Great Place to Work® and Fortune Name Edmunds.com One of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity
SANTA MONICA, CA — December 7, 2016 — Edmunds.com, the leading car information and shopping network, today announced that is has been named one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity, according to global research and consulting firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune. Edmunds ranked No. 20 out of 50 companies on the list, which is based on employees' assessments of workplace fairness, opportunities for training, and access to senior leadership, among other factors. Edmunds has also been recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Asian Americans, ranking No. 6 out of 10 companies.
"At Edmunds, we strive to create an innovative, rewarding and inclusive work environment that gives everyone the opportunity to grow and advance in their careers, and it's truly exciting to be recognized for all our efforts," said Edmunds.com CEO Avi Steinlauf. "With employees from all over the globe, we've been able to cultivate an office culture that brings different backgrounds and perspectives into the workplace to foster new ideas and push the boundaries of innovation."
These two honors come on the heels of a series of accolades that recognize Edmunds' unique work culture and office environment. This past October, the company was ranked as one of America's Best Small and Medium Workplaces by Fortune and Great Place to Work®. Earlier in the year, Edmunds was named among the 2016 Best Places to Work in IT by IDG's Computerworld and its CEO Avi Steinlauf was named a Glassdoor Highest Rated CEO. 2016 also marks the seventh consecutive year that Edmunds has been recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a Best Place to Work in Los Angeles.
"We congratulate this year's winners for showing that diverse workplaces are good for ALL employees," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. "Bottom line? Our research shows that the most inclusive workplaces enjoy significantly higher revenue growth than less-inclusive workplaces—evidence that these organizations are cultivating the full human potential of all their people."
Edmunds is now hiring for 27 job openings across the country. Interested candidates can see available positions and submit applications at http://www.edmunds.com/careers/.
About Edmunds.com
Car shopping destination Edmunds.com serves millions of visitors each month. With Edmunds Price Promise®, shoppers can buy smarter with instant, upfront prices for cars and trucks currently for sale at 10,000 dealer franchises across the U.S. Shoppers can browse not only dealer inventory, but also vehicle reviews, shopping tips, photos, videos and feature stories on both Edmunds' wired site and on its acclaimed mobile apps. Regarded as one of the best places to work in Southern California, Edmunds.com was also named one of "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Automotive" by Fast Company. Edmunds welcomes all car-shopping questions at our Help Center and help@edmunds.com and on Twitter and Facebook. The company is based in Santa Monica, Calif. and has a satellite office in downtown Detroit, Mich., but you can find Edmunds from anywhere on YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Instagram, Google+and Flipboard.
About The Best Workplaces for Diversity and The Best Workplaces for Asian Americans
Published together with our partner, Fortune, The Best Workplaces for Diversity ranking is based upon feedback from 448,456 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified companies who completed our Trust Index© Employee Survey. Employees from all backgrounds answered 58 questions about how frequently they experience the behaviors that create a great workplace, considering everything from how comfortable they are being themselves, to the degree of favoritism or insider politics they observe in the workplace, the fairness of promotions, the feeling of honest connection with co-workers, their access to senior leadership, and who receives information and professional development and who doesn't.
To determine the winners, Great Place to Work analyzed how positively women, minorities and LGBTQ employees reported experiencing their workplace overall, paying special attention to an index of factors where these employees tend to have a less positive experience than their colleagues. Rankings take into account how favorably women, minorities and LGBTQ employees experience their workplace relative to their male, Caucasian and heterosexual colleagues' experiences. The list also considered the degree of representation women and minorities enjoy within the workforce as a whole, as well as in management and executive roles. Organizations needed to have at least 50 employees to be considered and were compared to peers of similar size.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including Best Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In the United States, Great Place to Work produces the annual Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For®" and a series of Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists, including lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small and Medium Companies and over a half dozen different industries.
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