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Riggs Distler Has Been Recognized As One of Fortune’s Best Workplaces In Construction

Riggs Distler Has Been Recognized As One Of Fortunes Best Workplaces In Construction

Posted on September 13, 2022 in News

Cherry Hill, NJ — Great Place to Work® and Fortune have honored Riggs Distler as one of the 2022 Best Workplaces in Construction™. This is our first time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at 21st place. Earning a spot means that Riggs Distler is one of the best companies to work for in the country.

The Best Workplaces in Construction award is based on analysis of survey responses from over 25,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the construction industry.

“We are honored to earn a spot on the inaugural Fortune’s Best Workplaces in Construction. It’s all because of the amazing people who work for us. We are proud of our company culture,” said President & CEO Stephen Zemaitatis Jr.

The Best Workplaces in Construction is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they had been a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.

Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.

“These companies have adapted to the challenges of an ever-changing workplace by their commitment to inclusive, high-trust cultures where employees are treated as human beings first and foremost,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work®. “Congratulations to the Best Workplaces in Construction.”

In 2020, 2021 and 2022, Riggs Distler also ranked as a Great Place to Work-Certified™ Company.

About Riggs Distler

Established in 1909, we’ve grown over the past century into one of the largest union utility, mechanical, and electrical contractors in the United States. With talented leadership and mentoring at all levels, Riggs Distler promotes a safe, exciting, and challenging work environment. Our philosophy is to empower employees to grow and evolve with our business—all with union support.

About the Best Workplaces in Construction™

Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces in Construction™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from over 25,000 employees from Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies in the construction industry. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work® Trust Index™ survey. Great Place to Work determines its lists using its proprietary For All™ methodology to evaluate and certify thousands of organizations in America’s largest ongoing annual workforce study, based on over 1 million survey responses and data from companies representing more than 6.1 million employees, this year alone. Read the full methodology.

To get on this list next year, start here.

About Great Place to Work®

Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.

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