SC Johnson Named to FORTUNE's List for the 11th Time

RACINE, Wis., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the 11th year SC Johnson has been recognized as one of the 100 Best Companies on FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" in America list. This is the 13th year FORTUNE has published the list and the 11th time SC Johnson has been named to it. This year the privately-held, 125-year-old company ranked 70.

"Being named by FORTUNE magazine to its 100 Best Companies to Work For list is truly an honor," said SC Johnson Chairman and CEO Fisk Johnson. "As a privately-held company, we are able to focus on the next generation. This means we are able to consistently uphold core values such as workplace excellence which makes a difference to the families at SC Johnson."

SC Johnson's Continued Commitment to Family

SC Johnson continues to invest in its people. In 2010 the company celebrated the opening of Fortaleza Hall, a building designed to provide the people of SC Johnson with a comfortable and inspiring environment and the services they value.

"We continually strive to make SC Johnson a place where people are inspired to do their best work. Fortaleza Hall is just one example of this," said Johnson. "This award reinforces what SC Johnson is about: doing what's right for the people of SC Johnson and pushing ourselves to do more. As a fifth-generation family run company, that's a challenge we take seriously."

FORTUNE recognized SC Johnson for the many benefits and programs offered including child care, telecommuting, compressed work weeks, job sharing, and fitness facilities.

Other factors that make SC Johnson so unique are special events on campus during the summer months, the company's Lighthouse Resort that is available to SC Johnson families for vacation, summer hours program, extended annual holiday break, and competitive salaries. In addition, the company is dedicated to continuing to be a best place to work and its innovative programs enable it to recruit and retain the best talent. SC Johnson was one of five Wisconsin-based companies on the list.

That commitment is one that is upheld at SC Johnson subsidiaries around the globe. In 2010 a record number of SC Johnson subsidiaries were recognized as great places to work, including: Argentina, Canada, Central America, Chile, Germany, India, Italy, Latin America, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, U.K. and Venezuela.

The dedicated workforce at SC Johnson has an average tenure of more than 14 years of service to the company. According to the United States Department of Labor the average tenure for wage and salary workers at a company is only 4.4 years*. The percentage of wage and salary workers in the U.S. with more than five years of tenure at SC Johnson is 77 percent. That is just one way SC Johnson is set apart from other companies.

In 2010, the company also received recognition from Diversity Inc., Working Mother magazine (22nd year) and Human Rights Campaign (a perfect score on its Corporate Equality Index for the eighth year in a row).

About the FORTUNE "100 Best Companies to Work For" List

Methodology

To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, FORTUNE partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. Three hundred eleven companies participated in this year's survey. Two-thirds of a company's score is based on the results of the Institute's Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management's credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third of the scoring is based on the company's responses to the Institute's Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, internal communications, training, recognition programs and diversity efforts. Any company that is at least seven years old with more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible. The deadline for applying for next year's list is June 15, 2011. For an online nomination form, go to www.greatplacetowork.com.

SC Johnson is a family-owned and managed business dedicated to innovative, high-quality products, excellence in the workplace and a long-term commitment to the environment and the communities in which it operates. Based in the USA, the company is one of the world's leading manufacturers of household cleaning products and products for home storage, air care, and insect control. It markets such well-known brands as GLADE®, OFF!®, PLEDGE®, RAID®, SCRUBBING BUBBLES®, SHOUT®, WINDEX® and ZIPLOC® in the U.S. and beyond, with brands marketed outside the U.S. including AUTAN®, BAYGON®, BRISE®, ECHO®, KABIKILLER®, KLEAR®, and MR. MUSCLE®. The 125-year-old company, with more than $8 billion in sales, employs approximately 12,000 people globally and sells products in virtually every country around the world. www.scjohnson.com

*U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 2010

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