Two Electrical Industry Members Among Top 10 Best Workplaces In Manufacturing

Aug 13, 2018

Phoenix Contact and Rittal Systems Ltd. have each been recognized as one of this year’s 10 Best Workplaces in Canada for Manufacturing. The two firms received this honour after an independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work, an international authority on building, sustaining, and recognizing high-trust, high-performing workplace cultures.

Phoenix Contact and Rittal Systems Ltd. have each been recognized as one of this year’s 10 Best Workplaces in Canada for Manufacturing. The two firms received this honour after an independent analysis conducted by Great Place to Work, an international authority on building, sustaining, and recognizing high-trust, high-performing workplace cultures.The list of the 10 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing is based on direct feedback from employees of the hundreds of organizations surveyed by Great Place to Work. 

Tim Rourke, President, Rittal Systems Ltd., gives credit for the award to Rittal employees. “This great honour of being declared as a Great Place to Work in Canada, and now on the list of the Top Ten Manufacturers in Canada, is only possible because of the hard work and commitment from every person on the Rittal team, and it is truly amazing what can be accomplished when everyone is working together towards the common objective of customer excellence.

”According to Great Place to Work, a great workplace is about the level of trust that employees experience in their leaders, the level of pride they have in their jobs, and the extent to which they enjoy their colleagues.

Rankings are based on 30 years of research and data collected through a trust index survey, which is taken annually by millions of employees worldwide. The model that forms the basis of the survey consists of these five dimensions:

• credibility — employees see management as credible (believable, trustworthy); assesses employees’ perceptions of management’s communication practices, competence, and integrity

• respect — employees feel respected by management; assesses employees’ perceptions of professional support, collaboration and involvement in decisions, and the level of care management shows for employees as people

• fairness — employees believe management practices and policies are fair; assesses the equity, impartiality, and justice employees experience in the workplace

• pride — measures how employees feel about their own individual impact through their work, their pride in the work of their team, and their pride in the organization overall

• camaraderie — measures whether employees believe their organization is a strong community where colleagues are friendly, supportive, and welcomingFind out more: www.greatplacetowork.ca/en/