Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta named employee favorite for seventh year

Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been ranked among FORTUNE magazine’s elite list of “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America.  It is the seventh consecutive time the not-for-profit pediatric health care system has been named to the list.  Landing at No. 49, Children’s is the only hospital in Georgia to appear on the list, and one of only four companies headquartered in Georgia (joined by Aflac, Alston & Bird and InterContinental Hotels Group.)

When broken down by size, Children’s placed 19th in the midsized company sub-category, and earned special recognition for being a top company for women and minorities. Additionally, Children’s placed 25th and 41st in sub-categories recognizing top pay for hourly and salaried employees, respectively.

Children’s operates three hospital campuses, including Children’s at Egleston, Children’s at Hughes Spalding and Children’s at Scottish Rite, as well as 17 neighborhood locations. Children’s puts a primary focus on employees, so it makes sense that the organization was ranked on a list that highlights specialty areas such as health care, child care and work-life success.

“At Children’s, our first priority is to provide the best possible medical care to children. Providing both personal and professional growth opportunities to all of our employees ensures they are inspired to continue to provide that top-notch care,” said Linda Matzigkeit, Chief Administrative Officer at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. “We believe that the best way to help an organization reach its potential is by helping employees reach theirs. By doing this, we get even closer to our vision to transform pediatric health care and be the leading voice for the health of Georgia’s children.”

Children’s constantly works to understand and deliver on its workforce’s diverse needs, enabling employees to be successful and continue to serve the not-for-profit organization. In addition to traditional benefits, Children’s offers many unique programs, including an internal wellness program called Strong4Life through which employees collectively have lost more than 45,000 pounds and walked more than three billion steps since the program’s launch in June 2008. Since 2009, Children’s began giving every employee who obtained a Strong4Life Health Assessment a discount on health care premiums.  The employee wellness program demonstrates Children’s commitment to wellness by involving employees in supporting the organization’s statewide childhood obesity campaign.

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; 280 firms participated in this year’s survey. More than 246,000 employees at those companies responded to a survey created by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world.