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Who We Are
Good Jobs Institute is a start-up social enterprise founded in early 2017, following the success of MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton’s book The Good Job Strategy. Our mission is to help companies thrive by creating good jobs and redefine what it means to run a successful business.
What We Do
Millions of people in the U.S. are stuck in bad jobs with poverty-level wages, unpredictable schedules, and few opportunities for growth, meaning, or dignity. By making better operational choices and investing in their employees, companies can create good jobs that enable them to outperform competitors. The Good Jobs Institute helps companies make this change. Most of our time is spent working directly with companies in low-wage service industries seeking to improve financial and operational performance and the quality of the jobs that they offer. Our company partners range from mid-sized regional players to major national retail chains. As we work with new partners, we are continuously refining our methodology and using learnings to develop tools and resources that any company can use to become a good jobs company.
How We Work. We’re a supportive, collaborative, flexible start-up team with a unique and evolving approach.
- We learn the day-to-day reality of partners’ operations by spending time with frontline employees
- We work hand-in-hand with partners – not for or around them – as they plan and execute good jobs journeys
- We are humble, and always learning from company partners and the business and thought leaders we work with
- We have fun: we’ve set ourselves an ambitious, critical task – to help create 10 million better jobs by 2027 – and we love every day of pursuing it