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Forcepoint Earns Spot on Built In’s Best Places to Work in Multiple Cities

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  • Emilie McLaughlin

    In early 2022, Forcepoint made the decision to formalize our hybrid working environment and prioritize a more fulfilling and sustainable work-life blend for our people.

    In our most recent Point of View employee engagement survey, we received a 73% engagement score and confirmation that we feel connected and clear about our strategy in the hybrid work environment we’ve adopted. In the same survey, we received an 83% engagement score that indicates our team feels a sense of belonging at Forcepoint. It’s been a year of learning, adapting and exploring the right balance that allows us to stay connected as a team.

    Thank you, Team Forcepoint. Your involvement in Employee Resource Groups, think tanks, holiday celebrations and Hackathons, to name just a few, are ways we are building Forcepoint’s inclusive culture, together.

    Built In's 2023 Best Places to Work

     

    The good news? We’re certainly doing something right.

    We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been recognized by Built In for the culture, benefits and working model we’ve put in place at Forcepoint. What’s resonating about our company inside Forcepoint walls is being celebrated with external awards—and that feels really rewarding!

    Today, Built In announced that Forcepoint was honored in its 2023 Best Places To Work Awards, earning places on each of the following award lists:

     

    The Built In annual awards program includes companies of all sizes, from startups to those in the enterprise, and honors both remote-first employers as well as companies in large tech markets across the U.S. 

    Built In determines the winners of Best Places to Work based on an algorithm, using company data about compensation and benefits. To reflect the benefits candidates are searching for more frequently on Built In, the program also weighs criteria like remote and flexible work opportunities, programs for DEI and other people-first cultural offerings.  

    Here's what Built In's Chief Marketing Officer, Sheridan Orr had to say:

     

    "It’s my honor to congratulate this year’s Best Places to Work winners,”

    “These exemplary companies understand their people are their most valuable asset, and they’ve stepped up to meet the modern professional’s new expectations, including the desire to work for companies that deliver purpose, growth and inclusion."

    "These winners set the stage for a human-centered future of work, and we can’t wait to see that future unfold.”

    While the recognition from Built In feels good for those working within Forcepoint, it’s also a tremendous lever for attracting the right talent into our company. And, as we continue to strategically grow our team to deliver on our transformative roadmap, this is extremely important!

    We’re hyper-focused on hiring the right, diverse-of-thought, innovative and experienced talent to Forcepoint in 2023.

     

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      Emilie McLaughlin

      Emilie McLaughlin is the Chief People Officer at Forcepoint. She is responsible for leading Forcepoint’s overall human resources strategy aligned with business goals, global talent acquisition, diversity and inclusion, organizational design and cultural development, leadership development, compensation and benefits, and HR technology and operations.

      As Chief People Officer, she believes in maintaining a laser-focus on continually improving the employee experience through a number of initiatives. These include increasing the company’s global diversity and inclusion programs, driving pride in both Forcepoint culture and products, and championing talent development that supports the needs and aspirations of the company’s nearly 3,000 employees across the globe.

      Since joining Forcepoint in 2017, McLaughlin has also served as Vice President of HR Centers of Excellence. She was instrumental in successfully scaling programs and teams to increase positive impacts on the employee experience that supported our people both before, and during, the global COVID-19 pandemic.

      Emilie and Forcepoint prioritize work/life blend and believe recharging when we need it helps us maintain balance, focus and productivity. She championed the global implementation of Forcepoint’s Hybrid Working Environment and US Flexible PTO approach – and continually assesses employee engagement results to make data-driven decisions for positive improvements across the organization.

      McLaughlin brings over 20 years of developing smart and strategic solutions in global talent management and development, organizational development, employee experience program management and HR technologies to her role as Chief People Officer. Prior to Forcepoint, she led Global Talent at Alphatec Spine and Employee Experience at Quintiles, now IQVIA.

      Originally from Montana, McLaughlin spent nearly 15 years studying and working in Munich and Berlin, Germany before returning to the U.S. She currently resides with her family near San Diego, California. McLaughlin earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

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