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Greatest Companies To Work For
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FEATURE
by
Tina Berres Filipski
T
his year 60 industry companies
earned a spot on our list of the
Greatest Companies To Work For. It
wasn’t an easy feat for contenders but
the victory was sweet.
Over the past six years this program
has been one of
PPB
’s most popular
editorial recognition programs,
drawing dozens of nominations
from PPAI member companies in
all categories and sizes. However,
this year, we turned the program
upside down and used employee
ratings, instead of an in-house
panel, as the primary selection
criteria to determine the champs.
Specifically, full-time employees
at each nominated company were
required to complete a confidential
12-question online survey in
which they rated their company in
key areas including engagement,
effectiveness, leadership, ethics,
pay, benefits, training and work/
life balance. They also completed
an open-ended question describing
their workplace to a friend.
More than 100 companies were
nominated in this year’s competition
and more than 4,500 full-time employees
were involved in the survey. A minimum
percentage of completed surveys was
also required from each company
for qualification.
When the survey closed and tallying
ended, 60 companies’ scores qualified
them for inclusion on the coveted list. Of
those, 19 are suppliers, 39 are distributors
and two are business services companies.
The size of the winning companies,
categorized by numbers of employees, is
diverse, ranging from five to more than
600, and company history is varied, too.
The oldest company was founded in 1878;
the newest is just four years old.
Overall, what these results show is that
a company does not have to be large or
have deep pockets to get high marks from
employees. Instead, giving employees the
flexibility to manage their work, operating
by strong values and ethics, and showing
genuine appreciation go a long, long way.
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