The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is among the top 10 workplaces of its size in the U.S., according to a new national ranking.
OMRF also was Oklahoma’s highest-ranked employer in the list announced by Top Workplaces USA. Energage, a Philadelphia-based research and consulting firm, compiled the list.
The 2024 Top Workplaces rankings resulted from an anonymous employee survey on factors such as job satisfaction, management quality, opportunities for growth, and pay and benefits. OMRF ranked 10th among employers with 500 to 999 employees.
Among the 23 Oklahoma employers of all sizes to make the national list, OMRF ranked highest. The foundation also is one of two Oklahoma employers to be make the list in all four years of the Top Workplaces USA rankings.
The Oklahoman newspaper published a related state ranking of top employers in December. OMRF finished first among large Oklahoma employers (350+ employees) and received special recognition for being a workplace that employees believe is headed in the right direction.
Employees cited several reasons they love working at OMRF: a family atmosphere, supportive culture, workforce diversity, emphasis on work-life balance and the belief that each person plays a crucial part in fulfilling OMRF’s mission of helping people live longer, healthier lives.
For the foundation’s longest-tenured scientist, Linda Thompson, Ph.D., the cultural aspects that drew her to OMRF in 1989 are the same ones that have kept her here. She singled out OMRF’s treatment of women, its willingness and ability to provide needed lab equipment and the collegial atmosphere that permeates the campus.
“It’s competitive here, but not cutthroat,” she said. “We celebrate each other’s successes.”
“We strive to make OMRF a place where people feel respected, included and safe to be their professional selves,” said Vice President of Human Resources Courtney Stevens Greenwood. “This confirmation from Top Workplaces USA reinforces what so many of us already know: OMRF provides the opportunity to perform meaningful, life-changing work and have fun doing it.”
