List recognizes companies with exceptional workplace culture and
employee pride
CALABASAS HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 9, 2017--
The
Cheesecake Factory Incorporated (NASDAQ: CAKE) announced today that Fortune
magazine has recognized the company as one of the “100 Best
Companies to Work For®” for the fourth consecutive year. The Cheesecake
Factoryranked
48 on the list, which recognizes companies with a strong culture,
determined in large part by an anonymous employee survey that measures
overall job satisfaction, engagement, pride, trust and camaraderie in
the workplace.
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The Cheesecake Factory announced that Fortune magazine has recognized the company as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For®” for the fourth consecutive year. (Photo: Business Wire)
In recognizing The Cheesecake Factory, Fortune noted that 96
percent of its employees said they felt great pride in working for the
company. Additionally, 96 percent mentioned the great work environment.
“We are honored that The Cheesecake Factory is named on the Fortune
100 Best Companies to Work For® list once again this year,” said David
Overton, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Cheesecake
Factory Incorporated. “Since opening our first restaurant in Beverly
Hills in 1978, we have strived to create a truly special company
culture, and this award is a wonderful acknowledgment of what our staff
members and managers have helped us create.”
“At The Cheesecake Factory, we recognize that our more than 35,000
talented staff members and managers are the key to our success,” said
David Gordon, President of The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated. “Every
day our staff and managers are committed to living our shared purpose of
nurturing bodies, minds, hearts and spirits. Receiving this award is a
direct result of all that they do on a daily basis to nurture our guests
and each other.”
To see the complete list of the 2017 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work
For®, please click here http://beta.fortune.com/best-companies/.
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About The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated
The Cheesecake Factory Incorporated created the upscale casual dining
segment in 1978 with the introduction of its namesake concept. The
Company, through its subsidiaries, owns and operates 208 full-service,
casual dining restaurants throughout the U.S.A. and Puerto Rico,
including 194 restaurants under The Cheesecake Factory® mark; 13
restaurants under the Grand Lux Cafe® mark; and one restaurant under the
RockSugar Pan Asian Kitchen® mark. Internationally, 15 The Cheesecake
Factory® restaurants operate under licensing agreements. The Company’s
bakery division operates two bakery production facilities, in Calabasas
Hills, CA and Rocky Mount, NC, that produce quality cheesecakes and
other baked products for its restaurants, international licensees and
third-party bakery customers. In 2017 the Company was named to the
FORTUNE Magazine “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list for the fourth
consecutive year. To learn more about the Company, visit www.thecheesecakefactory.com.
About The Fortune 100 Best Companies To Work For®
To identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For®, each year Fortune
partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee
survey in corporate America. The ranking is based on feedback from more
than 232,000 employees at Great Place to Work–Certified™ companies with
more than 1,000 employees.
Winning a spot on this list indicates the company has distinguished
itself from peers by creating a great place to work for employees –
measured and ranked through our analysis of the results of our Trust
Index© survey and Culture Audit© questionnaire.
Through the Trust Index©, employees anonymously assess their workplace,
including the honesty and quality of communication by managers, degree
of support for employees’ personal and professional lives and the
authenticity of relationships with colleagues. Results from the survey
are highly reliable, having a 95% confidence level and a margin of error
of 5% or less. Companies’ results on the Trust Index© survey are
compared to peer organizations of like size and complexity. The Culture
Audit© includes detailed questions about benefits, programs and
practices.
To be considered for our Best Workplaces lists, companies must become
Great Place to Work-Certified™. Details are available at https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certification.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. Through proprietary assessment
tools, advisory services, and certification programs, including Best
Workplaces lists and workplace reviews, Great Place to Work provides the
benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and
recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In the United States, Great
Place to Work produces the annual Fortune “100 Best Companies to Work
For®” and a series of Great Place to Work Best Workplaces lists,
including lists for Millennials, Women, Diversity, Small and Medium
Companies and over a half dozen different industries. Great Place to
Work® provides executive advisory and culture consulting services to
businesses, non-profits, and government agencies in over 50 countries
across six continents.
To read more about Great Place to Work’s review of The Cheesecake
Factory, please visit http://us.greatrated.com/the-cheesecake-factory.
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