Staff Domain Wins HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2026 and Two Category Awards
by Justin Pavsic, Co-Founder and CEO, Staff Domain
Staff Domain PH has been named one of HR Asia’s Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2026 (Philippines). We also won two category awards: the HR Asia Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award and the HR Asia People Transformation Award. We accepted all three at HR Asia’s gala at the Marriott Grand Ballroom in Manila on 6 October 2026.
Why These Awards Matter to the Businesses That Trust Us with Their People
When you hire through Staff Domain, you trust us with the person who does your work every day. We employ them, look after them, and help them grow. These awards are an independent check on whether we do that well.
The verdict came from our people, not from us. HR Asia surveyed our staff anonymously and scored their answers on culture, management, inclusiveness, and teamwork. That included the accountants, developers, coordinators, and other specialists who work inside our clients’ businesses each day.
That’s why the Best Companies to Work for in Asia Award matters more to me than anything we could say about ourselves. It’s the clearest evidence we have that the people working in your business are well looked after. A specialist who feels looked after does better work and stays longer.
The Smart Place to Grow
We call Staff Domain the smart place to grow. The People Transformation Award recognises the work behind that name.
It starts with how we treat people. We hold ourselves to a standard we call ethical outsourcing:
“Ethical outsourcing means treating an offshore hire exactly as you would an in-office hire: a real onboarding, a real manager, a real career path, and above-market pay in their market. The test is simple. If you would not do it to someone sitting in your office, do not do it to someone sitting in Manila.”
That standard is our floor. Our people receive every statutory benefit they’re entitled to, plus more, including access to top healthcare coverage for them and their dependants. They work with leaders who want them to do well.
On top of that foundation, we invest in learning, and our calendar is full. Every staff member has their own LinkedIn Learning account and chooses the skills they want to build. Company-wide learning challenges keep people moving, with rewards along the way. Our leadership programme takes people who want to lead and develops them into our next generation of team leads, from inside the business. We have bigger plans for the year ahead, with several more development initiatives already in the works.
We treat this as an investment, because every peso we put into our people’s growth comes back through the work they do for you. A specialist who is well looked after and still learning brings more to your business in year two than in month two. They also have every reason to stay. That spares you the cost of rehiring, retraining, and losing everything they’ve learned about your business.
That’s the person who joins your team when you hire through us.
Growth works best when both sides commit. The most common client-side factor when an embedded hire does not work out is the absence of a clear day-to-day manager. We look after your specialist’s wellbeing and development. Give them a manager who knows their work, and they’ll grow with your business.
When our people succeed, our clients succeed. We built Staff Domain on that principle.
Why Inclusion Matters to Your Business, Too
The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award recognises how we hire: on talent, with room for everyone who brings it. Our people told HR Asia they feel welcome here, whatever their background.
That matters if your business reports on ESG, or answers to a board or customers who ask about it. Your specialists are employed by us, so how we treat them is part of your story. An independent award, based on what our people said anonymously, is evidence you can point to.
Where We Go from Here
Staff Domain started in 2018 with four people in a small office in Manila. Today, more than 700 of our specialists work with Australian, US, and UK businesses.
This win sets a higher bar for us. We’ll keep building better support, more ways to grow, and leaders who show up for their people.
If you want that standard behind the people in your business, talk to us about building your team.
About HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia 2026
HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia is an annual employer awards programme run by HR Asia, a publication for human resources professionals, with Business Media International. Winners are chosen mainly from employees’ anonymous answers to HR Asia’s Total Engagement Assessment Model (TEAM) survey. HR Asia has run the survey since 2013, and by 2021 it had collected two million questionnaires. The programme runs country chapters across Asia, including the Philippines, Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Taiwan. In 2026, HR Asia introduced the People Transformation Award for companies that place learning at the centre of their people strategy.
