Best Places to Work 2024 Awards
LARGE COMPANIES #9. Coastal1 Credit Union
Employees in R.I.: 292
CEO and president: Brian A. Azar
Questions answered by Anne Bernier, senior vice president of human resources
How has your company adapted programs and services in response to challenges such as workforce shortages and staff burnout? Providing career paths, modifying the performance review process, making more training accessible online, automating more processes, providing hybrid work and flexible schedules, focusing on employee well-being, celebrating accomplishments and prioritizing employee engagement.
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What role does diversity, equity and inclusion play in your hiring and promotion decisions? Our branch network enables us to attract talent from across Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts that reflects the diversity of the communities we work and live in.
Do you have a preference for promoting existing staff or hiring from outside and why? Internal mobility is critical for engaging employees. We’re investing in career pathing for internal promotions and building a bench to ensure we have talent internally as employees retire. We’re hiring external talent with broad experience to support the development of internal employees.
