Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; Toronto, ON; April 12, 2011 – Online Business Systems announced today that it has been recognized as one of the “Best Workplaces in Canada” for the fifth consecutive year.
“We are proud and honoured to be named one of the ‘Best Workplaces in Canada’ for the fifth year,” says Chuck Loewen, Online’s Founder and CEO. “With this also being our company’s 25th anniversary year, the honour is especially meaningful this year. All Onliners work hard every day to build Online into a company we can be proud to work at and that our clients can be proud to work with.”
“Great Place to Work® Institute would like to recognize and congratulate Online Business Systems for its success in creating a great workplace culture,” said a representative from Great Place to Work® Institute. “Online Business Systems was ranked in the 2011 list because employees told us they trust management, have pride in their jobs, and enjoy the people they work with. Employees at Online Business Systems care about their work, their organization, and their community. Management was also recognized by employees as being highly credible. This is the fifth consecutive year that Online Business Systems has been recognized as one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.”
While Online is proud of achieving this honour for five consecutive years, they firmly believe that the most important aspect is not the award itself – it’s the process the company goes through and the efforts Online and Onliners make to be deserving of the award. Survey results are reviewed and analyzed very carefully every year by Online’s management team and they continually look at ways to improve what they are doing. The company has incorporated many changes over the past five years as a direct result of the information they received from the survey results.
This list of “Best Workplaces in Canada” is compiled by Great Place to Work® Institute Canada. The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from a 58-statement survey completed by a random selection of employees, along with their open-ended comments about their organization; the remaining one-third of the score comes from an in-depth review of the organization’s culture, including an evaluation of HR policies and procedures. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. Together, they provide crucial data relative to the five trust-building dimensions of a great place to work®: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie. This year’s list received over 230 nominations and nearly 44,000 employees participated in the 2011 “Best Workplaces in Canada” survey.
About the Great Place to Work® Institute: Great Place to Work® Institute is a global research and management consultancy with expertise on workplace transformation and a presence in over 40 countries worldwide. Our mission is to improve society by creating better workplaces. We are best-known for our global Best Workplaces Program, which we produce in conjunction with prestigious media partners such as the Financial Times, Fortune and the Globe and Mail. With more than 5,500 organizations taking part in over 46 national lists across the globe, the program is the world’s largest of its kind. We believe passionately that any company or organization can become a great place to work. Our mission is to help them do it.
About Online Business Systems: Online has been increasing productivity and innovation for clients through planning, transforming, and managing their IT environments since 1986. Online achieves this through their people who not only have their finger on the pulse of technology, but also have an astute understanding of how business works. Online guides clients to become leaders in their industry through their core services: Enterprise Integration, Application Development, Business Consulting, Business Intelligence, Customer Interaction Management, Enterprise Architecture, Application Management Services, and Package Implementation.
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For more information, contact:
Ria Neuendorff
People Care Director
Online Business Systems
952.886.7315
Laurie Reimer
Marketing & Communications Manager
Online Business Systems
204.982.7833