Validated Recognition
The List recognizes the employers doing the best in advancing, paying and retaining their workers. Overall Platinum and Gold badges serve as a clear signal of job quality and corporate performance.
Where You Work Matters
An Unprecedented Rating of Job Quality
Where You Work Matters List is an independent rating of how well the largest U.S. employers are creating high-quality jobs. The List reveals the companies doing best overall at creating jobs that enable workers to advance in their careers, receive leading wages and be retained in their roles. Most significantly, the List shows how well employers do this by specific occupations in their workforce—information that has not previously been available to workers or businesses.
The List recognizes the employers doing the best in advancing, paying and retaining their workers. Overall Platinum and Gold badges serve as a clear signal of job quality and corporate performance.
large employers across sectors and business types.
It’s an honor to receive Platinum recognition from Where You Work Matters. At Grainger, we’ve spent decades building a culture grounded in opportunity and growth, and we’re just as focused on the future by continuing to invest in our team members so they can develop new skills, take on new challenges and build long-term careers.
— Melanie Tinto
Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer, Grainger
Targeted Insight for Companies
The List provides a way for firms to see how well they perform across occupations compared to competitors, enabling them to assess the impact of their pay, mobility and retention practices.
The List is a reason for many employers to celebrate: It recognizes the investments they have made in their workforce using an independent, objective assessment.
The List is rooted in a fundamental belief that when employers invest in unlocking the full potential of their workers, it’s not just workers that do better–businesses do better.
Three Models For How Employers Can Grow Talent
Not a one-size-fits-all definition of a “good job.”
These are entry-level roles that open doors while providing skills and training for advancement internally or when a person moves to another employer. Companies that excel at these jobs lead the way in building the next American workforce.
These are career-building positions where workers can gain skills and earn promotions. Companies that excel at these jobs lead the way in developing talent from within to fuel business growth.
These are solid, long-term roles that provide above-average pay and retention. Companies that excel at these jobs lead the way in building a loyal and stable workforce.
We evaluate more than 55,000 unique occupations across the 1,750 companies we assess, showing how well they perform across the three good-jobs archetypes. Explore how well jobs rate across employers.
Leaders Across the Board
22 companies earned platinum badges for all three good-jobs archetypes
These employers excel at creating great Early Career, Growth and Stability Jobs across their workforces.
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