 |
|
 |
|
100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR
FORTUNE
Monday, Jan. 12, 2004
|
RANK: 3
(Previous Rank: 2)
Container Store
Headquarters: Dallas, TX
2002 Revenues ($ millions):
271
U.S. sites: 30
Year founded: 1978
Website: http://www.containerstore.com
|
|
COMPANY INFO
Industry: Specialty Retailers
|
| EMPLOYEES |
| U.S. Employees |
1,832 |
| Employees Outside U.S. |
400 |
| % Minorities |
24 |
| % Women |
62 |
| JOBS |
| New Jobs (1 year) |
31 |
% Voluntary Turnover |
9 |
| % Job Growth (1 Year) |
5 |
Applicants |
26,462 |
| Professional Training (hrs./yr.) |
162 |
|
|
| |
| SALARY |
| Most Common Job (Professional) |
Store Sales |
Salary |
$40,703 |
| Most Common Job (Hourly) |
Distribution Center |
Salary |
$26,354 |
SUMMARY
Betty Murray likes to keep tabs on how her co-workers' dogs are doing—their downward dogs, that is, and also their exalted warriors, half spinal twists, one-legged T's, and all the other standard yoga poses. Though Murray's main job is as an information-systems director at Container Store's Dallas headquarters, she's also a part-time yoga instructor who teaches free sessions offered weekly to local staff. Her colleagues have responded enthusiastically since the classes began two years ago; 25% now join in the bending and stretching. "It's a good mental practice that can be applied to physical purposes," Murray explains. The classes are a fitting perk for a company whose unofficial mascot is Gumby, the verdant cartoon cowboy. "Being Gumby"—bending over backward to please customers (and co-workers)—is highly prized. So is training—Container Store employees average 162 hours a year. The company has continued to rank at or near the top of the list since debuting at No. 1 four years ago, owing to exuberant morale and the fact that it doesn't behave like a normal retailer. Yoga is just one of the many stress reducers Container Store offers to its employees, including monthly chair massages, stretching classes, and an online exercise and nutrition diary that's personalized for every worker.—Christopher Tkaczyk
N/A: Not available.
U.S. Employees: Includes part-timers as of time of survey.
Job growth, new jobs, and voluntary turnover: Full-time only.
Average annual pay: Yearly pay rate plus additional cash compensation for the largest classification of professional or technical employees and production or service employees. Data from summer 2003.
2002 revenues: or latest fiscal year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
