AMCON receives the award "Best Employer in Lower Saxony-Bremen 2016."
Hannover/Cloppenburg, February 24, 2016. AMCON was recognized as one of the best employers in the regional Great Place to Work® competition “Best Employers in Lower Saxony-Bremen 2016.” This announcement was made today by the Great Place to Work® Institute Germany. The award honors outstanding achievements in developing trusting workplace relationships and creating attractive and supportive working conditions for employees.
“We are proud of the company’s recent development and especially of each and every one of our employees, because only through great collaboration, strong company identification, and pronounced team spirit we were able to grow into such a high-performing team and achieve this excellent result,” said Darius Rauert, Managing Director at AMCON.
Background information about the competition
The evaluation was based on an anonymous survey of AMCON employees covering key workplace topics such as trust, identification, team spirit, professional development, compensation, health promotion, and work-life balance. Additionally, the quality of personnel and leadership measures within the company was assessed.
“Trusting relationships in the workplace and attractive working conditions are the central keys to motivating and retaining qualified employees, as well as to the economic success and future viability of companies,” says Andreas Schubert, Managing Director of the Great Place to Work® Institute Germany.
95 percent of AMCON employees who participated in the survey stated, “I am proud of what we achieve together here,” 91 percent would recommend AMCON as an employer, and 99 percent agreed with the statement: “All in all, this is a great place to work,” among other positive responses.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is an international research and consulting institute that supports companies of all sizes and industries in around 50 countries worldwide in developing employee-oriented and success-promoting workplace cultures. In addition to offering individual analysis and consulting services to improve workplace quality and employer attractiveness, the institute regularly identifies very good employers through nationwide, regional, and industry-specific benchmarking studies and employer awards, presenting these to the public. The German Great Place to Work® Institute was founded in 2002 and currently employs around 80 people at its Cologne location. More information is available at www.greatplacetowork.de.
About AMCON
As a nationally active provider of fare management and passenger information systems for buses and trains, AMCON has been supporting transport companies for many years in making public transport more attractive and efficient. Increasingly, customers rely on AMCON’s expertise and innovative software solutions. The modular UFHO system serves as the core product.
AMCON products impress with their state-of-the-art technology. Their modular design and high degree of standardization allow them to be used independently or, depending on the requirements of the transport company, integrated individually into an intelligent overall solution. A gradual system expansion is also possible.