FORTUNE Names Tri County Tech Best Workplaces for 2020

FORTUNE named Tri County Tech as one of the 2020 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™, one of two public education institutions in the nation to be awarded with this prestigious recognition and the only in Oklahoma.

On behalf of FORTUNE, Great Place to Work, a global people analytics and company culture research firm, evaluated more than 60 elements of team members’ experience on the job. These included employee trust in leadership, overall employee treatment, the fairness of workplace decisions, and how much camaraderie there is among the team.

Rankings are based on employees’ feedback and reward companies that best include all employees, no matter who they are or what they do for the organization. Tri County Tech took the number 11 spot on the list with one hundred small workplaces recognized this year.

Tri County Tech has intentionally created a great place to work culture – a culture that has enabled them to thrive during the pandemic crisis. “Our culture is reinforced in multiple ways starting at the top with our Superintendent/CEO, Lindel Fields,” said Chief Quality Officer Dr. Tammie Strobel. “From the beginning of the pandemic, he admitted that the situation was complicated and, although uncertainty reigned, he assured all educators that they could be certain their jobs were secure.”

Tri County Tech established work-from-home flexibility, a grocery purchasing program, free COVID testing, virtual school tutoring program for staff children, and on-campus safety protocols for students and the workforce. Bold actions like these paired with the already extensive benefits list such as a 6-week paid parental leave policy, free telemedicine, a $500 monthly stipend for health insurance, affordable on-campus childcare, and innovative bonus and pension options continue to make Tri County Tech a great place to work.

Tri County Tech started the 2020-2021 school year with record enrollment in both high school and adult studies. They also launched a Skills to Rebuild Initiative, in partnership with the State of Oklahoma, to provide accelerated programs to train 375 individuals to immediately enter well-paying, high-demand jobs in the region, generating an annual payroll of $10 million in Oklahoma’s private sector.

In its fourth year of appearing on FORTUNE’s Best Small & Medium Workplaces, Tri County Tech has previously ranked 46th, 33rd, and 32nd on the list. To learn more, visit here.

About Tri County Tech

Tri County Tech is one of Oklahoma’s first CareerTech schools and has a steadfast spirit for innovation and improvement. It’s devotion to each other, students, and the life-changing learning they provide fuels their pursuit of excellence. They call this the “Tri County Way.”

About Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work® helps organizations quantify their culture and produce better business results. Their culture management platform, empowers leaders with the surveys, real-time reporting, and insights they need to make data-driven people decisions. They recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including the Best Companies to Work For® list published annually in Fortune.

The Best Small and Medium Workplaces is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and Fortune based upon employee survey feedback from Great Place to Work-CertifiedTM organizations. To learn more about Great Place to Work-Certification and recognition on Best Workplaces lists published with Fortune, visit GreatPlaceToWork.com

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