; there is a real perception that the company genuinely cares about doing good and making a positive impact, first and foremost for all of us and for those around us […]”

“The opportunities for professional and personal growth. The autonomy and responsibility entrusted to each individual. The leadership’s focus on growth and change.”

These are the signs that tell us we are moving in the right direction.

How we became a Great Place to Work for the sixth year running

At the heart of our sixth certification as a Great Place to Work® lies a clear direction: promoting a new way of doing business.
A way where people are at the centre and where hierarchy is replaced by the desire to create a true “we”, driven by awareness and commitment from everyone.

This is why we have adopted a model based on self-organisation: each team works with a high degree of autonomy, takes shared decisions, and actively contributes to the bigger picture.

There are no top-down commands, but enabling environments where everyone is free to bring value.

This vision is also the reason why, in 2021, we became a Benefit Corporation and in 2023 we achieved B Corp certification, embedding in our Articles of Association objectives that concern not only business, but also social, environmental, and economic impact.

Because for us, profit is a means, and the goal is broader prosperity: made of genuine wellbeing, healthy relationships, meaningful work, and balance.

Every Atonperson has their own development path, and we build it together through regular one-to-one meetings with Team Leaders, the support of our Professional Coach, guidance sessions, and constant feedback. On this basis, we design personalised growth paths that combine technical skills, soft skills, and personal development.

Through the Train the Trainer programme, we certify our internal Trainers and foster peer-to-peer knowledge sharing, creating widespread, horizontal, and accessible learning for everyone.

With the Coaches’ Gym, we support every Team Leader on their journey towards generative leadership, built on listening, mentoring, and facilitation.

To guide us, we use OKRs – Objectives and Key Results: clear, shared goals, visible to all. They help us stay on track, work with greater awareness, and make better decisions. Every team knows where it is heading. And every individual knows how they can contribute.

We have also redesigned our reward and incentive system, with the aim of valuing teamwork and supporting shared prosperity.

Alongside all this, we promote actions that make work more sustainable every day:

• real flexibility, with extensive smart working, adaptive hours, and goal-oriented work,
• carefully designed onboarding, to best support those joining the team,
• welfare and wellbeing programmes, created to respond to people’s real needs at different stages of life.