DALLAS, Dec. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Global research
and consulting firm Great Place to Work™ and Fortune named AT&T
one of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity.
AT&T ranked #39 on the list, which is based on employees'
assessments of workplace fairness, opportunities for training, and
access to senior leadership, among other factors.
Workplaces that prize diversity and inclusiveness aren't just
good for specific classes of workers. Organizations create winning
workplaces by promoting environments that are great for all
employees. That's according to research Great Place to Work
conducted to compile the list. The 50 companies on the 2016 Best
Workplaces for Diversity list average 24% higher year-over-year
revenue growth than other Great Place to
Work-CertifiedTM workplaces that didn't earn a spot on
the ranking.
"A diverse workforce isn't just the right thing, it's good for
business," said Cynt Marshall,
senior vice president of human resources and chief diversity
officer. "We are committed to creating a truly inclusive
environment at AT&T. That commitment starts at the top with our
chairman and continues with meaningful diversity and inclusion
programs."
"We congratulate this year's winners for showing that diverse
workplaces are good for ALL employees," said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work.
"Bottom line? Our research shows that the most inclusive workplaces
enjoy significantly higher revenue growth than less-inclusive
workplaces—evidence that these organizations are cultivating the
full human potential of all their people."
Great Place to Work published other Best Workplaces for
Diversity lists. These include the Best Workplaces for Latinos, the
Best Workplaces for Asian Americans, and the Best Workplaces for
African Americans. AT&T also ranked #10 on the African American
list. Great Place to Work also produced a report with survey data
and workforce practices to help other workplaces become more
inclusive.
To see the full list of the 2016 Best Workplaces for Diversity,
click here. To see the schedule for all of Great Place to Work Best
Workplace lists and more information on how to apply,
visit Great Place to Work's website.
About AT&T
AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) helps millions around the globe connect
with leading entertainment, mobile, high-speed Internet and voice
services. We're the world's largest provider of pay TV. We have TV
customers in the U.S. and 11 Latin American countries. We offer the
best global coverage of any U.S. wireless provider.* And we help
businesses worldwide serve their customers better with our mobility
and highly secure cloud solutions.
Additional information about AT&T products and services is
available at http://about.att.com. Follow our news on Twitter at
@ATT, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/att and YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/att.
© 2016 AT&T Intellectual Property. All rights reserved.
AT&T, the Globe logo and other marks are trademarks and service
marks of AT&T Intellectual Property and/or AT&T affiliated
companies. All other marks contained herein are the property of
their respective owners.
*Global coverage claim based on offering discounted voice and
data roaming; LTE roaming; voice roaming; and world-capable
smartphone and tablets in more countries than any other U.S. based
carrier. International service required. Coverage not
available in all areas. Coverage may vary per country and be
limited/restricted in some countries.
About The Best Workplaces for Diversity
Published together with our partner, Fortune, The Best
Workplaces for Diversity ranking is based upon feedback from
448,456 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified companies who
completed our Trust Index© Employee Survey. Employees from all
backgrounds answered 58 questions about how frequently they
experience the behaviors that create a great workplace, considering
everything from how comfortable they are being themselves, to the
degree of favoritism or insider politics they observe in the
workplace, the fairness of promotions, the feeling of honest
connection with co-workers, their access to senior leadership, and
who receives information and professional development and who
doesn't.
To determine the winners, Great Place to Work analyzed how
positively women, minorities and LGBTQ employees reported
experiencing their workplace overall, paying special attention to
an index of factors where these employees tend to have a less
positive experience than their colleagues. Rankings take into
account how favorably women, minorities and LGBTQ employees
experience their workplace relative to their male, Caucasian and
heterosexual colleagues' experiences. The list also considered the
degree of representation women and minorities enjoy within the
workforce as a whole, as well as in management and executive roles.
Organizations needed to have at least 50 employees to be considered
and were compared to peers of similar size.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment
tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including
Best Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work
provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create,
sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In
the United States, Great Place to
Work produces the annual Fortune "100 Best Companies to Work For®"
and a series of Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists,
including lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small and Medium
Companies and over a half dozen different industries.
Follow Great Place to Work online at www.greatplacetowork.com
and on Twitter at @GPTW_US.
Logo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140408/CG99935LOGO
To view the original version on PR Newswire,
visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/great-place-to-work-and-fortune-name-att-one-of-the-2016-best-workplaces-for-diversity-300373089.html
SOURCE AT&T Inc.