September 19, 2006

JUST ANNOUNCED!

Sex Toy Retailer Babeland Wins Best Places to Work Award

Seattle, WA -- Babeland, the premier bi-coastal, women-friendly sex toy shop has won a “Best Places to Work” award from Seattle Metropolitan Magazine, joining other landmark Seattle businesses like Microsoft, REI, and Sub Pop Records.

Winning companies were nominated by employees through an online survey.  Seattle Metropolitan Magazine followed up on nominations by investigating the nominees’ benefits and perks. Babeland won out with low employee turnover, an accepting, gay-friendly workplace, and medical, dental, and vision benefits for employees who work 20 hours per week.

The award also cites Babeland’s fun, welcoming, and politically-active atmosphere: “Bright, sun-drenched, and immaculately maintained, Babeland manages to blur the line between an inclusive, socially conscious for-profit and a whimsically sinful toy shop.”

Babeland also excelled in the category of job satisfaction. “We get to improve people's sex lives for a living," said Lamalani Siverts, an employee who has worked at Babeland for more than seven years. "It's more than retail."

Responding to the award, Babeland co-founder Rachel Venning remarked, “I have always believed that Babeland is a great place to work. It’s wonderful to have confirmation that the Babeland staff feel the same way. Babeland’s employees truly are what make this company ‘The Best’.”
Photos by Jimmy Clarke.




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About Babeland:

Babeland is recognized around the world as a friendly place to shop for sex toys, books, and videos. It is the premier bi-coastal, women-friendly sex toy store with a new shop in Los Angeles, two locations in New York City, a flagship store in Seattle, and a website: www.babeland.com. Founded in 1993, Babeland has received numerous honors in its thirteen years of business, including a Zagat Survey Awards for "Top Service" in New York City in 2003 and 2006. It was voted "Best Place to Buy Sex Toys" by The Village Voice, New York Magazine, New York Press, Miami New Times, Seattle's The Stranger, and the Seattle Weekly. Co-Founders Rachel Venning and Claire Cavanah have been hailed as "new generation sex gurus" by Self Magazine.

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