Harrah's Listed in Workplace List

LAS VEGAS – (PRESS RELEASE) -- For the seventh consecutive year, Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: HET) has been selected as one of the best places to work for information technology professionals by IDG's Computerworld.

Harrah's was ranked No. 15 in this year's "Best Places to Work" survey, and continues to be the only gaming company included in the Top 100. Harrah's was also recognized as one of the "Best of the Best," with a fourth-place ranking in the "Best Places for Training" category.

Harrah's has been ranked in the top 20 for seven consecutive years, an accomplishment no other organization has achieved in the history of the "Best Places to Work" survey.

"Being recognized year after year as one of the best places to work as an IT professional truly solidifies Harrah's reputation as an information-technology leader not only in the gaming, hospitality, travel and entertainment industries, but across a broad spectrum of companies and organizations around the world," said Tim Stanley, Harrah's senior vice president and chief information officer. "Excellence in IT is built upon recruiting, training and retaining the most talented information technology workers available, and enabling and encouraging them to align, innovate and execute the kind of 'World-Class IT' capabilities we have been able to deliver along with our business partners. As our consistent performance in this survey demonstrates, Harrah's cultivates an environment that is exciting, challenging and rewarding for IT professionals, which helps them deliver successful outcomes for our customers, our employees and our shareholders."

Computerworld selects the Top 100 work environments for IT professionals through responses to a comprehensive questionnaire that covers such categories as benefits, diversity, career development, training and retention. A total of 20,435 IT professionals responded to the employee survey from the final 100 companies selected.