RECRUITMENT
Hire Calling
Many companies know the principles of effective hiring. It takes discipline to actually implement them.
TRAINING
Teach Your Employees Well
The best companies don't cut back on training when times are tough.
WELLNESS
Waist Not Want Not
Many of Florida Trend's Best Companies understand the link between employees' health and their productivity.
BENEFITS
Benefits of Being Small
The best small companies look for ways to offer good benefits.
GENERATION GAP
Learning Curve
Managing a new generation of workers poses challenges for even the best companies.
WORKPLACES
Touches of Home
At some of the best smaller companies, lunch is on the boss -- and so are the flowers.
Compensation
Pay Priorities
The top dogs are taking a hit to keep the underdogs working.
BEST PRACTICES
Holding on to Good Employees
Among all family-friendly policies, flexibility is the
most important.
The Candidates
To identify Florida’s best employers, Florida Trend partnered with the Best Companies Group, which surveyed the firms that chose to participate. Any firm with at least 15 employees in Florida, including firms based outside the state, could participate at no cost.
The Process
The first part of the survey involved a questionnaire about company policies, practices and demographics. The second part of the survey went to a sample group of each firm’s employees, who responded — anonymously — to 72 statements on a five-point agreement scale.
The Questions
The survey also included two open-ended questions and seven demographic questions. The questions focused on eight themes: Leadership and planning; corporate culture and communications; role satisfaction; work environment; relationship with supervisor; training and development; pay and benefits; and overall engagement.
The Categories
Firms were divided into three groups — large companies of 250 or more employees, midsized companies of 50 to 249 employees, and small companies of fewer than 50 workers. Contract employees were not included in employee surveys and not added to employee counts. |
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The Winners
The first Best Companies To Work For list is made up of companies from all over Florida, large and small, in a wide range of industries.
Find out how they attract and retain good employees, learn about their wellness and benefits programs, and much more.
Top 5 Best Large Companies
1. Inktel Direct
2. Balfour Beatty Constuction
3. Edward Jones
4. Wharton-Smith
5. Fairwinds Credit Union
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Top 5 Best Midsized Companies
1. Seaside National Bank & Trust
2. Shared Technologies
3. North Highland
4. AppRiver
5. Harrell and Harrell
» View the full list |
Top 5 Best Small Companies
1. IT Authorities
2. Davidson Realty
3. True Partners Consulting
4. Notary Public Underwriters
5. Alltrust Insurance
» View the full list |
TOP-PERFORMING COMPANIES
Companies were evaluated in eight categories. Here are the companies that ranked highest in three of the categories. [Full List]
Leadership and Planning
Inktel Direct
IT Authorities
rbb Public Relations
Shared Technologies
Davidson Realty
Work Environment
Alltrust Insurance
Benefit Advisors
Harrell and Harrell
Hire Methods
Infinity Business Systems
IT Authorities
Pender Newkirk
SkillStorm
Davidson Realty
True Partners Consulting
Pay and Benefits
IT Authorities
Inktel Direct
North Highland
True Partners Consulting
Shared Technologies
» View all categories and leaders |
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