Terakeet Named One of the 2020 Best Small/Medium Workplaces by Great Place to Work® and Fortune

Posted on October 15, 2020

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Terakeet Named One of the 2020 Best Small/Medium Workplaces by Great Place to Work® and Fortune

 

Syracuse, N.Y. (October 16, 2020) – Great Place to Work® and Fortune have honored Terakeet as one of the 2020 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™. The ranking is based on confidential survey feedback representing more than 189,000 employees working at small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States.

Great Place to Work®, a global people analytics and company culture research firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job. These included the extent to which employees trust leaders, the respect with which people are treated, the fairness of workplace decisions, and how much camaraderie there is among the team. 

 

Rankings are based on employees’ feedback and reward companies that best include all employees, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization. Terakeet took the 54th spot on the list among 100 medium-sized companies. This is the first time Terakeet has secured a spot on a national Fortune list.

Lynn Fraas, Chief People Officer remarked, “The team here is really working to incorporate employee feedback into our workplace and hiring practices. To receive an award like this one on a national scale, specifically during one of the toughest years in recent memory is validation that we’re headed in the right direction, and that our people feel they have picked an award winning place to build their careers.” 

She continued, “We are implementing specific programs geared towards increased flexibility for non-traditional career paths, as well as operationalizing a robust framework for diverse, equitable and inclusive hiring practices. We want Terakeet to be a workplace that supports all employees, regardless of who they are or what they do for the organization.”

The Best Small & Medium Workplaces stand out for excelling in one of the nation’s most competitive marketplaces.

 “Best Workplaces like Terakeet have built dynamic, flexible, and transparent workplaces founded on trust,” said Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work®. “This gives companies on this list a powerful opportunity not just to do well for their people, but also to do well for their businesses.”

 

The Best Small & Medium Workplaces list is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and Fortune based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Terakeet also was ranked as in the top 5 of Best Workplaces for New York State by Great Place to Work® and Fortune.

 

Terakeet Additional Resources & Fast Facts

  • Core Values: Integrity, Rapid Response, Invention, Sustainable Value, Entrepreneurship

  • Benefits include flexible work hours and remote work opportunities, paid family leave, gym membership, transportation stipend 

  • Discover more about Life at Terakeet and view opportunities by visiting the Careers page

  • Connect with Terakeet: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, blog

About Terakeet

Terakeet is an enterprise search engine optimization technology company that leverages its proprietary software and 20+ years of expertise to earn organic search engine visibility in highly competitive categories for Fortune 500 companies and other global brands. Headquartered at 333 West Washington Street in the Armory Square District of Downtown Syracuse, NY, Terakeet employs a combined local and remote workforce of more than 250 people.

About the Best Small & Medium Workplaces

 To determine the 2020 Best Small Workplaces list and the 2020 Best Medium Workplaces list, Great Place to Work® gathered and analyzed confidential survey feedback representing more than 189,000 employees working in small- and medium-sized businesses in the United States.  Employees responded to over 60 survey questions describing the extent to which their organization creates a great place to work For All™. 

 

Eighty-five percent of the evaluation is based on what employees say about their experiences of trust and reaching their full human potential as part of their organization, no matter who they are or what they do. Great Place to Work analyzes these experiences relative to each organization’s size, workforce make up, and what’s typical relative to their peers in the industry.  

 

The remaining 15 percent of the rank is based on assessing how consistent employees’ daily experiences of innovation, the company’s values, and their leaders' effectiveness are.

 

To learn more about Great Place to Work-Certification and recognition on Best Workplaces lists published with Fortune, visit Greatplacetowork.com

About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. They help organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Emprising®, their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the US and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® list published annually in Fortune.

Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and join the community on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.

 

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