2020 Fortune Best Companies Review

2,080 hours. Each year of your adult life, you’ll spend an average of 2,080 hours annually at work (without any overtime!). Nothing is worse than devoting about a quarter of your year to an employer that just doesn’t seem to care.

Each year, the Great Place to Work reports the top companies to work for voted on by their own employees! The 2020 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For reports on a wide range of employers which includes companies from hospitality, technology, retail, insurance, construction, ect. From #1 to #100, employees have great things to say about their employers and other companies can learn a thing or two from them!

#1 – Hilton (Hospitality): “I love how I don’t feel like just a number here. I am a strong believer that Hilton cares about their employees just like they care about their family and I am truly blessed to have been given the opportunity to work for such an amazing company.”

#23 – David Weekley Homes (Construction) : “We are regularly asked by management what they can do to improve not just our work environment, but our personal lives. As part of this, we recently introduced `SmartDollar´ as many were asking for help with financial planning.”

#50 – Power Home Remodeling (Construction) : “You are provided everything you need to be successful in the position and surrounded by people willing to help.”

#100 – Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts (Hospitality) : “Four Seasons really makes me feel they genuinely care about me as part of a family, as opposed to just their employee. My house was affected by a disaster and HR contacted me to see if I needed a place to sleep and if I was alright. Above and beyond.”

Employees of the four companies above, all seem to have one thing in common when talking about their employers. They all say how their employer goes up and above for them in one way or another. They report feeling important, cared about, and more than just a number. Before anything, their employer puts the people first, which makes the employee willing to devote their time.

The Human Resource Manager of any company is a crucial job. Their role exists to ensure the human workforce of the company is running effectively and efficiently. Most industries rely on the people as the sole success of their company. With good, healthy, and happy employees, companies are able to thrive. The HR manager, holds all of this together like a spider web. From being an admin expert with employee concerns and complaints, to advocating for the employees best interest, to even guiding the people of the firm to the change and path the business would like to move forward on.

Ulrich’s Model of Strategic HRM

An HR Manager day to day will wear many of hats. I believe this to be the most challenging part of their job. Effectively and professionally handling the deep emotions of employees from good to bad, an HR manager has to juggle both.

A successful manager, one that I thrive to be, has perfected the art of softly yet clearly and precisely delivering the hard news, while also being the joy to the wins. Good managers need to know how to handle emotions, while also being able to lead the team to a successful outcome. It’s a constant dance, 2080 hours a year.