KnowBe4 makes Best Workplaces for Millennials list for third consecutive year
Great Place to Work and FORTUNE have honored KnowBe4 as one of the 2020 Best Workplaces for Millennials. The ranking considered feedback representing over 4.9 million employees working at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations. Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and consulting 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 who best include all employees, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization. KnowBe4 took the number 25 spot on the list.
“It’s an honor to be recognized as a top workplace for millennials because we’ve worked so hard to create a positive and unique culture within our organization; one in which people actually enjoy coming to work every day,” said Stu Sjouwerman, CEO, KnowBe4. “Millennials appreciate working at KnowBe4 because we stress the importance of fun, transparency and career growth. When it comes to growth and opportunities, of the 60% of KnowBe4’s workforce that makes up millennials, 20% of them have been promoted in the last year.”
“It’s important for us to create the type of work environment where we’re giving back to the community so employees, especially millennials who place a high value on what an organization does for its community, really feel a sense of value and pride in working for KnowBe4,” said Erika Lance, SVP of people operations, KnowBe4. “That’s why we participate in at least one new philanthropic activity per month – everything from scholarships to back to school donations to giving gifts to children around the holidays and more. We hope to get even more millennials onboard as we continue to experience hypergrowth.”
“For many years, organizations have put forth considerable effort towards attracting and retaining millennial talent” said Michael Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work. “The Best Workplaces on this list have created cultures where its youngest employees experience not only an environment where they can grow professionally and personally, but also find a deeper sense of purpose in their work. As we prepare for a large influx of young professionals from Generation Z to enter the work force for the first time, these organizations have distinguished themselves as the leaders in attracting and developing the leaders of tomorrow.”
The Best Workplaces for Millennials 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. KnowBe4 also was ranked as a Best Workplace in Technology and for Women by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE.
About KnowBe4
KnowBe4, the provider of the world’s largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, is used by more than 34,000 organizations around the globe. Founded by IT and data security specialist Stu Sjouwerman, KnowBe4 helps organizations address the human element of security by raising awareness about ransomware, CEO fraud and other social engineering tactics through a new-school approach to awareness training on security. Kevin Mitnick, an internationally recognized cybersecurity specialist and KnowBe4's Chief Hacking Officer, helped design the KnowBe4 training based on his well-documented social engineering tactics. Tens of thousands of organizations rely on KnowBe4 to mobilize their end users as the last line of defense.
About the Best Workplaces for Millennials
Great Place to Work based its ranking on a data-driven methodology applied to anonymous Trust Index™ survey responses representing over 4.9 million employees at Great Place to Work-Certified organizations. 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. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Great Place to Work helps 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. Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to 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® and World’s Best list published annually in Fortune. 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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