April 23, 2007

Two credit unions and a provincial Central are on the latest list of top 50 workplaces in Canada.

Vancity, Windsor Family and SaskCentral all made the list compiled by the Great Places to Work Institute Canada.

Vancity led the list last year, the first year this survey was made public. This year it ranked sixth, while SaskCentral was 13th and Windsor Family placed 17th.  The full list of companies appears in the April 23 edition of Canadian Business magazine.

The magazine said that management at the top companies “forge a workplace culture of respect, fairness, camaraderie and, above all trust.”

"It's always an honour to be recognized on top employer lists," says Grace Pulver, Vice President, Human Resources at Vancity. "These lists enhance our  reputation as a great place to work and verify that our workplace practices are among the top in Canada."

“Our board of directors, for many years has made a commitment to a policy of leading edge human resources and compensation practices while at the same time providing every employee at Windsor Family with the opportunity to play a role and be recognized for their contributions,” said Marty Komsa, president and CEO of Windsor Family.

“We’re very pleased to be included in this list,” says Sid Bildfell, CEO of SaskCentral. “It speaks to the amount of trust there is in our organization. We attract great people. We support them with training and resources, trust them with important information and involve them in planning. The result is a very positive work environment that seems more like a family than a team.”

The list is based on two criteria:
• Two-thirds of the score is based on a 57-statement survey that is completed by a random selection of employees and their comments on the organization
• The other third is based on an in-depth review of the organization’s culture, including an evaluation of its human resource policies and procedures.

Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great workplace: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie.