The 100 Best Companies to Work For

During this year and the few years that have passed, the economic crisis has put a great deal of pressure on a number of large companies. This crisis eventually led to pay cuts, salary freezes, the pruning of benefits and worst, the laying-off of employees. Because of the situation, many employees feel grateful for being given the chance to continue working and receiving monthly salaries, regardless of whether the company offers them membership benefits to health clubs and the likes.

However, despite the difficult situation that company’s are currently experiencing, there are still a number who continue to give emphasis on the condition of their workforce. These companies believe that investing in their human workforce will ultimately lead to an overall benefit not only to the employees, but to the company as a whole. These are the companies that are best to be employed in. Below are some of these companies that put more value on its employees.

MoneyTree Incorporated
MoneyTree Incorporated has already received the Hall of Fame award for being number one three times when it comes to a being an excellent company to work for. The company’s strategy has always been to maintain constant and effective communication with its employees and this has been first in the company’s list of priorities.

The company’s executives personally involve themselves in the company-employee communication process by visiting every district of its operations. With these visits, the company organizes workshops with the management and meets the employees personally. By doing this, executives are able to reassure employees, despite the economic difficulties that businesses are currently experiencing.

PAML
One company in which its management team literally hangs out with the employees is PAML. Top executives like Dr. Thomas Tiffany (the company’s CEO) leads its staff in participating in activities like the Heart Walk in Spokane. Aside from this, the company also gives emphasis to the health benefits of its employees by providing them with health care premiums. This is the company’s way of encouraging its employees to grow with the company and stay working for them. PAML was given first place in the list of large companies that are best to be working for.

Allyis
Allyis ranked first place in the list of 100 medium-sized companies that are best to be employed in. The company has always believed that employees who feel that they are recognized are also empowered. This leads to them being more productive than those who do not feel that they are recognized. Allyis strength when it comes to employee relations is its internal communication system. The company’s founders always made it a point to not put less priority on employee engagement and recognition. The company uses a strong intranet site, complete with blogs, discussion boards and team sites to facilitate communication between departments. With this system, Allyis also promotes transparency. Thus, employees of the company are informed of monthly financials and they can also direct their queries to the management without any amount of apprehension through the site’s anonymous portal.