Achievers Announces 2017 Top Category Winners for Most Engaged Workplaces Awards

SAN FRANCISCO, CA and TORONTO, ON--(Marketwired - Sep 12, 2017) - Achievers, an industry leading provider of employee recognition and engagement solutions, announced the winners of the Elite 8 at last night's Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards Gala.

The Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ Awards celebrate the top 50 employers in North America that make engagement, alignment and recognition central to the employee experience. The Elite 8 recognizes the best of the best -- eight companies that received the highest scores for each of the Eight Elements of Employee Engagement™.

The 2017 Elite 8 winners are:

• Alliance Data for Leadership
• Electronic Arts for Communication
• ARI for Culture
• ATB Financial for Rewards & Recognition
• ArcelorMittal Dofasco for Professional & Personal Growth
• Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited for Accountability & Performance
• Reynolds American, Inc. for Vision & Values
• Total Quality Logistics for Corporate Social Responsibility
  
  

"Top employers display leadership and innovation in engaging their workplaces," said Achievers General Manager, Greg Brown. "The companies of the Elite 8 recognize the positive business impact of a respected employer brand and have the results to show for it. We congratulate these eight companies as well as all of our winners for positively shaping their corporate culture, investing in the development of their teams, and recognizing employee accomplishments as they're setting the standard for what employee engagement should be."

The Elite 8 and 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™ award winners were officially recognized during the annual awards gala on Monday, September 11 at the historic New Orleans Saenger Theatre. The gala precedes the 8^th Annual Achievers Customer Experience (ACE) conference taking place September 12 to 13 at the Royal Sonesta in New Orleans.

For more information about Achievers 50 Most Engaged Workplaces™, visit http://www.achievers.com/engaged, or follow the conversation on Twitter at @Achievers or #Achievers50.

About Achievers
The Achievers Employee Recognition and Rewards solution provides companies with a robust foundation for their employee engagement initiatives by enabling both social and rewards-based recognition. Designed for today's workplace, Achievers' innovative cloud-based platform can increase employee engagement and drive business success. It empowers employees to recognize and reward each other in real time and aligns employees with company values and goals. Delivering millions of recognitions annually, the Achievers platform inspires employee loyalty, engagement and performance. Visit us at www.achievers.com. Achievers is a subsidiary of Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., and is headquartered in Toronto and San Francisco.

About Blackhawk Network
Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAWK) is a global financial technology company and a leader in connecting brands and people through branded value solutions. Blackhawk platforms and solutions enable the management of stored value products, promotions and incentive programs in retail, ecommerce, financial services and mobile wallets. Blackhawk's Hawk Commerce division offers technology solutions to businesses and direct to consumers. The Hawk Incentives division offers enterprise, SMB and reseller partners an array of platforms and branded value products to incent and reward consumers, employees and sales channels. Headquartered in Pleasanton, Calif., Blackhawk operates in 26 countries. For more information, please visit blackhawknetwork.com, hawkcommerce.com, hawkincentives.com or our product websites giftcards.com, giftcardmall.com, cardpool.com, giftcardlab.com and omnicard.com.