Voya Financial Certified as a "Great Place to Work"

NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Voya Financial announced today that it has been certified by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work® — the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures.

"Being recognized as a Great Place to Work reflects our commitment to our people and our culture," said Chairman and CEO Rodney O. Martin, Jr. "We are proud to receive this honor, and we will continue to focus on creating an engaging and fulfilling employee experience for all of our people as we help Americans plan, invest and protect their savings – to get ready to retire better."

Seventy-nine percent of Voya employees anonymously surveyed by Great Place to Work® said the company offers a great workplace. Voya Financial earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees. Approximately 880 employees completed the Trust Index© survey, which measures the level of trust in their organization and the extent to which employees say it is a great workplace, resulting in a 90-percent confidence level and a margin of error of ± 2.59. Other highlights from the survey results include:

• 92 percent of employees feel good about the ways they contribute to the community;
• 92 percent of employees say they are presented with great challenges often, almost always or sometimes; and
• 94 percent of employees say they have great pride working at Voya often, almost always or sometimes.

Voya joins the ranks of 467 other businesses that are also certified. Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework and expertise needed to create, sustain and recognize outstanding workplace cultures through proprietary assessment tools, advisory services and certification programs, including Best Workplaces lists and workplace reviews.

"We applaud Voya Financial for seeking certification and releasing its employees' feedback," said Kim Peters, vice president of the recognition program at Great Place to Work®. "These ratings measure its capacity to earn its own employees' trust and create a great workplace — critical metrics that anyone considering working for, or doing business with, Voya Financial should take into account as an indicator of high performance."

Voya Financial's full results are available at http://reviews.greatplacetowork.com/voya-financial.

Media Contact:
Jeanne LaCour
Voya Financial
(212) 309-8949
[email protected]

About Voya Financial^®
Voya Financial, Inc. (NYSE: VOYA), helps Americans plan, invest and protect their savings — to get ready to retire better. Serving the financial needs of approximately 13 million individual and institutional customers in the United States, Voya is a Fortune 500 company that had $11 billion in revenue in 2015. The company had $466 billion in total assets under management and administration as of June 30, 2016. With a clear mission to make a secure financial future possible — one person, one family, one institution at a time — Voya's vision is to be America's Retirement Company™. The company is equally committed to conducting business in a way that is socially, environmentally, economically and ethically responsible — Voya has been recognized as one of the 2016 World's Most Ethical Companies^® by the Ethisphere Institute, and as one of the Top Green Companies in the U.S., by Newsweek magazine. For more information, visit voya.com. Follow Voya Financial on Facebook and Twitter @Voya.

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