
Ten Companies That Take Great Care Of Their People
These standout private companies are committed to employee benefits, cultures that support work-life balance, and career advancement through training. They won a competition sponsored by The Principal Financial Group and The Build Network.
Company | Industry | Employees | Notable |
---|---|---|---|
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Durham, NC |
Nonprofit | 660 | A health and wellness program that includes biometric screening and cooking classes |
Aurora Electric Jamaica, NY |
Contracting | Varies | Pays tuition for nearly any degree program |
Capital District Physicians' Health Plan Albany, NY |
Health insurer | 700 | Offers monthly one-on-one financial planning workshops |
CORE Engineering and Construction Winter Park, FL |
Construction | 28 | Since 2004, only two employees have left voluntarily |
Diamond Pet Foods Meta, MO |
Manufacturing | 523 | Offers free annual wellness exams; a registered dietitian helps employees create nutrition plans |
Groupware Technology Campbell, CA |
IT services | 80 | Offers free gym memberships to employees and family members |
Integrated Project Management Burr Ridge, IL |
Risk mitigation | 115 | Provides mentoring and a $10,000 tuition-reimbursement program |
Medicus Solutions Alpharetta, GA |
IT services | 10 | Offers resources to help workers with parenting, elder care, and work-life balance issues |
Nyhart Indianapolis |
Consulting | 100 | Uses its actuarial expertise to help employees set and achieve retirement-savings targets |
The Starr Conspiracy Fort Worth |
Marketing | 32 | Offers unlimited vacation time |
how the winners were chosen: More than 240 applicants were judged on a weighted scale that encompassed health care (35 percent), retirement (25 percent), insurance (15 percent), and company culture (25 percent). To qualify, applicants were required to have been in business for at least five years, employ from five to 1,000 people, and be based in the U.S. Winners were chosen by a panel of judges consisting of Paul Spiegelman, founder of BerylHealth and chief culture officer of Stericycle; Dallas Salisbury, president and CEO of the Employee Benefits Research Institute; Lisa Kottler, senior vice president of NFP Retirement Services; Kevin Lynch, executive-in-residence at Benedictine University; and George Gendron, the former editor in chief of Inc.
Nov 19, 2013