Encino, California-based Gelson’s has received a 2022 Great Place to Work Certification. The credential is given to qualified businesses annually by Great Place to Work, the international authority on workplace culture since 1992.
Gelson’s has 2,518 employees in its 27 specialty grocery stores across Southern California. Twenty-four percent of Gelson’s employees have worked for the company for more than 20 years and 43 percent have worked for the company for more than a decade.
Some personal Gelson’s employee statements include:
- “Working at Gelson’s is like being with family.”
- “I love the work-life balance.”
- “It is a welcoming place and as soon as you walk in the door it is a positive environment.”
- “All of the employees are welcoming and are inclusive of everyone. I feel at home to be myself around the customers and employees.”
- “There are great opportunities for employees to grow within the company.”
- “I have never worked at an establishment that is always of an uplifting, positive and compassionate level like Gelson’s.”
That compassion is also seen in Gelson’s partnerships and philanthropic commitments, from a range of community events such as pet adoption days to recurring food drives, with Gelson’s donating more than $4 million in product to food banks the last 12 months.
Click here to see Gelson’s “Great Place to Work” certification.
Great Place to Work helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results by creating a high-trust work experience for all employees. Its benchmark data is used to recognize “Great Place to Work-Certified” companies and the “Best Workplaces in the U.S.” and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For and World’s Best list published annually in Fortune.
