http://www.buffalonews.com/145/story/930889.html
Fortune magazine listed the top 100 places in the United States to work, its an annual list that is researched and published in the magazine. Wegmans, a $4.8 billion company that was rated the No. 1 grocery store in the country by Consumer Reports in 2009, was recognized for never having a layoff in its 94-year history. In 2010, they were ranked top 3rd in the country. The owners stated in the article that they don't care the ranking, but just the fact that they are on the list gives them excitement.
There has to be some motivation and motives for being on the list. How do the owners achieve such success, does the motivation keep them in the circle of success? Especially in our world of an unpredictable economy, you never know what every day is going to bring, so I could see how there is definitely a motive for being successful and recognized for that success. One thing that the company noted it does well is it's technique in hiring employees; "the company looks for people with an "innate desire to be helpful, people who can deliver incredible customer service almost instinctively." The article continues to talk about how the results were gathered through surveys from the workers themselves at random and a culture audit, which was based on diversity, communication, pay, hiring, and benefits.
Fortune magazine listed the top 100 places in the United States to work, its an annual list that is researched and published in the magazine. Wegmans, a $4.8 billion company that was rated the No. 1 grocery store in the country by Consumer Reports in 2009, was recognized for never having a layoff in its 94-year history. In 2010, they were ranked top 3rd in the country. The owners stated in the article that they don't care the ranking, but just the fact that they are on the list gives them excitement.
There has to be some motivation and motives for being on the list. How do the owners achieve such success, does the motivation keep them in the circle of success? Especially in our world of an unpredictable economy, you never know what every day is going to bring, so I could see how there is definitely a motive for being successful and recognized for that success. One thing that the company noted it does well is it's technique in hiring employees; "the company looks for people with an "innate desire to be helpful, people who can deliver incredible customer service almost instinctively." The article continues to talk about how the results were gathered through surveys from the workers themselves at random and a culture audit, which was based on diversity, communication, pay, hiring, and benefits.
(Wegmans has 75 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia and Maryland ... 11 of them in Western New York. It employs 36,770 people. "We've prevailed on the list by never taking it for granted. Every year, we celebrate for one day and then spend the rest of the year figuring out how we can do better," McCarthy said)
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