The Boston Globe Names Globoforce a Top Place to Work for 2016

Magazine honors the best employers in Massachusetts

SOUTHBOROUGH, Mass.--()--Globoforce®, a leading provider of social recognition solutions, has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the ninth annual employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. Globoforce was ranked 35 in the medium-sized business category.

A leading SaaS-based HR software company, Globoforce introduced social recognition innovation to the HR industry. Today, organizations worldwide rely on Globoforce platform to recognize employees. This year, more than 5 Million thank you moments and positive connections have already been recorded on the Globoforce platform. Its internal program, Globostars, recognizes employee performance that aligns to the company’s core values of Imagination, Determination, Innovation and Respect. The program connects its employees every day, empowering them and inspiring them to recognize each other for outstanding performance and behaviors.

“We are committed to helping organizations foster work environments where employees feel appreciated, empowered, and inspired to do the best work of their lives,” said Eric Mosley, CEO of Globoforce. “At Globoforce, social recognition is at the heart of everything we do. It’s the foundation for how we instill more human workplaces in companies around the world. We thank the Boston Globe for this honor and to our employees for their tireless efforts to move the industry and our company forward.”

Globoforce makes it a priority to bring humanity to the workplace. Globoforce is the founder and pioneer of the WorkHuman® movement, designed to galvanize leaders and organizations worldwide to harness the transformative power of people for the next generation of HR. WorkHuman celebrates breakthrough organizations building human-centric workplaces where employees achieve their fullest potential—where people feel appreciated, connected, and empowered for who they are and what they do. The WorkHuman 2017 annual conference will be held May 30-June 1, in Phoenix, Arizona.

“In today’s tight job market, competition for the best workers is intense,” said Larry Edelman, the Globe’s business editor. “Our winning companies know that creating a motivating and supportive environment is key to finding and keeping talent.”

Top Places to Work recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state voted on by the people who know them the best—their employees. The survey measures employee opinions about their company’s direction, execution, connection, management, work, pay and benefits, and engagement. The employers are placed into one of four groups: small, with 50 to 99 employees; medium, with 100 to 249 workers; large, with 250 to 999; and largest, with 1,000 or more.

About Globoforce

Globoforce is a leading provider of social recognition solutions, helping companies build stronger, more human cultures through the power of thanks. Named one of the Best Workplaces by the Great Place To Work® Institute, Globoforce is trusted by some of the most admired companies in the world to inspire and energize employees and create best places to work. Our award-winning SaaS technology and proven methodologies empower HR and business leaders to take a modern, more strategic approach to recognition programs. What results is measurable business success, qualified by increases in employee engagement, retention and productivity. The company pioneered the WorkHuman movement, created to galvanize organizations and leaders worldwide to create a more human workplace. This movement culminates annually at the WorkHuman conference, taking place May 30-June 1, 2017, in Phoenix, Arizona. Globoforce is co-headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts, and Dublin, Ireland.

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Contacts

Globoforce
Shweta Agarwal, 508-229-1541
Senior Manager Public Relations
Shweta.Agarwal@globoforce.com

Contacts

Globoforce
Shweta Agarwal, 508-229-1541
Senior Manager Public Relations
Shweta.Agarwal@globoforce.com