2014 Annual Report

People Excellence

In 2014, Whirlpool Corporation introduced our Winning Workplace in every region. This program is how we empower, enable and inspire our people with the best culture, environment and tools to deliver results beyond expectations. Winning Workplace focuses on a collaborative and transparent environment that fosters faster results and a workforce enabled to work the way they live.

A Global Team of

100,000+ Employees

Our vision and work environment are conducive to success, but the minds and hearts of those who make up our organization bring our dynamic products to life.

We have assembled a global team of exceptionally talented people who reflect our diverse consumer base. People have always been our greatest asset and our ultimate differentiator—our X Factor. As we unleash individual and collective talents within our winning culture, employees feel empowered to do their best work. You might even say that our greatest product is our people.

We’ve become industry leaders by attracting, developing and retaining talented people who believe improving lives and making a difference matters.

Through innovative approaches to product development, we’ve engaged our employees in new and impassioned ways, like our SPARK Competition. This employee-based business case challenge is our way of encouraging and rewarding innovation among all of our people while also helping us pursue the best and brightest ideas generated by them. It’s paying off in new consumer solutions.

Our dynamic and engaging culture encourages our employees to continually provide input into how we run the company. Our leadership embraces this input. The result is a best-in-class organization built by people from every level.