Fortune and Great Place to Work® Name JM Family Enterprises One of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™, Ranking No. 2
September 10, 2021
Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine have honored JM Family Enterprises as one of the 2021 Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™. This is the company’s sixth time being named to this prestigious list, this year coming in at No. 2.
In 2020, JM Family completed a $100 million brand-new facility for its Toyota Vehicle Processing Center (VPC) in Commerce, Georgia. The 350,000 square-foot complex encompasses 90 acres of the company’s 300-acre site, where it employs more than 200 associates, many of whom were heavily involved in the design process.
This sleek and efficient new operating location was built on the feedback of the associates who work there, implementing new business processes to improve efficiency. In addition, the company added specific amenities to improve work life, including a Health & Wellness Center with a physician, a nurse practitioner and a registered nurse on staff, an expanded dining facility with ample outdoor seating, a fitness center and a community meeting area. Other unique amenities include a community garden where associates can grow their own herbs, produce and flowers, an onsite ¾ mile outdoor fitness trail and an approximately one-acre fishing pond. Facilities upgrades were also completed at the company’s two additional VPCs in Jacksonville, Florida.
“Throughout the pandemic, our associates in Jacksonville and Commerce have been the heartbeat of this company. They have worked tirelessly to process vehicles and to keep up with the demand of our dealer partners,” said Brent Burns, president and CEO, JM Family. “We are honored to know that they feel this is a great place to work, because we are beyond grateful for all they do to keep our motor running.”
The Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production award is based on analysis of survey responses from more than 220,000 current employees. In that survey, 90% of JM Family’s associates said it is a great place to work, compared to 59% of employees at a typical U.S.-based company.
The Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production list is highly competitive. Great Place to Work, the global authority on workplace culture, selected the list using rigorous analytics and confidential employee feedback. Companies were only considered if they are a Great Place to Work-Certified™ organization.
Great Place to Work is the only company culture award in America that selects winners based on how fairly employees are treated. Companies are assessed on how well they are creating a great employee experience that cuts across race, gender, age, disability status, or any aspect of who employees are or what their role is.
“The Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production have shown incredible care for their employees,” says Michael C. Bush, CEO of Great Place to Work®. “In 2020 and beyond, these companies rewarded the hard and unrelenting work of their employees by creating a safe space for them to thrive in their careers and in their personal lives.”
In the past year, JM Family also was listed among the 2021 PEOPLE Companies that Care® [No. 63], Best Large Workplaces for Millennials [No. 70], Best Large Workplaces for Women [No. 56] and Best Workplaces for Parents [No. 48]. Plus, JM Family has ranked as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For® for 23 consecutive years.
About the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™
Great Place to Work® selected the Best Workplaces in Manufacturing & Production™ by gathering and analyzing confidential survey responses from more than 220,000 employees at Great Place to Work-Certified™ organizations. Company rankings are derived from 60 employee experience questions within the Great Place to Work Trust Index™ survey. To get on this list next year, start here.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™.
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About JM Family Enterprises
JM Family Enterprises, Inc. was founded by automotive legend, Jim Moran in 1968. It is a privately held company with more than $20 billion in revenue and more than 5,000 associates. Rooted in automotive and united in its strong culture and core values, JM Family is in the business of helping other businesses succeed. As a long-term partner, it is invested in its companies, associates and its communities. Driven by exceptional performance, current subsidiaries are in the automotive, financial services, franchising and specialty distribution industries. Its family of companies includes: Southeast Toyota Distributors, JM&A Group, World Omni Financial Corp. (dba Southeast Toyota Finance), JM Lexus, Home Franchise Concepts®, Futura Title & Escrow and Rollease Acmeda. Interact with JM Family on Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.
