WorldBlu: Most Democratic Workplace!

What if companies were evaluated not just by their profits, but by the way they treated their employees and the democracy of their workplaces?  WorldBlu does exactly that by providing in-depth surveys for organizations and their employees to anonymously rate their workplaces on transparency. Working to create happy, engaged workplaces – their rating system creates standards for what would otherwise be largely intangible. Companies you may have heard on the WorldBlu List for 2011 include Groupon, Zappos.com, HCL Technologies, 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, New Belgium Brewery, DaVita, Great Harvest Bread and WD-40. With $15 billion in combined revenue of businesses on the WorldBlu list and 220 thousand employees working for companies on WorldBlu’s Most Democratic Workplaces list, the early adopters for a shift in corporate culture are well underway. Still, 1 in 4 Americans believe that they work in a dictatorship and many businesses still operate from a fear-driven, controlling organizational structure. But there is ample evidence that organizational democracy – allowing people to self-govern and determine their own destiny – creates a vibrant workplace and devoted and satisfied workforce. “Democratic workplaces attract better employees, provide better service and are more sustainable than traditional organizations. As a company committed externally to people, planet and profit, it is the only internal focus that supports our vision—anything else would be hypocritical.” —Matthew Bauer, President of BetterWorld Telecom Here at BetterWorld Telecom – we are honored to have made the WorldBlu list for the fifth year in a row.