Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar Earns Great Place to Work Certification™ for Fifth Consecutive Year
(COSTA MESA, CA) Sept. 28, 2022 – Lazy Dog Restaurant & Bar, a casual dining restaurant known for its handcrafted American food and drink, has been Certified™ by Great Place to Work® for the fifth consecutive year.
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation. “Great Place to Work Certification™ isn’t something that comes easily – it takes ongoing dedication to the employee experience,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place to Work. “It’s the only official recognition determined by employees’ real-time reports of their company culture. Earning this designation means that Lazy Dog Restaurants is one of the best companies to work for in the country.”
“It’s inspiring to receive this certification for the fifth year in a row and to celebrate this recognition with our talented teammates who take great pride in our brand and values,” said Chris Simms, founder and CEO of Lazy Dog Restaurants. “We encourage our teammates to build a strong connection with each other and channel that energy into the small mountain town hospitality that we are known for. We’re excited to continue delivering a positive experience for our teammates and guests.”
Reimagining the casual dining experience, Lazy Dog focuses on fostering the growth of their teammates, in the front-of-house operations or in the kitchen. Lazy Dog has proven their dedication to providing a positive work environment by developing various training and professional development programs as well as incentives to motivate its employees. The company also invests in its employees through leadership development programs.
Lazy Dog programs include the Lazy Dog Care Fund, an emergency assistance fund dedicated to helping teammates when facing unforeseen hardships or circumstances beyond their control, a Culinary Recognition program to reward chefs while helping them to continue to grow in their role, safety parties that celebrate teams that are incident free each year and more.
Working at Lazy Dog means working with fun, friendly and diverse fellow food lovers in an exciting, fast-paced setting and the ability to take advantage of many opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.
According to Great Place to Work research, job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified great workplace. Additionally, employees at Certified workplaces are 93% more likely to look forward to coming to work, and are twice as likely to be paid fairly, earn a fair share of the company’s profits and have a fair chance at promotion. To join the Lazy Dog family, visit www.lazydogrestaurants.com/jobs.
ABOUT LAZY DOG RESTAURANT & BAR
Lazy Dog Restaurant serves handcrafted American food and drink with seasonally inspired ingredients. Influenced by the lifestyle of the Rocky Mountains where Founder Chris Simms spent time with family growing up, Lazy Dog offers the perfect environment for a quick weeknight dinner, a meandering meal with old friends or a big night out. It’s open for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch with a full bar program that includes unique and approachable specialty cocktails and a wide selection of craft beers. Guests can continue the experience at home by taking advantage of handcrafted TV dinners made in-house and Lazy Dog’s Beer Club, a quarterly membership program that gives members access to small-batch specialty beers, merchandise and in-restaurant benefits. Lazy Dog has locations throughout California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Nevada, Virginia, Florida and Texas with more on the way. For more information, visit www.lazydogrestaurants.com. Follow @LazyDogRestaurants on Instagram and Facebook.
About Great Place to Work Certification™
Great Place to Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place to Work-Certified.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust. Their employee survey platform empowers leaders with the feedback, real-time reporting and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. Everything they do is driven by the mission to build a better world by helping every organization become a great place to work For All™. Learn more at greatplacetowork.com and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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