The Container Store®, the nation’s originator and leading
retailer of storage and organization products, announces its #27 ranking
on Fortune magazine’s annual list of 100 Best Companies to Work
For®, up one spot from last year’s
ranking. The announcement marks 16 consecutive years for the retailer on
the employer of choice list.
“We’re so proud to have sustained our position on Fortune’s
employer of choice list for the 16th year in a row,” said Kip Tindell,
Chairman and CEO of The Container Store. “Our focus has always been
maintaining our ‘yummy’ culture by putting our employees first in everything
that we do. If we take great care of our employees by paying them better
and training them more, by making them feel respected and fulfilled,
they in turn will take better care of our customers, delighting them
each time they shop with us.”
Fortune also recognized the retailer for offering employees 14%
of the company’s total shares at the time of its IPO in 2013 and its
continued focus on above average retail pay. To find out more about the
company’s unique employee-first culture and approach to business and to
link to the Careers page, visit www.whatwestandfor.com.
The Container Store originated the storage and organization category of
retailing when it opened its first location in Dallas in 1978. Today,
the retailer’s purpose remains the same: improve the quality of its
customers’ lives through the gracious gift of organization. The
Container Store accomplishes this through a differentiated shopping
experience offering customers innovative, time and space-saving
solutions coupled with astonishing customer service. The retailer is
fueled by its seven, values-based Foundation Principles that begin with
a commitment to its employee-first culture but ultimately ensures it’s
optimizing the relationships between and creating value for ALL of its
stakeholders, including employees, vendors, customers, community and
shareholders.
Fortune partners annually with Great Place to Work® to
conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America to
identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For®. Two-thirds of a
company's survey score is based on the results of the Trust Index©
Employee Survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each
company. This survey asks questions related to employees' attitudes
about management's credibility, overall job satisfaction, and
camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the Culture Audit©,
which includes detailed questionnaires about pay and benefit programs
and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of
internal communication, training, recognition programs and diversity
efforts.
About The Container Store
The Container Store® (NYSE: TCS) is the nation’s leading
retailer of storage and organization products and the only retailer
solely devoted to the storage and organization category of retailing.
The company originated the concept of storage and organization retailing
when it opened its first store in 1978. Today, the retailer has 70 store
locations nationwide that each average 25,000 square feet. The Container
Store has over 10,000 products to help customers save space and,
ultimately, save them time. As the pace of modern life accelerates and
being organized is not a luxury anymore but a necessity, The Container
Store is devoted to making customers more productive, relaxed and
happier by selling customized, complete solutions. Since its inception,
the retailer has nurtured an employee-first culture and couples its
one-of-a-kind product collection with a high level of customer service
delivered by its highly trained organization experts. The company has
been named to Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies To Work For®
– 16 years in a row. Visit www.containerstore.com
for more information about store locations, the product collection and
services offered. To find out more about The Container Store’s unique
culture, Foundation Principles and devotion to Conscious Capitalism,
visit the retailer’s blog at www.whatwestandfor.com
or read Chairman & CEO Kip Tindell’s new book UNCONTAINABLE: How
Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where
Everyone Thrives (available at The Container Store, www.uncontainable.com
and anywhere books are sold).
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 employer branding programs, including Best
Companies lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work® provides
the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and
recognize outstanding workplace cultures. Great Place to Work®’s Trust
Index©, a 58-question employee survey that measures trust, is used
around the world to help companies increase the levels of trust across
their organizations and improve business results. Annually, Great Place
to Work® produces the research for the annual Fortune 100
Best Companies to Work For® list and the Great Place to
Work® Best Small and Medium Workplaces list. Follow Great
Place to Work® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and
on Twitter at @GPTW_US.
About Fortune
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audience of more than 9 million readers in print and online. Fortune covers
bold innovators, smart companies, new ideas and innovative strategies
that inspire the Fortune audience to accelerate their
business success. Fortune’s major franchises include the
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Companies, 40 Under 40 and Fastest-Growing Companies. Fortune hosts a
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Powerful Women, Fortune Brainstorm Tech, Fortune Brainstorm
E and the Fortune Global Forum. Fortune was
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million followers on Twitter. Fortune.com launched on June 1, 2014 and
has seen rapid growth since launch reaching an average of over 7mm
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