Positive Vision
We are helping power it. Power and electrification are essential to develop nations and ensure a green and modern future. Across the IDEAL family of brands our employees take part in powering buildings, supporting data centers that deliver loved social media experiences, and ensuring forklifts can move throughout warehouses aiding in our next e-commerce order. Our employees work in creating products that are necessary, valuable, and contribute to growing industries.
Alignment of Values
IDEAL was founded on a desire to create ideal relationships with our employees. Our values are a product of the culture and employees that live them. At IDEAL, we strive to live our values:
- Act with Integrity
- Excellence Starts with Accountability
- Treat Everyone with Kindness and Respect
- Creating Value Drives Growth & Sustainability
There are multiple generations in the workforce today and we embrace the challenge of evolving our values and culture to ensure they remain elements that our employees believe in and are proud to be a part of.
CEO Strengths
Being the face of the company and demonstrating our values in all interactions, and with every communication. This includes: Acting with integrity. Demonstrating accountability. Treating everyone with kindness and respect. Creating value that drives growth and sustainability. Our CEO has created a culture of continuous learning and improvement with high ethical standards and value-based decision making.
Company Respect
Fostering an environment of open communication where employees feel comfortable expressing their thoughts, concerns, and ideas to bring different perspectives to our culture and the work that we do. At IDEAL, we believe that inclusion is paramount and we provide opportunities for our employees to feel this sense of belonging through multi-functional team meetings, brainstorming sessions, and product development initiatives. By focusing on inclusion, we can ensure our employees' ideas can continuously improve the company culture and the product innovations we bring to the market.
Loved Culture
Our flat management structure sets the scene for heightened collaboration within our teams. It's not about having a focused single role within the business but a shared knowledge working together to drive our strategy. As a team, we have a shared vision that we talk about everyday ensuring consistency throughout our business. We actively support each other, by lending a hand, having trust, and creating a safe working environment to share our ideas as well as celebrating our successes. Our collaboration focus is not just internal, we were founded on creating ideal relationships with our customers. By collaborating with customers, we ensure strong partnerships and shared success.
Benefits
- Wellness screenings for employees and spouses
- Hybrid work arrangements for eligible (office / non-plant) roles
- Parental leave supporting all types of family formation (childbirth, adoption, fostering) from day one
- Tuition reimbursement, plus scholarship programs for dependent children
- Comprehensive health and wellness benefits; mental health and employee-assistance resources
- Retirement and financial-planning benefits (a company pension is referenced in employee testimonials)
- Paid volunteer time off (employees receive additional paid volunteer days) and charitable-matching dollars
- The IDEAL Industries Foundation provides flexible opportunities for employees to serve and support the community
- A smaller-company culture "where each person matters," despite IDEAL's global scale
Career Growth & Development
- Career advancement, recognized. IDEAL earned the Most Loved Workplace® for Career Advancement recognition (2025), reflecting real internal-mobility and development commitment.
- Continuous learning. Tuition reimbursement for advanced degrees, professional development, and training programs.
- Flat, collaborative structure. A flat management structure and cross-functional teamwork give employees exposure across the business rather than a single narrow role.
- Century-of-craftsmanship stability. A 110-year, continuously family-owned manufacturer — in the 2024 survey, more than half of surveyed employees reported 5+ years of tenure (164 of 307), an exceptional loyalty signal for the sector.
What Employees Say
"Our customer service is effective, efficient and proactive. As a salesperson it helps me! The benefits at this company are second to none. They offer a pension, affordable healthcare, and fantastic vacation - with an additional 2 volunteer days - paid days for work at a charity of our choice. Our products are world class, we rank 1st in some of our products and second or third in other categories. Most of our products are made in the USA, and we support trade schools for educating the next generation of users of our products. I could not be more thrilled to work here!" — Verified Employee
"We are all striving towards the same goals and helping each other to get there. Everyone is very supportive and understanding. I love the diversity and inclusion within the business." — Verified Employee
"Great People and Products. Commitment to the future and investments that prove it. Opportunities to grow and improve the business." — Verified Employee
"1. My manager and coworkers are great, super collaborative, and always willing to consider new ideas. 2. Many opportunities to partner with other employees outside my immediate team on creative projects. 3. I never do the same thing everyday - the work is truly varied which keeps things fresh." — Verified Employee
"Hybrid work schedule. People. Interesting work." — Verified Employee