Top Employer: Great Little Box Company Ltd.

Recognized as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):

Here are some of the reasons why Great Little Box Company Ltd. was selected as one of BC's Top Employers (2025):

GLBC helps employees keep fit with a fully equipped on-site fitness centre offering instructor-led fitness classes, seasonal outdoor yoga, and personal trainer services with comprehensive fitness assessments
GLBC provides cash incentives for employee ideas for improvement (highest amount is $2,000) as well as Fivers ($5) given to employees for catching mistakes or offering better ideas for manufacturing
GLBC manages a unique Dream Outside the Box Program, granting three employees $5,000 each, as well as a paid week off to fulfill lifelong dreams -- dreams are submitted anonymously, with two submissions chosen by vote and one drawn randomly

GLBC employees (from left to right) Cindy, Najia, and Jim brainstorm together (Photo credit: Alina Ilyasova)

Industry	Corrugated and solid fibre box manufacturing
Established in Canada	1982
Major Canadian locations	Abbotsford BC, Richmond BC, Victoria BC, Kelowna BC
Full-time employees in Canada	494
Part-time employees in Canada	6
Average age of employees in Canada	46 years
Longest serving employee	41 years
Flexible work options	hybrid work option, flexible work hours, compressed work week, shortened work week (fewer hours with less pay), telecommuting
Long-term savings	matching RSP
Health plan premium	as part of the health plan, the employer pays up to 75% of the premiums
Health spending account	up to $300 each year
Mental health practitioner benefit	up to $600 each year
Maternity top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 6 weeks
Parental top-up (mothers)	up to 75% of salary for 2 weeks
Parental top-up (fathers)	up to 75% of salary for 2 weeks
Adoption top-up	up to 75% of salary for 2 weeks
Vacation allowance	new employees receive 3 weeks of paid vacation after their first year on the job
Employee performance reviews	employees receive individual performance reviews every 12 months
In-house training initiatives	in-house training, online training, mentoring, leadership development programs, paid internships
Related tuition subsidies	employer covers up to 100% of tuition per year
Annual tuition maximum	employer pays up to $2,000 in tuition subsidies for job-related courses per year
Employee charitable involvement	employees are involved in selection of charities, employees receive paid time off to volunteer, (up to 1 paid day)