LANSING, MI- Peckham, Inc. has been certified as a Great Place to Work® company for the seventh consecutive year in a row. This title is based off Great Place to Work’s extensive, data-driven questionnaire which was given directly to Peckham employees. To become a certified company, 7 out of 10 employees must agree that their day-to-day work experience is consistently positive. The results from Peckham’s survey concluded there is an 83% overall agreement that Peckham is a great place to work in comparison to 59% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.
“We are so proud to receive this award during a year where companies were experiencing unprecedented amounts of stress and uncertainty. Our core values ring even more true as we navigate how to ensure the safety and health of our essential employees who remain working to meet the needs of our federal customers,” said Justin Walworth, Chief of HR. “Through the pandemic, we have offered resources, support, training, webinars and other creative outlets to support mental health and stress-reduction for our employees to help make work easier and more manageable.”
“We congratulate Peckham on their Certification,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, Vice President of Best Workplace List Research at Great Place to Work. “Organizations that earn their employees’ trust create great workplace cultures that deliver outstanding business results.”
“We are proud to have sustained and grown our vibrant culture throughout the last few months using our creativity and commitment to excellence in all we do, ” said Jo Sinha, President and CEO of Peckham. “This award is a testament to the diligence we take in driving our mission each day.”
Peckham, Inc. is a nonprofit community vocational rehabilitation organization that values quality, diversity and performance. The mission is to provide a wide range of opportunities to maximize human potential for persons with disabilities who are striving for greater independence and self- sufficiency. Peckham has operations through five locations in Michigan including Lansing, Flint, Grand Rapids, Battle Creek and Charlotte. Peckham also has operations in Phoenix, Arizona and London, Kentucky. To learn more about Peckham, visit www.peckham.org.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Great Place to Work helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World’s Best list published annually in Fortune. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a Great Place to Work For All™.
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