Forbes has named Jollibee Foods Corp. — the parent company of Philippines-based QSR Jollibee and Smashburger — to its list of World's Best Employers. The company also received Gallup's Exceptional Workplace award, according to a news release.

The Forbes award applies to all JFC brands, which aside from Jollibee and Smashburger, include Chowking, Mang Inasal, Greenwich, Red Ribbon, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf and Tim Ho Wan.

Forbes partnered with market research firm, Statista, to survey 160,000 employees from 58 countries, rated their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family. They also rated their satisfaction with their employers' Covid-19 responses and score their employers on image, economic footprint, talent development, gender equality and social responsibility.

Jollibee Foods Corp. is the only Filipino company to have ever been recognized by the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Awards, which goes to 38 organizations with cultures that drive high engagement among their employees.

The Gallup award is the company's highest honor, presented only to organizations that meet rigorous standards of excellence, according to the firm.

"As an award winner, you rank among the most elite organizations around the globe," Gallup executives wrote in a letter to the Jollibee Group.

"We are honored to receive these global awards that reflect the kind of organization and strong culture of Jollibee Foods Corporation," Ernesto Tanmantiong, Jollibee Group President and CEO, said in the news release. "We take pride in having professionals in our teams who are not only excellent in what they do, but also live the values that make the Jollibee Group what it is today. We know that a company is only as strong as the quality of its people, and it is our people who incessantly inspire us to be better."

The Jollibee Group has a dedicated People Agenda in its business strategy, characterized by a people-focused culture, strong talent pipeline and highly engaged teams, it said. The organization is defined by its values of customer focus, speed with excellence, humility to listen and learn, integrity and spirit of family and fun, Tanmantiong said.

In previous years, the Jollibee Group has also received global citations — named as Philippines' most admired company by the Asian Wall Street Journal for 10 years and honored as one of "Asia's Fab 50 Companies" by Forbes Asia Magazine.

Jollibee Group is one of the fastest-growing Asian restaurant companies in the world with with over 5,800 stores globally. It is also a "significant investor" in Titan Dining LP, a private-equity fund and the ultimate holding entity of the Tim Ho Wan brand and has a joint venture with the THW Group to open THW restaurants in Mainland China. It also has a business venture with Chef Rick Bayless for Tortazo, a Mexican fast casual restaurant business in the United States.

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