Average employee engagement 77 per cent among winners
The 70 organizations identified as 2012's Best Employers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) vary widely in terms of industry and workforce size. But average employee engagement is 77 per cent, according to Aon Hewitt, the global human resources consulting and outsourcing solutions business of Aon Corporation.
"The real litmus test of whether or not an organization is a Best Employer lies with the employees themselves," said Neil Crawford, Aon Hewitt's study leader. "This study goes beyond satisfaction (how much I like things here) and commitment (how much I want to be here) to measure engagement (how much I want to and actually contribute to improving our business results). Without a focus on engagement, it's difficult for organizations to achieve sustainable success.”
These organizations have also done well during a time of economic uncertainty when engagement levels in Canada and across the world continue to be under pressure, he said.
“While engagement has held fairly steady in Canada over the last year, global engagement continues to dip and is at its lowest level since 2008 at 56 per cent, according to Aon Hewitt's global employee engagement database.”
Best Employers in the Greater Toronto Area 2012
(400 or more employees)
|
Rank |
Organization |
|
1 |
EllisDon |
|
2 |
Cisco Canada |
|
3 |
WestJet |
|
4 |
Bennett Jones |
|
5 |
McDonald's Restaurants of Canada |
|
6 |
Delta Hotels and Resorts |
|
7 |
PCL Constructors |
|
8 |
Edward Jones |
|
9 |
JTI-Macdonald |
|
10 |
Marriott Hotels of Canada |
|
11 |
OMERS |
|
12 |
Flight Centre |
|
13 |
Chubb Insurance Company of Canada |
|
14 |
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide (Canada) |
|
15 |
Gowling Lafleur Henderson |
|
16 |
Scotiabank Group |
|
17 |
The Co-operators |
|
18 |
GlaxoSmithKline |
|
19 |
HATCH |
|
20 |
TD Bank Group |
|
21 |
LoyaltyOne |
|
22 |
Keg Restaurants |
|
23 |
Novotel Canada |
|
24 |
Stikeman Elliott |
|
25 |
Earl's Restaurants |
|
26 |
Aecon Group |
|
27 |
National Bank |
|
28 |
ING DIRECT |
|
29 |
MNP |
|
30 |
G&K Services Canada |
|
31 |
Procter & Gamble |
|
32 |
American Express |
|
33 |
Ivanhoé Cambridge |
|
34 |
Ceridian Canada |
|
35 |
LUSH Fresh Handmade Cosmetics |
Best Employers in the Greater Toronto Area 2012
(50-399 employees)
|
Rank |
Organization |
|
1 |
Arrow Professional Services |
|
2 |
Achievers |
|
3 |
RL Solutions |
|
4 |
O.C. Tanner Recognition Company |
|
5 |
Collective Point of Sale Solutions |
|
6 |
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services |
|
7 |
Wakefield Canada |
|
8 |
Gibraltar Solutions |
|
9 |
Intuit Canada |
|
10 |
IHG |
|
11 |
Lakeside Process Controls |
|
12 |
Klick |
|
13 |
Naylor Group |
|
14 |
Allergan |
|
15 |
Intelex Technologies |
|
16 |
FUSE Marketing Group |
|
17 |
G Adventures |
|
18 |
beerbistro |
|
19 |
TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators |
|
20 |
Maple Reinders Group |
|
21 |
Peel Senior Link |
|
22 |
Furlani's Food |
|
23 |
Geo. A. Kelson Company |
|
24 |
SOCAN |
|
25 |
The CUMIS Group |
|
26 |
CWB Group |
|
27 |
Gluskin Sheff + Associates |
|
28 |
Purdue Pharma |
|
29 |
Ryan ULC |
|
30 |
Cole Engineering Group |
|
31 |
The Central Group |
|
32 |
C.S.T. Consultants |
|
33 |
ConAgra Foods Canada |
|
34 |
Solutions 2 GO |
|
35 |
Nelson Education |
