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Our team are hard at work bringing Good Employment Week 2026 to life, come back soon to find out more.

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Everyone’s word cloud

People across Greater Manchester are describing their workplace culture in a few words. Add yours and watch the shared word cloud grow.

Top words so far, most common first:

  1. How does your workplace feel? (highlighted)
  2. Happy (positive)
  3. Flexible (positive)
  4. Motivating (positive)
  5. Collaborative (positive)
  6. Conventional (neutral)
  7. Evolving (neutral)
  8. Overwhelming (negative)
  9. Productive (neutral)
  10. Dependable (positive)
  11. Friendly (positive)
  12. Healthy (positive)
  13. Helpful (positive)
  14. Progressive (positive)
  15. Respected (positive)
  16. Caring (positive)
  17. Blaming (negative)
  18. Accepted (positive)
  19. Active (neutral)
  20. Impactful (positive)
  21. Balanced (positive)

Bigger words have been chosen more often. Green words feel positive, grey are more neutral or descriptive, and red feel negative. Take part to add your words to the cloud.

Check back October 5th to take part

What's on?

Keep Britain Working Review: Consultation Workshop
As part of our Good Employment Week activities, we have been working with the Government’s Keep Britain Working team to hold this early consultation event on the developing Keep Britain Working Standard. This is a unique opportunity for us to understand how the standard has been developed and to provide real life experience and feedback on how it might work in practice across different sectors and scales of organisation.
Tuesday 6th Oct, 13:00 - 15:00
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Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter: Good Employment Culture Workshop
This invite-only workshop will bring together leaders, practitioners and industry specialists to explore emerging Good Employment Charter workplace culture models and help shape their future development. Through collaborative discussion and feedback, attendees will contribute to the Charter's ongoing work to support positive workplace culture and influence its future direction across Greater Manchester.
Wednesday 7th Oct, 09:30 - 16:00
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Good Employment Week Launch Event
This invite-only event marks the launch of Greater Manchester Good Employment Week 2026. Attendees will hear about this year's theme “What does your Work Feel Like?”, celebrate new Charter Members and explore a new workplace culture engagement platform alongside networking with employers and partners from across Greater Manchester.
Monday 5th Oct, 10:00 - 13:00
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