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Ohio firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and four companies headquartered in Ohio made the list …

Florida firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and three Florida-based companies made the list: Baptist Health South of Florida, JM Family Enterprises and Publix Supermarkets …

2 Minnesota firms make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

04/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and two Minnesota companies made the list. The Mayo Clinic ranked 59th, and General Mills came in 69th …

Quicken among the very best on Fortune’s best companies list

04/01/2008
Quicken Loans of Livonia ranked second in the nation on Fortune magazine’s 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For.” The magazine noted Quicken’s “ethically driven” culture, which allowed it to sail unscathed through the subprime mortgage crisis …

GSK hosts movie mornings for employees’ families

03/01/2008

Once a year, GlaxoSmithKline’s facility in Moon Township, PA, rents a local movie theater and invites employees and their families to watch a film, munch on popcorn and sip sodas—free …

Trucking firm considers family before posting schedules

03/01/2008

At Green Bay, WI-based Schneider National, truck drivers can enter events such as a child’s birthday into the transportation firm’s electronic scheduler so supervisors won’t schedule them to be out of town on the big day. The organization pairs the scheduling tool with other work/life perks …

Seattle firm accepts jobs only if its own employees are available

03/01/2008

When Tim Jenkins and two friends started professional services firm Point B in 1995, they aimed to offer their employees an escape from the 100-hour workweeks and extended business travel that typically accompany high-powered consulting jobs …

Fortune names 9 Chicago employers among best to work for

03/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and nine Chicago employers made the list …

Pennsylvania employers make Fortune’s ‘Best to work for’ list

03/01/2008
Fortune magazine recently published its 2008 list of “100 Best Companies to Work For,” and two Pennsylvania health care providers made the cut …

Where do managers need training? Find out with a survey

03/01/2008
Targeted training of managers is vital to company success. Use a survey to identify where to spend your limited training dollars.