Chobani, a food company known for caring for its employees, recently increased its minimum starting wage to $20, is partnering for childcare and eldercare programs and will increase the amount it matches for employee 401(k) contributions.
Starting pay for full-time manufacturing and corporate hourly workers will be $20 per hour. “This follows the company's multiple minimum wage increases over the last three years, from a starting wage of $13 per hour in 2020,” the company wrote.
Chobani also is working with WeeCare, a childcare network, to offer all full-time U.S. employees — manufacturing, corporate and remote — backup care credits and an annual cash stipend to use for childcare and eldercare programs.
“The moves to increase our competitive wages and provide access to affordable and flexible care options were made to address key priorities we know are top of mind for our team and so many others in the workplace today," said Shari Eaton, chief people officer.
It would be difficult to list all the people-positive things the Greek yogurt company has done since its 2007 founding, but they include giving a chunk of ownership to employees, starting a program for all food & beverage processors to hire refugees and paying off a debt of Twin Falls, Idaho, schools, the town in which Chobani built a huge yogurt factory.
