INTUITIVE Named National Great Place to Work Best Workplace for Fourth Year in a Row

Huntsville, AL – September 2013

Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE) ranked #2 on The 10th Annual Great Place to Work® Rankings: 2013 Best Small & Medium Workplaces presented by FORTUNE Magazine. This incredible milestone marks the fourth year in a row INTUITIVE has ranked as a national top ten Great Place to Work.  Divided into two categories, Small (50-250 employees) and Medium (251-999 employees), the list has recognized companies with exceptional workplace cultures for the past ten years.  INTUITIVE ranked second in the Medium Workplaces category.

Competing against hundreds of companies across the country, INTUITIVE participated in a rigorous selection process, which included an employee survey and an in-depth questionnaire about benefits programs and company practices. Great Place to Work® evaluates each application using its unique methodology based on five dimensions: credibility, respect, fairness, pride and camaraderie.

Rey Almodóvar, Co-Founder and CEO of INTUITIVE states, “It’s a true testimony to our Company culture and employees that we have been honored as a Great Place to Work in the Nation four years in a row, all four years in the top ten.  Moreover, it is a reflection of our community which fosters entrepreneurship and has been nationally recognized as a best place to live and work. Huntsville/Madison County has been an amazing place to start, grow and succeed in business. From our local, State and National leadership to our Chamber of Commerce and citizens, we are bonded together to make our community an amazing place to call home.”

INTUITIVE has set itself apart as a great work place by intensely focusing on employee needs ranging from corporate benefits to personal recognition.  New employees are quickly inspired by stories of how the company has supported professional and personal growth through education and training, as well as enabling a healthy and balanced lifestyle.  By recruiting the best and brightest, and encouraging seasoned employees towards excellence, the company is a strong team that works as a cohesive system, providing support to customers and to each other.

“The companies appearing on our Best Small & Medium Workplaces list help us achieve our mission by presenting others with an example to emulate. These companies demonstrate that being an excellent employer leads to business success,” said Robert Levering, CEO and Co-founder of Great Place to Work®. “While these companies may be relatively small in headcount, many of them provide services to some of the country’s largest and most notable organizations, suggesting that success has not so much to do with size as with the quality of service and experience a company provides. A great workplace, full of great employees, is better equipped to achieve that success.”

To see the 2013 Great Place to Work Best Small & Medium Workplaces list and to learn more about how to build a high-trust workplace culture, visit www.greatplacetowork.com or to learn more about INTUITIVE, visit www.irtc-hq.com.

ABOUT Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation:
Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE®) was co-founded by A.R. “Rey” Almodóvar and Harold R. Brewer in June 1999 with the vision of building a performance driven engineering services and support organization based on extensive experience and team collaboration.  The company was built on a foundation of ethical principles and values that still radiate throughout the company today.  As a leading aerospace engineering and analysis firm, INTUITIVE provides sound technical solutions and program management assisting customers throughout all phases of a product’s life cycle.

ABOUT GREAT PLACE TO WORK®:
Great Place to Work® is a global consulting and management training firm specializing in workplace excellence and development of high-trust organizational cultures. Its proprietary research tool, the Trust Index© Employee Survey is taken by over 10 million employees in 45 countries annually. Leading companies worldwide apply its Model® to increase the levels of trust across their organizations and drive business results. Annually, Great Place to Work® produces the annual FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® list and the Great Place to Work® Best Small and Medium Workplaces list.  Follow Great Place to Work® online at www.greatplacetowork.com and on Twitter at @GPTW_US.

For More Information:
Tonya Maurice
(256) 922-9300
https://irtc-hq.com

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