Landscape Structures named to Star Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2010
Honor based on positive responses to employee-based survey
Delano, Minn. (June 21, 2010) — Landscape Structures has been named one of the Top Workplaces in the Twin Cities metro area based on an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section was published in the Star Tribune on Sunday, June 20. The report can also be found at StarTribune.com/topworkplaces.
Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in the metro based on employee opinions about company leadership, career opportunities, workplace flexibility, compensation and benefits. The analysis included responses from over 33,000 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.
Landscape Structures was ranked ninth on the midsize company list.
“We are proud to be named as a Top Workplace in the Twin Cities metro area,” said Pat Faust, president of Landscape Structures. “It is especially exciting that we were given this honor based on our employees’ feedback on the company. Their hard work and positive attitudes help Landscape Structures continue to be a great company.”
Landscape Structures, based in Delano, Minn., is the leading commercial playground equipment manufacturer in the world. The employee-owned company is committed to making the world a better place with active children thriving in leading communities year after year, generation after generation. Landscape Structures encourage outdoor play that develops healthy kids and a sustainable world by creating innovative products that are environmentally responsible. The company’s mission from day one has been to enhance children’s lives by fostering and creating inspiring play experiences while honoring the environment.
To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in the Twin Cities metro area. Over 1,000 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.