ALTOONA, Pa., Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Sheetz was named as one of the 2014 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania for the 13th consecutive year. The awards program began in 2000 and is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and Team Pennsylvania Foundation. The numeric list of winners will be announced on December 4th at the Lancaster County Convention Center.
This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Pennsylvania, benefiting the state's economy, workforce and businesses. The 2014 Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania list is made up of 50 companies in the small/medium-sized list (25-250 U.S. employees) and 50 companies in the large sized list (251+ U.S. employees). Sheetz has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania.
To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:
- Be a for profit or not-for-profit business;
- Have at least 25 employees working in Pennsylvania;
- Be a publicly or privately held business;
- Have a facility in the state of Pennsylvania;
- Be in business a minimum of 1 year.
Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Pennsylvania. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophies, systems and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking.
Established in 1952 in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Sheetz, Inc. is one of America's fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience retailers, with more than $6.6 billion in revenue for 2013 and more than 15,500 employees. The company operates more than 473 locations throughout Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio and North Carolina. Sheetz provides an award-winning menu of MTO® subs, sandwiches and salads, which are ordered through unique touch-screen order point terminals. Sheetz currently ranks #87 on Fortune® Magazine's 100 Best Companies to Work For list and on the Best Places to Work list in Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia and has been on that list in Pennsylvania for 13 consecutive years. All Sheetz convenience restaurants are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. For more information, visit www.sheetz.com.
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