Corby Spirit and Wine ranks 22nd on the annual Great Place
to Work list
TORONTO, April 22, 2016 /CNW/ - Are Corby employees proud
of where they work? The answer to that question is a resounding
"Yes!" as proven by the company's fifth consecutive placement on
the Great Place to Work® Institute's list of
Canada's 50 Best Workplaces.
Announced today in a special report in The Globe and Mail,
Corby has achieved a rank of #22 on the list – holding strong its
position from 2015.
"Everyone wants to work for a company that motivates, encourages
and supports them," says Patrick
O'Driscoll, CEO. "At Corby, we recognize that the most
successful businesses are the ones that place a high focus on
building a positive workplace for their team. Employee ratings play
a significant role in which companies earn a spot on this
prestigious list, and I'm ecstatic that our employees continue to
feel proud to work at Corby."
What makes Corby employees love their job? Results from the
Great Place to Work anonymous survey point to 4 key highlight
areas: rewards & recognition, physical environment &
resources, management competence & integrity, and fun &
cooperation.
Over the course of 2015, Corby has continued its focus on
building a high-trust and high-engagement environment. Aside from
great perks like half-day Fridays during the summer, smart casual
office attire and exclusive wine and spirits tastings, some of
Corby's most unique and award-winning workplace offerings
include:
- I Thank: a gamification-style twist on rewards &
recognition – employees share badges based on a set of strategic
capabilities to acknowledge colleagues for their hard work and
achievements. Each year, five lucky winners get an extra week of
vacation and $1,000 to donate to the
charity of their choice!
- #CorbySafeRides: building on Corby's core pillar of
responsible consumption, the company partners annually with the
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) to sponsor free public transit for
Torontonians on New Year's Eve,
ensuring that everyone has a safe ride home.
- Corby's Den: a bi-annual "Dragon's Den" style challenge
that sees top management travel across the country to hear
employees present their best and most innovative business
ideas.
"This prestigious recognition reinforces something I already
know: that this is one amazing company full of talented, motivated
and engaged people," says Paul
Holub, VP of HR. "But that doesn't mean we can now put our
feet up. Building a culture of sustainable engagement is a
continual process of listening, acting, and measuring the results –
this is the only way to create an environment that empowers
employees to grow, bring out the best in each other, and unleash
their full potential."
Corby is hiring, so if you're interested in joining our dynamic
team you can visit our website to check out our current open
positions and apply!
About Great Place to Work:
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. We are a research and
consulting firm whose mission is to build a better society by
helping companies transform their workplaces. Through proprietary
assessment tools, advisory services, and employer branding
programs, including workplace certification and Best Workplaces
lists, Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and
expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding
workplace cultures. In Canada,
Great Place to Work® produces the annual 100 Best Workplaces list,
released in a national feature in the Globe and Mail. This is part
of the world's largest annual workplace study, which culminates in
a series of national lists in almost 50 countries, including the
study's flagship list of 100 Best companies published annually in
Fortune magazine. Globally, this survey represents the
voices of 11 million employees, including approximately 300,000
from Canada alone. It's what makes
this study so credible: the primary determinant used in selecting
winners is an employee survey. There's only one way to get on this
list – and that's if your employees put you there.
Great Place to Work® online
at www.greatplacetowork.ca and on Twitter
at @GPTW_Canada.
About Corby Spirit and Wine
Corby Spirit and Wine
Limited is a leading Canadian marketer and distributor of spirits
and imported wines. Corby's portfolio of owned-brands includes some
of the most renowned brands in Canada, including J.P. Wiser's®, Lot No.
40®, Pike Creek® and Gooderham & Worts® Canadian whiskies as
well as Lamb's® rum, Polar Ice® vodka and McGuinness® and Criollo®
liqueurs, produced by its sister company, Hiram Walker & Sons Ltd., based in
Windsor, Ontario. Through its
affiliation with Pernod Ricard S.A., a global leader in the spirits
and wine industry, Corby also represents leading international
brands such as ABSOLUT® vodka, Chivas Regal®, The Glenlivet® and
Ballantine's® Scotch whiskies, Jameson® Irish whiskey, Beefeater®
gin, Malibu® rum, Kahlúa® liqueur, Mumm® champagne, and Jacob's
Creek®, Wyndham Estate®, Stoneleigh®, Campo Viejo®, Graffigna® and
Kenwood® wines. In 2016, Corby was named one of the 50 Best
Workplaces in Canada by The Great Place to Work® Institute
Canada for the fifth consecutive year, and was also listed for the
second time among Greater Toronto's Top 100 Employers.
Corby is a publicly traded company based in Toronto,
Ontario, and listed on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the trading symbols CSW.A and CSW.B. For
further information, please visit our website or follow us
on LinkedIn, Twitter (@CorbySW), and Instagram
(@CorbySW).
SOURCE Corby Spirit and Wine Communications