St. Paul, MN June 20, 2011—The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota has been named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in Minnesota based on an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section was published on Sunday, June 19. The report can also be found at
www.StarTribune.com/topworkplaces2011.
Produced by the same team that compiles the 20-year-old Star Tribune 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Minnesota, Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions about company leadership, communication, career opportunities, workplace environment, managerial skills, pay and benefits. The analysis included responses from over 60,500 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.
The rankings in the Star Tribune Top 100 Workplaces are based on survey information collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention.
The Better Business Bureau was ranked 18th on the small company list.
“Making this list is very gratifying and clearly reflects the satisfaction our employees feel as well as their deep belief in our mission,” said Dana Badgerow, president and CEO of the BBB.
Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith said, “The companies in the Star Tribune Top 100 Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies.”
With over 6,300 locally Accredited Businesses representing a variety of industries, professions, and company sizes, the BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota is a non-profit organization that seeks to maintain a marketplace where buyers and sellers can trust each other. The BBB will celebrate its Centennial in 2012. Contact the BBB at www.thefirstbbb.org or 651-699-1111, toll-free at 1-800-646-6222.
To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. Over 1,200 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.
