CHICAGO, July 29, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Echo Global
Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO), a leading provider of
technology-enabled transportation management services, announced
today that the company has been named one of Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to Work
For®. This is the eighth year Echo has earned this honor from the
National Association for Business Resources (NABR). Every year,
companies throughout the greater Chicago region compete to be named one of the
top workplaces in the city, and only a few receive this honor.
"We're proud to be recognized as one of Chicago's Best and Brightest Companies to Work
For once again," said Doug Waggoner,
Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer at
Echo. "We invest in our people by providing them with ongoing
training and career development and by giving them the tools and
technology they need to succeed. These are just some of the many
ways we distinguish our company as an employer of choice."
As a Fortune 1000 company, Echo has a positive and productive
corporate culture and offers employees robust benefits, development
opportunities, mentorship programs, volunteer time off,
team-building events, recreational clubs, and more. In addition,
Echo has a strong commitment to advancing Diversity & Inclusion
and aims to create an environment that values, supports, and
amplifies the diverse voices of its employees. One way Echo
accomplishes this is by encouraging team members to join its
employee resource groups that focus on diversity of gender,
culture, race, sexual orientation, and life experience.
"Echo creates an environment where the best and brightest thrive
by learning new skills and working with world-class technology,"
said Paula Frey, Chief Human
Resources Officer at Echo. "Our leadership team understands that
people are our most valuable asset, and that's why employees from
across Chicagoland join Echo and stay with us long term to build
great careers."
"The Best and Brightest is a powerful community of elite leaders
who share ideas and practices, and have proven they are employers
of choice," said Jennifer Kluge,
President and CEO at Best and Brightest Programs. "Best and
Brightest winning companies have also been a voice for important
actions in creating a sustainable culture that works, ensuring the
wellbeing of their employees come first."
With over 20 years of experience conducting the Best and
Brightest competitions, NABR has identified numerous best HR
practices and provided benchmarking for companies that continue to
be leaders in employment standards. For more information, visit
www.thebestandbrightest.com.
About Echo Global Logistics
Echo Global Logistics,
Inc. (NASDAQ: ECHO) is a leading Fortune 1000 provider of
technology-enabled transportation and supply chain management
services. Headquartered in Chicago
with more than 30 offices around the country, Echo offers freight
brokerage and Managed Transportation solutions for all major modes,
including truckload, partial truckload, LTL, intermodal, and
expedited. Echo maintains a proprietary, web-based technology
platform that compiles and analyzes data from its network of over
50,000 transportation providers to serve 35,000 clients across a
wide range of industries and simplify the critical tasks involved
in transportation management. For more information on Echo Global
Logistics, visit: www.echo.com.
ECHO: Corporate
CONTACT INFORMATION
Investor Relations:
Zach Jecklin
SVP of Strategy
Echo Global Logistics
312-784-2046
Media Relations:
Christopher Clemmensen
SVP of Marketing
Echo Global Logistics
312-784-2132
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