Best Places to Work 2019 | LARGE COMPANIES (150-499 employees):
4. BankNewport
What are your requirements for employees to update and augment their job skills? We offer opportunities to continuously expand job skills through workshops, seminars and management-training programs. Employees can participate in BankNewport’s Educational Assistance Program, which reimburses tuition costs while they continue their education.
How would you describe the culture of your workplace? We celebrate individuality, empower creative problem-solving and invest time to get to know our customers, communities and employees.
What was a new employee benefit(s) or initiative(s) in the past 12 months? In 2019, we are celebrating BankNewport’s 200th anniversary and are providing great opportunities to give back to our community. We also celebrated our employees by gifting them $200. We asked them to consider keeping $100 and pay $100 forward for their own random act of kindness.
Employees in R.I.: 267
President and CEO Sandra J. Pattie
Questions answered by: Carolyn Odell, assistant vice president/HR generalist
