Verizon has earned the No. 8 ranking in the LATINA Style 50, LATINA Style magazine's annual list of the best companies for Latinas to work for in the
Women and people of color make up nearly 60 percent of Verizon's workforce and 46 percent of Verizon's Board of Directors.
"Globally, women are continuing to break through the traditional gender barriers in business," said Magda Yrizarry, Verizon's chief talent and diversity officer. "In today's global and competitive environment, an inclusive corporate culture that maximizes the talents and ideas of women is essential to providing the innovative products and services our customers want. We're honored to once again have our commitment to diversity and inclusion recognized by LATINA Style magazine."
To compile the list of best companies, LATINA Style surveyed more than 800 companies and evaluated them based on: number of
Earlier this year, Verizon was named to Working Mother magazine's list of Best Companies for Multicultural Women, for the sixth consecutive year.
Also this year, the National Association of Female Executives named Verizon to the association's list of NAFE Top 50 Companies for Executive Women, which spotlights corporations with practices and employment records that benefit women and encourage their advancement to top management positions. And Verizon's commitment to employing active and retired members of the
In 2010, Verizon invested $321 million in training and development, which helped earn the company the No. 3 spot on Training Magazine's Training Top 125 list of best employee training programs.
