Duke Realty: Best Large Company, No. 1

What do you like best about your company?

Amy Keller, Lilly Rockwell and Mike Vogel | 7/25/2013

Ed Mitchell, Senior vice president for south Florida operations
Weston - Real estate

“The people who work here are really treated like they are extremely important to the success of the company. That comes from the CEO directly and the way he does things. For instance, in the summertime we get first Fridays. On the first Fridays of each month we close the offices at 3 p.m. They are always thinking of ‘How they can make it even nicer for the employees?’

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