NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Yext, Inc.
(NYSE: YEXT), the Search Experience Cloud company, today announced
its placement on best workplace lists by Fortune, in collaboration
with global people analytics and consulting firm Great Place to
Work®, and tech recruiting platform Built In.
Fortune honored Yext as the #37 best workplace in the Bay Area
this year, while Built In named the company to its 2021 Best Places
to Work in San Francisco,
Companies with the Best Benefits in San
Francisco, and Best Large Companies to Work For lists.
The Fortune ranking considered more than 44,000 employee surveys
from companies across the region, and evaluated more than 60
elements of the employee experience such as trust in leaders,
respect of others, fairness of workplace decisions, and team
camaraderie.
Built In determined winners algorithmically by evaluating a
company's score in several categories, including compensation,
benefits, programs, remote culture, and commitment to diversity,
equity, and inclusion.
"We're proud to have our workplace and benefits be recognized as
being among the best," said Brian "Skip" Schipper, Chief People
Officer at Yext. "We work hard to empower our team with the
resources and environment to be collaborative and productive —
whether in-person or remote — to build products and a platform that
enables great customer experiences."
A global company with more than 1,200 employees and 18 offices
worldwide, Yext offers a comprehensive benefits program, holistic
wellness program, flexible vacation, six Employee Resource Groups,
and much more. It has garnered several awards, including being
named a best workplace in New
York, in technology, and for parents.
"Talented people in the Bay Area want to work for organizations
where they can be part of something innovative and impactful," said
Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place
to Work. "Organizations like Yext are attracting these candidates
because of their great workplace culture where employees feel like
their job is meaningful and that they can maximize their human
potential."
"These companies raise the bar for cultural excellence and the
ability to adapt to meet changing needs of employees," says
Sheridan Orr, Chief Marketing
Officer of Built In. "The 2021 winners show a commitment not just
to creating meaningful cultures but to delivering talent needs as
they change in a dynamic landscape. We're thrilled to extend our
congratulations to the winners."
Read more about Yext's award-winning workplace here.
About Yext
The ultimate source for official answers
about a business online should be the business itself. However,
when consumers ask questions on company websites, too often they
are left in the dark with wrong answers. Yext (NYSE: YEXT), the
Search Experience Cloud, solves this problem by organizing a
business's facts so it can provide official answers to consumer
questions — wherever people search. Starting with the company
website, then extending across search engines and voice assistants,
businesses around the world, like T-Mobile, Jaguar Land Rover, BBVA
USA, and Kiehl's — as well as
organizations like the U.S. State Department and World Health
Organization — trust Yext to radically improve the search
experience on their websites and across the entire search
ecosystem.
Yext's mission is to help businesses and organizations around
the world deliver official answers everywhere people search. Yext
has been named a Best Place to Work by Fortune and Great Place to
Work®, as well as a Best Workplace for Women. Yext is headquartered
in New York City with offices in
Amsterdam, Berlin, Chicago, Dallas, Geneva, London, Miami, Milan,
Paris, San Francisco, Shanghai, Tokyo, and the Washington, D.C. area — and work-from-home
offices all around the world.
CONTACT: Amanda Kontor,
pr@yext.com
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