The PEER Group Inc. – the largest supplier of factory automation software to the semiconductor and related industries – is pleased to announce that Great Place to Work® has named us one of the Best Workplaces in Canada for the seventh consecutive year. We are thrilled to sit at #3 on the 2018 list of our nation’s best medium-sized companies.

“Our team is a group of bright, caring, thoughtful and heroic people and we are delighted that Great Place to Work continues to recognize our culture year after year,” says Janice Retterath, Director of HR and Administration at PEER Group.

“I always say that as a group, we are focused on creating customer success while working in a supportive atmosphere filled with challenges, fun, and food.”

The 2019 Best Workplaces™ in Canada list is compiled by the Great Place to Work® Institute. The competition process is based on two criteria: two-thirds of the total score comes from confidential employee survey results and the remaining one-third comes from an in-depth review of the organization’s culture. This offers a rigorous representation of the organization from an employee perspective, and an overall portrait of the workplace culture. Together, they provide crucial data relative to five trustbuilding dimensions: credibility, respect, fairness, pride, and camaraderie.

This year’s list received over 400 registrations and over 80,000 employees participated in the 2019 “Best Workplaces™ in Canada” survey, rolling out to impact over 300,000 Canadian employees. This list and related stories appeared in a Special National Report on Friday April 26, 2019 in The Globe and Mail.

In addition to our latest award and ongoing Certification, Great Place to Work has named PEER Group a Best Workplace for Technology, Millennials, Inclusion, Women, and Giving Back. Visit https://www.peergroup.com/Aboutus/Awards.aspx.

About Great Place to Work®: Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, highperformance workplace cultures. It is a global research and consulting firm with a mission to build a better society by helping companies transform their workplaces. Great Place to Work provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In Canada, Great Place to Work produces both industry and demographic specific Best Workplace™ lists. This is part of the world’s largest annual workplace study, which culminates in a series of national lists in over 50 countries, including the study’s flagship list of 100 Best Companies published annually in Fortune magazine. Globally, this survey represents the voices of 11 million employees, which are the primary determinant used in selecting winners. There’s only one way to get on this list – your employees have to put you on it. For more information, please contact the Institute at bestworkplaces@greatplacetowork.ca or visit www.greatplacetowork.ca.

About PEER Group Smart Manufacturing starts with factory automation software. PEER Group® is the largest supplier of factory automation software for OEMs and factories in the semiconductor and related industries. We help lower the cost of automation for our customers by solving their most challenging equipment automation, data management and process control problems. We received Intel Preferred Quality Supplier (PQS) awards for our work in 2015-2018 and are recognized on the Great Place to Work® Best Workplaces Canada (2013-2019) and Branham300 (2012-2018) lists.

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