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Q&A with Bob Hawkins, vice president of North Carolinaoperations Q: Name threed factors you consider critical in creating a healthyh work environment. Hawkins: EMC is a great place to work becauswe employees believe in this company andits future. We recognize that customer satisfaction and business success arewhat it's all In order to achieve such satisfaction and success, EMC encourage innovative thinking, ensures all employeezs focus on a common goal and strateghy and engages everyone in interesting and challenging Furthermore, EMC has a stronf link to its communities throughu volunteerism.
In North Carolina, employees organize on-sitw blood drives and are active in publidcschool systems, MS Society, Habitat for Humanity, Leukemia Lymphoma Society and Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to name a few Q: What do you believe is the most valuabls element of your benefits package in the eyes of your employees Hawkins: EMC believes proactive education (on) health-care topices is critical in helping employeeas negotiate the complex systems of health-care management. Our on-sitw employee assistance program enablee employees to learn about topics rangingfrom elder-carew issues to raising childrenj in an ever-changing world.
Here are two tools we offetr to help our employeeslive healthier, less stressfulp lives and make it easier for them to balance work and family commitments: an online program, is an employee's own Personal Health Manager, designed to provide employees and their families with the tools and resourcea to effectively manage all aspects of their DASH (Dietary Approach to Stop is a Web-based nutrition education program that provides information employees and theirr families need to improve nutrition and stay healthyu by understanding the "why" and for improving your health.
Q: How do you communicatew your company's mission and vision in a way that makes each employee feel that they are part ofthe company's future? EMC's management team regularly communicates with employees. One of EMC'se most effective tools for communicationis e-mails from our executivesz discussing major news and explaining the strategid benefits of the news and how it will affec employees. Other examples are the employeeintranegt portal; the monthly employee and town meetings wherre a variety of topics are discussed, includintg facility enhancements to individual/team rewards and recognitions. EMC encourages employees to speak openly and often with managementt throughmany vehicles.
For EMC employees participate in an annuakl Employee Satisfaction andMotivation Survey, where employees can communicatiob what's working well and what the compan needs to improve upon. Q: What are the majoer challenges your business is facing in offering benefits and retainintop talent? Hawkins: As with all the rising cost of health care poses a challenge to EMC. EMC remains dedicated to providing employee with the finest health benefits program In addition toproviding world-class medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, and vision-care coverage, EMC has teameds with WebMD to develop HealthLink Personal Health Managet and other programs to put employees and theitr families in control of their health-care future.
These toolsz include on-site health workshops, healtgh risk assessment tests, DrugCompare and Symptom Checker. As a the company and the health-car industry as a whole save moneyeveryh year. Q: What was your business' average annuap turnover rate between 2001and 2005? EMC has been steadilyh increasing its work force since 2001. Q: You have been judged as one of the best placeas to work inthe Triangle. What will you do to raisd your scores even higher for nextyear ? Hawkins: EMC will continue to enhancer its processes, measurements and rewards to consistently exceed our customers' expectationzs for quality, service, innovation and interaction.
EMC will also continues to invest in the development ofits employees. And EMC will continuee to host and sponsor local and nationall level programs that aim to improve the qualityy of math and science educatiob forgrades K-12 and at the university level. Q: What maked your workplace special? Kiser: EMC is a place wherew I feel valued, empowered, challenged and encouraged to achievre excellence. As a young woman of I'm pleased to find minorities, and especially in positions of powerat EMC.
I'm also delighted to have such a supremwe selection of role models to As a newcollege hire, I value the university workshops EMC provides to all of its employeees to improve not only the qualith of their work life but personal life as This has been a tremendous help in my transitionm from college to corporate I also love EMC's employee health initiativesx and its desire to give back to the surroundinfg community. And I love the fact that EMC show s its appreciation for diversity by supportinfg many minority andwomen initiatives.