Retailer Sustains Position on Employer of Choice List for 18 Years in
a Row
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
The Container Store® (NYSE:TCS), the nation’s originator
and leading retailer of storage and organization products, announces its
#49 ranking on Fortune’s annual list of 100
Best Companies to Work For. The announcement marks 18 consecutive
years that the retailer has been included on the employer of choice
list, which is based on employee ratings of their workplace culture,
including the level of trust they feel towards leaders, the pride they
take in their jobs and the camaraderie they experience amongst
co-workers.
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“Being included on this prestigious list is an honor and a tribute to
our incredible employees who make our workplace special and productive,”
said Melissa Reiff, CEO, The Container Store. “Taking excellent care of
our customers – and all of our stakeholders – begins with taking care of
our employees and providing an environment of inspiration, innovation
and agility. I am very appreciative of the creative work our employees
do every day to make our company progressive and customer centric. As we
strive to create an even better place to work and to shop, we will
continue to operate our business through the lens of our Foundation
Principles and our commitment to conscious leadership in everything we
do.”
As part of today’s announcement, Fortune also recognized the
retailer for its 1
Great Person = 3 Good People Foundation Principle, which contributes
to creating a culture that brings out the best in employees and makes
them feel that everyone matters. They also mentioned that The Container
Store offers health insurance for part-time employees, paid sabbaticals
and 263 hours of training for full-time employees in their first year.
Over the past year, Great Place to Work® and Fortune
have released additional top workplace lists in which the retailer was
honored, including the Best Workplaces in Texas and Best Workplaces for
Women. To find out more about the company’s unique employee first
culture, approach to business and career opportunities, visit www.whatwestandfor.com
or www.containerstore.com/careers.
List Methodology
To identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For®, each year Fortune
partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee
survey in corporate America. The ranking is based on feedback from more
than 232,000 employees at Great Place to Work–Certified™ companies with
more than 1,000 employees. Winning a spot on this list indicates the
company has distinguished itself from peers by creating a great place to
work for employees – measured and ranked through analysis of the results
of Great Place to Work’s Trust Index© survey and Culture Audit©
questionnaire.
Through the Trust Index©, employees anonymously assess their
workplace, including the honesty and quality of communication by
managers, degree of support for employees' personal and professional
lives and the authenticity of relationships with colleagues. Results
from the survey are highly reliable, having a 95% confidence level and a
margin of error of 5% or less. Companies' results on the Trust Index©
survey are compared to peer organizations of like size and complexity.
The Culture Audit© includes detailed questions about
benefits, programs and practices.
To be considered for the Best Workplaces lists, companies must become
Great Place to Work-Certified™. Details are available at https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certification.
About The Container Store
The Container Store (NYSE: TCS) is the nation’s leading retailer of
storage and organization products – a concept they originated in 1978.
Today, with locations nationwide, the retailer offers more than 11,000
products designed to save space and time, a suite of custom closet
systems and an array of digital shopping services. Visit www.containerstore.com for
more information about store locations, the product collection and
services offered. Visit www.containerstore.com/blog
for real solutions from the really organized and www.whatwestandfor.com to
learn more about the company’s unique culture.
About Great Place to Work:
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment
tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including Best
Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work provides the
benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and
recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In the United States, Great
Place to Work produces the annual Fortune "100 Best
Companies to Work For®" list and a series of Great Place to
Work Best Workplaces lists including lists for Millennials, Women,
Diversity, Small and Medium Companies and over a half dozen different
industry lists. Great Place to Work provides executive advisory and
culture consulting services to businesses, non-profits, and government
agencies in over 50 countries across six continents.
Follow Great Place to Work online at www.greatplacetowork.com
and on Twitter at @GPTW_US.
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