ATLANTA, March 9, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Delta Air
Lines (NYSE: DAL) has been named one of the 2017 Fortune 100 Best
Companies to Work For, according to global research and consulting
firm Great Place to Work® and Fortune.
Delta ranked No. 63 and is the only airline on the list, which
is based on employee ratings of their workplace culture, including
the pride they take in their jobs, the camaraderie they experience
with co-workers, and level of trust they feel toward leaders.
Key to the Delta culture is sharing in the success of the
company based on the contributions of 85,000 Delta people
worldwide. On Feb. 14, Delta
employees earned $1.1 billion in
profit sharing for their role in delivering record-breaking
operational, financial and customer satisfaction performance
throughout 2016. It marked the third year in a row that the company
has paid out more than $1 billion in
profit sharing.
"Being named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For is
the pinnacle of all the workplace awards we've recently won," said
Joanne Smith, Delta's Executive Vice
President and Chief Human Resources Officer. "As the only airline
to receive this honor, it speaks to our unique culture, based on
engagement and inclusion."
The 2017 results suggest that a high-trust culture fuels better
business performance. Great Place to Work research shows that list
winners outperform the stock market, outperform industry rivals
when it comes to talent retention and demonstrate higher levels of
productivity than peers.
"Our people are at the center of everything we do at Delta, and
we do our best to build an environment that rewards their efforts,
gives them a platform to succeed, and offers many ways to feel
'Delta proud,'" added Smith. "Particularly in a customer service
business such as ours, we believe having a great workplace goes
hand-in-hand with marketplace success."
"Congratulations to the 2017 100 Best," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work.
"These leading companies are at the vanguard of a new business
frontier, where organizations know they have to develop the full
human potential of all their employees. They are working to build
Great Places to Work For All, which are better for business, better
for people and better for the world."
Delta was recently named one of Fortune magazine's Most Admired
Companies for the fourth consecutive year. In December, Delta made
a trio of "best workplace" lists: Best Place to Work for LGBT
Equality, Best Companies for Diversity and for African-Americans,
and Glassdoor's Best Places to Work.
About Delta
Delta Air Lines serves more than 180
million customers each year. In 2017, Delta was named to Fortune's
top 50 Most Admired Companies in addition to being named the most
admired airline for the sixth time in seven years. Additionally,
Delta has ranked No.1 in the Business Travel News Annual Airline
survey for an unprecedented six consecutive years. With an
industry-leading global network, Delta and the Delta Connection
carriers offer service to 323 destinations in 57 countries on six
continents. Headquartered in Atlanta, Delta employs more than 80,000
employees worldwide and operates a mainline fleet of more than 800
aircraft. The airline is a founding member of the SkyTeam global
alliance and participates in the industry's leading
transatlantic joint venture with Air France-KLM and Alitalia
as well as a joint venture with Virgin Atlantic. Including its
worldwide alliance partners, Delta offers customers more than
15,000 daily flights, with key hubs and markets including
Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St.
Paul, New York-JFK and LaGuardia, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de
Gaulle, Salt Lake City, Seattle and Tokyo-Narita. Delta has
invested billions of dollars in airport facilities, global products
and services, and technology to enhance the customer experience in
the air and on the ground. Additional information is available on
the Delta News Hub, as well as delta.com, Twitter @DeltaNewsHub,
Google.com/+Delta, and Facebook.com/delta.
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