ARAMARK Named One of Pennsylvania's Healthiest Places to Work by Pennsylvania Psychological Association; Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award Recognizes ARAMARK's Commitment to Employee Health and Well-Being.PHILADELPHIA -- ARAMARK Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :RMK RMK Remark (Weather METAR) RMK Rocky Mountain King (Polaris Snowmobiles) RMK Remarks RMK Resource Manager Kernel ), a world leader in managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality , has won the Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is a professional organization representing psychology in the US. Description and history The association has around 150,000 members and an annual budget of around $70m. . ARAMARK received the award in the Very Large Corporation category, which evaluates for-profit companies with 1,000 or more employees. The Psychologically Healthy Workplace Award honors organizations that demonstrate a commitment to employees' psychological health and well-being. Companies are evaluated in several areas, including employee involvement in the organization's mission and vision, work/life balance, employee growth and development opportunities, and workplace health and safety. "Creating a strong, productive work environment means offering employees a fair, safe and balanced workplace that helps them achieve to the best of their abilities," says Ross DeSimone, a partner at Delta Consultants and chair of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association's Business and Psychology Partnership Committee. "ARAMARK demonstrated that its commitment to providing its employees with a great place to work was head and shoulders above the rest." ARAMARK will receive the award on June 16, 2005 at the 2005 Annual Convention of the Pennsylvania Psychological Association in Harrisburg, Pa. "With more than 242,500 employees globally, it is essential to the growth of our business to make our company a place where the best people want to work," says Lynn McKee, executive vice president, ARAMARK Human Resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. . "We thank the Pennsylvania Psychological Association for this distinction, and we will continue to focus on delivering a healthy work environment for all of our employees." About ARAMARK ARAMARK Corporation is a world leader in providing award-winning food and facilities management The management of a user's computer installation by an outside organization. All operations including systems, programming and the datacenter can be performed by the facilities management organization on the user's premises. services to health care institutions, universities and school districts, stadiums and arenas, international and domestic corporations, as well as providing uniform and career apparel. ARAMARK was ranked number one in its industry in the 2005 FORTUNE 500 survey and was also named one of "America's Most Admired Companies A yearly publication by Fortune Magazine, America's Most Admired Companies consists of corporations that are highly esteemed by the likes of Business Executives, Directors, and Analysts. A survey is taken of close to 3300 professionals who give their opinions on the companies. " by FORTUNE magazine in 2005, consistently ranking since 1998 as one of the top three most admired ad·mire v. ad·mired, ad·mir·ing, ad·mires v.tr. 1. To regard with pleasure, wonder, and approval. 2. To have a high opinion of; esteem or respect. 3. companies in its industry as evaluated by peers. Headquartered in Philadelphia, ARAMARK has approximately 242,500 employees serving clients in 19 countries. |
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