GXO Receives ‘Employer of the Year’ Award from The Arc Maryland

Team in Aberdeen, Maryland, honored for providing employment opportunities for people with disabilities

GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO), the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider, announced today that it has received the Employer of the Year award from The Arc Maryland. The Arc is the largest statewide advocacy organization dedicated to protecting and advancing the rights of children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). The award, given to Team GXO in Aberdeen, Md., recognizes the group’s exceptional commitment to competitive employment opportunities and creating an inclusive workplace for people with I/DD.

“We’re honored to be named ‘Employer of the Year’ by The Arc Maryland,” said Maryclaire Hammond, Chief Human Resources Officer, GXO. “The group’s inspirational work has benefitted the community immensely, and we’re fortunate to be a part of it. One of GXO’s core values is to ‘Be inclusive,’ and our team does an outstanding job of welcoming these new team members and helping them become full contributors in our operations and proponents of the GXO culture. We’re looking forward to expanding our involvement with this exceptional program to our other sites throughout the rest of the country.” 

GXO hired three employees from The Arc Northern Chesapeake Region program in 2020 and added a fourth this year. All are material handlers, working in carton forming, replenishment and inbound/receiving. Job coaches from The Arc visit the employees twice each month to check on progress and to offer general support.

Each year, The Arc presents individuals and companies with its highly respected Statewide Leadership and Advocacy Awards. The Employer of the Year award in 2022 is GXO’s first from The Arc.

Sobre GXO Logistics

GXO Logistics, Inc. (NYSE: GXO) es el mayor proveedor del mundo dedicado en exclusiva a contratos logísticos y se está beneficiando del rápido crecimiento del e-commerce, la automatización y la externalización. GXO se compromete a ofrecer un entorno de trabajo diverso y de primer nivel para sus cerca de 120.000 empleados en más de 900 centros logísticos, que suman cerca de 18.5 millones de metros cuadrados. La compañía trabaja con las empresas más importantes del mundo para resolver retos logísticos complejos mediante soluciones de cadena de suministro tecnológicamente avanzadas a escala y con rapidez. La sede social de GXO se encuentra en Greenwich, Connecticut (EEUU). GXO.com para más información y conecta con GXO en LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram y YouTube.