Record crowd celebrates Best Places To Work in region

PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS held its 11th Best Places To Work celebration Thursday night at the Crowne Plaza Garden Pavilion in Warwick.
PROVIDENCE BUSINESS NEWS held its 11th Best Places To Work celebration Thursday night at the Crowne Plaza Garden Pavilion in Warwick.

WARWICK – A decade ago, when Providence Business News held its first Best Places To Work, a small, satisfied bunch attended a sedate congratulatory lunch in Providence Place mall. Thursday night at the Crowne Plaza Garden Pavilion 710 employers and their staffs from 60 companies took part in a celebration of the workplaces with the most engaged workers.

The competition recognizes companies in the region of all sizes for having progressive human resources policies as well as satisfied employees. PBN presents the results of the program, which is conducted by Best Companies Group, a national research firm that sets a benchmark for HR policies and then conducts anonymous surveys of companies that commit to the program to see if the companies live up to the standards they set.
This year 60 companies were recognized as winners in four size categories based on the number of employees they have in the region. The winners in the four groupings were:

  • Enterprise-level employers (500 or more employees) – Amgen Inc.
  • Large employers (150-499 employees) – Navigant Credit Union
  • Mid-size employers (50-149 employees) –CBIZ Tofias
  • Small employers (15-49 employees) – Robinson & Cole

In addition to revealing the rankings of the 60 winners at the event, PBN awarded four on-site massage sessions donated by Massage Envy based on the amount of spirit the companies showed when their names were introduced during a video played during the event. Banneker Industries Inc., Dryvit Systems Inc., Greenwood Credit Union and Ocean State Behavioral won the sessions.
The special section that includes profiles of all the companies honored will be available in the current edition of PBN.
Presenting sponsor for the 2015 Best Places To Work program was UnitedHealthcare, while partner sponsors were Cox Business, JobsinRI.com, Pawtucket Credit Union and USI Insurance Services.

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