FCC makes best employers' list - again Friday, November 8, 2013 by SUSAN MANN For the 11th consecutive year, Farm Credit Canada made the list of Canada’s 50 Best Employers but its position on the list has slipped from last year. FCC ranked 14th on the list released Thursday by Aon Hewitt, a multinational human capital services company. Last year FCC ranked fifth on the list, its highest ranking ever, and the year before that it ranked sixth. The annual list is based on results from a survey of participating companies by Aon Hewitt that gauges employee engagement, FCC says in a press release. Peter Mayne, FCC manager of culture and employee experience, says the ranking is less important “to us than just knowing we’re getting it right for our employees.” He adds “it’s always an honor to be on the list. It provides some tangible recognition that we have created a workplace where employees love to come to work every day and they’re able to do something that’s meaningful to them.” Being on the list also says to company management they’re listening to employees. “That’s really the big deal to us,” he notes. Mayne says Aon Hewitt sends out a survey to companies across Canada. Employees complete the survey. To come up with the ranking, Mayne says Aon Hewitt takes into account a company’s survey results and their people policies and practices. FCC has an engagement score of 81 per cent and Mayne says that means “eight out of 10 employees are highly engaged, which in the grand scheme of things when you look at organizations that’s a really high level of engagement.” FCC is a self-sustaining federal Crown corporation with more than 1,600 employees spread out across 100 district offices from British Columbia to Atlantic Canada and in the corporate head office in Regina, the release says. BF Ontario researcher earns international award for heightened immune response detection technology Website highlights farming in Chatham-Kent
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