Volkswagen Group Ireland is delighted to announce that they have been officially recognised as one of Ireland's Best Workplaces 2014.

This prestigious accolade was presented at the Great Place to Work Awards in the Double Tree by Hilton Hotel, Dublin on Wednesday 26th February. The event was attended by An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D., who congratulated all of this year's organisations on their commitment to creating great workplaces.

Commenting on this accolade, Tom Fleming, Human Resources Director of Volkswagen Group Ireland said "We are proud and delighted to once again be recognised among Ireland's Best Workplaces. We have talented and committed people and our aim is to provide an environment where they can do their best work, receive regular feedback, be recognised and rewarded, and be offered personal and career progression. We will celebrate this achievement, but we will also continue to look for ways to create an even better workplace because we believe there is a clear correlation with sustainable business success. In 2013 Volkswagen was once again Ireland's No.1 car brand ; Audi was the No.1 premium brand ; Skoda achieved record market share ; Seat was Ireland's fastest growing car brand ; Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles were No.1 in vans. The combination of the best people, the best brands, the best vehicles, and the best dealer network is the reason for our success."

CEO of Great Place to Work Ireland John Ryan, said that this year's listed workplaces have proven the clear link between high trust and high performance, and are ahead of the rest because they don't deliver mere platitudes about the importance of their employees to their business; rather, they create a rich culture supported by people practices that ensure higher levels of collaboration, greater input into strategy development and vision shaping, and distributed decision making throughout their population - making sure that the people with the most relevant knowledge are tasked with making those decisions.