This year, Harvard Business School’s Managing the Future of Work Project, along with The Burning Glass Institute and the Shultz Family Foundation, launched the first-ever American Opportunity Index.
The index serves as a scorecard for large companies, ranking them on how well they create economic mobility and opportunities for their employees.
For Pittsburgh-based companies, two made the top 50 list.
Wesco International Inc. came in at spot No. 12, with a weighted score of 3.80. According to the index, Wesco (NYSE: WCC) qualifies as providing employees with a career launchpad, career growth and advancement without a degree. Wesco scored the highest out of the 12 companies in the “wholesale and distribution” category.
Also scoring within the top 50 was PPG Industries Inc. at No. 44, with a weighted score of 3.44. The index qualified PPG (NYSE: PPG) as providing its employees with a career launchpad and career growth. It landed at No. 4 in the “materials and chemicals manufacturing” category.
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