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Kinecta Federal Credit Union Recognized As Great Place To Work

The Manhattan Beach-based company's employees rate their work life at Kinecta highly, citing employee-driven volunteerism as just one plus.

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Kinecta Federal Credit Union is a Great Place to Work-Certified™ (GPW) company for the second year in a row. A GPW certification is attained through anonymous employee feedback and a rigorous, data-driven methodology, which showed that 89% of Kinecta employees consistently have a positive experience working for the company, compared to 59% for a typical U.S.-based company.

“We’re proud to be a Great Place to Work-Certified™ company for the second year in a row,” said Keith Sultemeier, president and CEO of Kinecta. “The designation demonstrates our commitment to consistently creating a positive environment where our employees feel welcomed and valued. They in turn are more productive, drive better business results and create a positive experience for our members and the community.”

In the survey, the Kinecta culture was feted for the following areas of strength:

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  • opportunity to make a difference
  • being treated fairly
  • care and concern for others
  • a fun and welcoming environment.

In addition, Kinecta employees hugely appreciate the company's employee-driven volunteerism, with 95% of Kinecta employees stating they feel good about ways to contribute to the community. In 2019, Team Kinecta volunteered more than 8,800 hours of their time at more than 180 community events and raised more than $650,000 for more than 150 charities, according to a Kinecta Federal Credit Union news release.

Great Place to Work® is a "global authority on workplace culture." Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees around the world and used those deep insights to define what makes a great workplace: trust.

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Their unparalleled benchmark data is used to recognize Great Place to Work-Certified™ companies and the Best Workplaces™ in the U.S. and more than 60 countries, including the 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World’s Best list published annually in Fortune.

Kinecta Federal Credit Union is one of the nation's largest credit unions, with approximately $5 billion in assets, 22 branches, two retail mortgage centers, and 255,000 members nationwide. Kinecta offers its members a full range of financial products through the Credit Union and its subsidiaries, Kinecta Wealth Management and Kinecta Insurance Services. This year it was named a favorite Credit Union in the South Bay by Daily Breeze readers and Easy Reader’s 2020 Best of the Beach best Credit Union in the South Bay. Kinecta has offered the South Bay community banking for 80 years and is headquartered in Manhattan Beach. Kinecta ATMs and branches are available in the Los Angeles area, including MB, Santa Monica, Westchester, onsite at Boeing and Raytheon in El Segundo, Hawthorne, Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, Gardena, Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates, Lakewood, and Orange County.

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