Our People Come First
We’re More Than A Company
At National Beef®, we strive to treat our more than 9,800 employees like family. We pride ourselves on offering employee-centric policies and benefits that prioritize their health, safety, and professional development, making National Beef not only a great place to work, but a great place to build a career and thrive.
Keeping Employees Safe
We promote safety awareness with the Safety Training Observation Program (STOP®). Managers and supervisors are trained to observe and reinforce safe work practices, addressing and correcting any unsafe behavior. Our employees participate in safety training on an annual basis, and visitors watch safety protocol videos prior to entering our facilities to keep our workplaces safe for all.
National Beef facilities have an on-site COVID-19 task force to advise on the processes and protocols that help keep our workers safe. We continue to strengthen and adapt our safety protocols based on local, state and federal public health guidelines.
Creating a Best-in-Class Workforce
National Beef conducts nearly 500,000 hours of trainings each year for employee development. Trainings include new employee orientation, annual retraining, job-specific trainings, and leadership development.
National Beef also offers an internship program to inspire and prepare the next generation with valuable real-world experience. Internships are available across many areas of our business, including operations, sales, technical services and procurement.
Listening and Learning
At National Beef, opinions count. Our Share & Grow Together program gives employees a safe space to voice them. We are proud of our 91% employee participation rate, and our employees appreciate being heard. Their feedback has led to improvements in communication, cafeterias, break areas, parking lots and the development of recognition programs, new benefits and improved work-life balance. It has also led to the creation of our Leadership Development Series, an initiative that empowers our leaders to motivate, inspire and develop people.
Valuing Our People
National Beef strives to be the desired workplace in our communities. We provide a comprehensive benefits package with competitive wages, safe and stable work, tuition reimbursement and opportunities to advance. We celebrate our team members through recognition programs, service anniversaries, appreciation gifts, and incentives to highlight their personal achievements.