Good Shepherd Community Care Recognized as a Boston Globe Top Place to Work for Third Consecutive Year

Special edition of Globe Magazine honors the best employers in Massachusetts

Newton, MA (December 5, 2024) For the third consecutive year, Good Shepherd Community Care has earned recognition as a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts. Results from the 17th annual employee-based survey from The Boston Globe were published online at Globe.com/TopPlaces on the evening of Wednesday, December 4 and in Globe Magazine on Sunday, December 8.

Top Places to Work recognizes the most admired workplaces in the state, voted on by the people who know them best—their employees. The survey measures employee opinions about their company’s direction, execution, connection, management, work, pay and benefits, and engagement. Employers are categorized by size, based on the number of employees. Good Shepherd Community Care was ranked #27 in the Medium-Sized Companies category. “The best employers pay attention to the many ways work changes – and the many ways it stays the same – and figure out how to keep people engaged and motivated through it all,” said Katie Johnston, the Globe’s Top Places to Work editor.

For over 46 years, Good Shepherd has provided compassionate care and support through a broad and evolving range of hospice, palliative care and bereavement services. An independent, not-for-profit health care organization, Good Shepherd emphasizes people over profits in its mission to deliver the highest quality of care, support and education for those experiencing or anticipating serious illness and loss. “This is an organization full of people who immerse themselves, every day, in the lives of those who are hurting,” shared Good Shepherd President and CEO Tim Boon, “their commitment to our mission, our community, our patients and our families creates a space for healing that would not otherwise exist.” Jennifer Sax, VP of Advancement, reflected, “we are not only an organization that cares for the people who trust us to care for them - but also, deeply, wholeheartedly and compassionately - a community that trusts and cares for one another.”

The rankings in Top Places to Work are based on confidential survey information collected by Energage (formerly WorkplaceDynamics), an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention, from nearly 68,000 employees at 323 Massachusetts organizations. The winners are constantly working to improve their workplaces, from making meetings more manageable in a virtual environment to pairing up new hires with more seasoned “buddies.” Top Places to Work online extras include sortable rankings and features that showcase companies that are investing in their entire, multigenerational workforce. All information is available at globe.com/topplaces. Follow the news on social media using the hashtag #workboston.

About Good Shepherd Community Care

One of the most trusted not-for-profit health care organizations in Greater Boston, Good Shepherd has played a leadership role in its field throughout history in the development of hospice care and later in its expansion to include a broader range of palliative care and grief and bereavement services. It has and continues to develop specialties in serving pediatric patients, diverse multicultural populations, and broadens its community education

efforts through the work of Good Shepherd Institute. Good Shepherd continues to lead in the fields of hospice and palliative care, consistently exceeding national and competitors’ average scores in Hospice Compare and receiving awards for the leadership and innovation of its pioneering multicultural hospice programs. To learn more about or donate to Good Shepherd Community Care, call (617) 969-6130 or visit https://gscommunitycare.org/, like Good Shepherd on Facebook www.facebook.com/GSCommunityCare and follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram and Twitter @GSCommunityCare.

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