Journey Capital is a Certified™ Great Place To Work®

[Montreal, June 3, 2024] — Journey Capital is thrilled to be recognized as a Certified™ Great Place To Work® for 2024-2025. This illustrious award comes straight from our employees, with 97% saying Journey Capital is a fantastic place to work.

Great Place To Work® is a global authority on workplace culture, employee happiness, and leadership that drives success, retention, and innovation.

“This Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” says Sarah Lewis-Kulin, the Vice President of Global Recognition at Great Place To Work. She emphasizes that Certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. 

This past year, Journey Capital strengthened their foundation with key improvements, investments, and developments across the organization. Here are some highlights:

• We rebranded from OnDeck Canada to Journey Capital, incorporating employee feedback to align with the organization’s mission, vision, and core values.
  
• We enhanced our Flex work policy, allowing employees to work where they feel most comfortable and adding a ‘work from anywhere’ option for up to two months abroad. We also introduced a monthly anchor day for intentional and purposeful in-office collaboration.
  
• We introduced a personalized flexible benefits program in collaboration with Tedy, offering every employee a $250 quarterly allocation to spend on benefits that matter most to them—whether it’s wellness, travel, pet care, paramedical, or personal care. This program underscores our commitment to providing relevant and valued benefits that align with Journey Capital’s culture and our promise to support our employees’ diverse needs.
  
• We launched a 12-month leadership development program, focused on enhancing our leaders’ awareness, support, and management skills, reaffirming our commitment to investing in our most valuable resource—our people.
  
• We invested in upgrading Salesforce, one of the primary tools used daily by many of our employees, to enhance their experience, boost internal efficiencies, and improve our processes.
  
• Continued investment in our employees, allocating $1,500 per employee for development along with complimentary 1:1 French tutoring sessions, ensuring they unlock their full potential and embrace new skills in an engaging way.
  
• To ensure every employee’s journey begins on the right foot, we crafted Journey Capital 101—a dynamic 11-module Learning & Development program designed exclusively for our new hires, setting the stage for success from day one.

“We’re immensely proud to be Great Place To Work-Certified™. This certification is a testament to our unwavering commitment to creating a workplace where our employees feel valued, supported, and empowered every single day. Ensuring the happiness and well-being of our team is not just a priority, but a cornerstone of our mission and culture,” says Natalie Bowmer, VP of People & Culture.

“Our success is a direct reflection of the incredible dedication, passion, and hard work of our amazing team. Each member of Journey Capital brings unique talents and perspectives that drive our innovation and growth. We are deeply grateful for their contributions and remain committed to fostering an environment where they can thrive and achieve their full potential,” Bowmer continues.

Great Place To Work research shows that job seekers are 4.5 times more likely to find a great boss at a Certified workplace. Plus, employees at these workplaces are 93% more likely to enjoy coming to work and twice as likely to feel they’re paid fairly and have a fair shot at promotions.

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Build your career in a flexible workplace where everyone works together to help small businesses and entrepreneurs succeed. Visit our careers page at: www.journeycapital.ca/careers

About Journey Capital

Journey Capital is the national leader in reliable, transparent, and fast online lending solutions for Canadian small businesses, offering the widest range of financing products including Business Term Loan, Business Line of Credit, and Flex Fund advance. Founded in 2009, Journey Capital (formerly OnDeck Canada) is a people-first online lender and has pioneered the use of data analytics and financial technology to make smarter real-time lending decisions and deliver funding to more Canadian small businesses in as fast and efficient way. For more information, visit www.journeycapital.ca.

About Great Place to Work Certification™

Great Place To Work® Certification™ is the most definitive “employer-of-choice” recognition that companies aspire to achieve. It is the only recognition based entirely on what employees report about their workplace experience – specifically, how consistently they experience a high-trust workplace. Great Place to Work Certification is recognized worldwide by employees and employers alike and is the global benchmark for identifying and recognizing outstanding employee experience. Every year, more than 10,000 companies across 60 countries apply to get Great Place To Work-Certified.

About Great Place To Work®

As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work® brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model helps companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified™ or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List. 

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