Bob Barker Company, America’s leading detention supplier, today announced that the Triangle Business Journal has selected the company as one of the top 50 Best Places to Work for 2015. The annual award recognizes local businesses’ efforts to build a positive work environment that values employee team member happiness by offering great benefits, excellent working conditions and a robust company culture. Businesses are ranked based on a voluntary team member survey. The Bob Barker Company has been delivering service beyond expectations for over 40 years. Transforming and serving the criminal justice system by focusing on the Bob Barker values of Integrity, Service, Excellence, Innovation and Unity. The Leadership Team, Board of Directors, and Team Members all actively pursue a passion for customer service, innovation and positively impacting lives. The foundation at Bob Barker Company lies in its people centric culture. A culture of trust, engagement and unity with the management and team members working for a common vision. Team members are invested, committed, engaged and trust each other and the leadership team. Emphasis is placed on people and being socially responsible which can be seen through programs offered in the workplace, community, environment and industry. The Bob Barker Company is committed to team member health and wellness through offering monetary rewards for team members to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Providing health tracking tools including Fitbits, delivering fresh North Carolina produce to break areas every Monday morning and hosting monthly Health Lunch & Learns with professional Health Consultants are just some of the ways Bob Barker Company assists team members in living a healthier lifestyle. Team members also qualify for generous paid time off, vacation, holidays along with first day Medical, Dental, Flexible Spending, Life and Disability Insurance plans and a matching 401k. Work life is an extension of home life. Focusing on team member’s work/life balance can be seen in the Bob Barker Company’s telework policy. During the summer team members work from home each Friday in order to focus on balance and reducing the company’s carbon footprint. Flexible work schedules, a new mother’s room and spiritual growth programs also focus on maintaining a healthy working life and home life. Growth and Development is a constant focus of Bob Barker Company. Internal continuing education e-learning degree programs are available to all team members. These course offerings are comparable to college level education platforms and are complete with recognition, rewards and monetary incentives for taking classes. Triangle Business Journal editor Sougata Mukherjee emphasizes that employees are a company’s most valuable assets: “These 50 companies clearly understand that their success depends on the well-being of their employees,” he says. “Exemplary employer-employee relationships stand out every time.” Bob Barker Company President, Robert Barker agrees, stating, “We are honored and humbled to receive this recognition. It’s our belief that this is God’s business and that we have been entrusted as its owners to steward His business well. By treating our team members as we would want to be treated we believe that they will in turn take great care of our customers and help our business to realize its vision of Transforming criminal justice while honoring God in all that we do.” Reputation, Efficiency, Growth, Advocacy, Social Responsibility, Innovation, Unity, Acceptance, and Passion are some of the reasons why Bob Barker Company is one of the most desirable and sought after employers in North Carolina. About Bob Barker Company, Inc. Since 1972, Bob Barker Company, Inc., has offered the broadest product line and the largest inventory of detention supplies in the country to federal, state, and local government agencies and select businesses. Bob Barker Company’s corporate headquarters and primary distribution center is located in Fuquay-Varina, NC, with a state-of-the-art distribution and sales center in Ogden, Utah.
