The wins are in! 🏆🎉

Top Local Workplace Awards are officially live, and we're celebrating 55,000 businesses that put their people first.

If you're a winner, we want to see it. Share your award, tag your team, and show the world what makes your workplace great. (Your story r social!)

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Small business workers are moving more than any summer in recent memory — and that's a good sign. Our June MSHR (100K+ businesses, 2M+ employees) shows turnover jumped 8% month over month. Last June: 1.2%. 🧵

Wages are 45.5% above January 2022 levels and still climbing. Workers know their value and are moving accordingly. In a "cooling" labor market, the view from Main Street looks different.

Full June Main Street Health Report → joinhomebase.com/data

1/ Small businesses are gearing up for summer, but they're adding hours, not headcount. Our May Main Street Health Report (100K+ businesses, 2M+ hourly workers) shows employees working up just 0.2% in May, while hours worked rose 1.2%.

4/ Wages hit a new high, but raises keep thinning. Growth slowed to 5.9%, down from 7.1% a year ago.

5/ The takeaway: Main Street is busy but careful, stretching the teams it has before committing to new hires.

Full report → joinhomebase.com/data

Calvin and Tina don't just want to make great food. They want Butter Baker customers to love it as much as they do. ow.ly/SkfN50Z5OrA

That passion is what landed them a fanbase so loyal, they had to expand. Watch the full case study to see where they're going. 🍰
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At Oscar's Photo Lab, the wait is part of it. 🎞️ Since 1982, the San Francisco shop has developed film for people who still love the process. It’s the kind of place where you swap stories about cameras, compare film rolls, and geek out over the little details that make every shot ocal business that’s keeping analogue alive.

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What would you do with more time in your business? 🤔 Justin from HiFi Kitchen put it right back into the food and the community. Having the right tools makes all the difference.

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Sea N' Soul isn't just a surf shop in Malibu. 🌊 It's where the community comes to feel at home. From the team to the regulars who show up week after week, this is what a real local business looks like. Homebase keeps the operations running, so the focus stays on the community.
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To every small business recognized in this year’s Top Local Workplace Awards, congratulations again. 🎉🏆

📣 Your winner kits are arriving in the mail, and we hope those window clings make the whole team proud. Great local workplaces deserve to be seen—put them up, snap a photo, ep celebrating with you.

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If the job market feels confusing right now, you’re not alone. But before you decide whether things are “good” or “bad,” look at the data. 👉 ow.ly/PO2450Z0pra

This month’s report shows slower labor growth, regional slowdowns, and early signs that hiring activity may be p.


Homebase’s latest Main Street Health Report draws on activity from 100,000+ small businesses and 2 million hourly workers across the U.S.


Swipe for the highlights, then dive into the full report at the link in bio. 🔗

Awards recognize the win, but the real story is always the team. The pre-shift rituals. The inside jokes. The second-family feeling. Great workplaces are built in the small moments, the ones that happen before the doors open and long after the shift ends.

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Spotlighting some, but celebrating every single one! Meet a few of this year's Top Local Workplace Award recipients. And congrats to all our winners, too.

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April flipped Main Street's spring script:

- Employees working slipped -0.2%, the first negative Mar–Apr reading in 3 years
- Hours worked fell -0.7%.
- Wage growth is cooling, up 5.7% y/y vs. 7.6% a year ago.

More in our April Main Street Health Report → joinhomebase.com/data