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MARCH 2009: THE 2009 100 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN OREGON

100 BEST CATEGORY WINNERS
BENEFITS AND COMPENSATION WORK ENVIRONMENT DECISION-MAKING AND TRUST PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT CAREER DEVELOPMENT AND LEARNING EMPLOYER BENEFITS SURVEY
LARGE 1. Hitachi Consulting
2. Qualcomm
3. Avista Utilities
1. Hitachi Consulting
2. Qualcomm
3. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
1. Hitachi Consulting
2. Homeshield Building Products
3. GVA Kidder Mathews
1. Hitachi Consulting
2. Evanta
3. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
1. Hitachi Consulting
2. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants
3. Grant Thornton LLP
1. Oregon Electric Group
2. Microsoft
3. Qualcomm, Waggener Edstrom Worldwide (tie)
MEDIUM 1. Reitmeier Mechanical
2. Jordan Schrader Ramis PC
3. Performance Health Technology
1. Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County
2. Sparling
3. Click Commerce
1. Town & Country Dealerships
2. Sparling
3. Slayden Construction Group
1. Sparling
2. Slayden Construction Group
3. Jordan Schrader Ramis PC
1. Slayden Construction Group
2. Sparling
3. Reitmeier Mechanical
1. Slayden Construction Group
2. Vernier Software & Technology
3. AngelVision Technologies, Tonkon Torp LLP (tie)
SMALL 1. QUANGO
2. Rose City Mortgage Specialists
3. Mortgage Trust
1. Rose City Mortgage
Specialists
2. Pittman & Brooks PC
3. Mortgage Trust
1. Rose City Mortgage Specialists
2. Cascade Concrete Solutions
3. McKenzie Commercial
Contractors
1. Rose City Mortgage Specialists
2. United Human Capital
Solutions
3. QUANGO
1. QUANGO
2. Rose City Mortgage Specialists
3. United Human Capital
Solutions
1. Northwest Newborn Specialists PC
2. Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
3. Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson


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100 BEST METHODOLOGY


Employee survey


Company participation in the 100 Best survey is voluntary and free of charge. Participating companies must employ at least 15 Oregon workers at the time of taking the survey. Companies are categorized as small if they have 15-49 employees worldwide; medium if they employ 50-249; and large companies are those with a total of 250 or more. For the 2009 survey nearly 30,000 Oregon workers rated their satisfaction with a record 372 employers in 50 workplace qualities — 10 in each of the following categories:

1. Benefits and compensation:

health coverage, fitness program, retirement plan, salary and bonuses, employee retention.
2. Work environment: scheduling, diversity, family balance, teamwork, fun, technology, charity/community work, policies and procedures.
3. Decision-making and trust: collaboration, trust and openness, cooperation across divisions, organizational pride, ethical standards.
4. Performance management: performance feedback and goals, employee accountability, rewards and incentives.
5. Career development and learning: opportunities, promotions, employee training, educational support, company communications.

Employer benefits survey


Company representatives answered more than 50 questions covering a comprehensive set of benefits including health and wellness plans, time off, family-friendly policies, work scheduling, incentives, retirement plans and corporate culture.

Scoring


The employee survey counts for 5/6 of a participating company’s score. For each company, the average employee rating is calculated in each of the five categories on a scale of 0-100. The benefits survey is also scored on a 100-point scale, accounting for the remaining 1/6 of the overall score, resulting in a total possible score of 600.

How to enter the 100 Best:


1. Eligibility:

Any private or public company, nonprofit or government agency with at least 15 Oregon-based employees is eligible to enter the survey. The company itself may be headquartered outside the state.
2. Survey period: The process for 2010’s list will begin in early August and end in mid-October 2009. There is no charge to participate, and organizations that do not make the list will remain anonymous. All participants that complete the process can obtain survey results.
3. Submitting your workplace: Send an e-mail with the name, title, phone number and e-mail address of the person who will act as the 100 Best contact to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We will e-mail all contacts at the start of the process.
4. Mark your calendar: The survey sign-up link will also be posted to www.oregon100best.com by early August.

ALPHABETICAL INDEX


LARGE COMPANIES MEDIUM COMPANIES SMALL COMPANIES
COMPANY RANK COMPANY RANK COMPANY RANK
Avista Utilities 8 Adroit Construction Company 11 ACME Business Consulting 13
CB Richard Ellis 32 AngelVision Technologies 8 Bullard Smith Jernstedt Wilson 24
David Evans and Associates 28 Axium 17 Cascade Concrete Solutions 11
Doubletree Hotel, Portland 33 Bay Bank 14 Cascade Employers Association 10
Edelman 25 Bridge City Legal 33 Columbia Printing & Graphics 4
Embarq 19 Cardinal Services 29 Conkling Fiskum & McCormick 30
Employment Trends 11 Chetco Federal Credit Union 19 Davidson Benefits Planning LLC 29
Evanta 9 Click Commerce 7 Durham and Bates Agencies 21
Grant Thornton LLP 4 Columbia Community Bank 26 EdgeLink LLC 25
GVA Kidder Mathews 6 Cook Security Group 15 Elliott Associates 18
Heffernan Insurance Brokers 30 Fortis Construction 18 G5 Search Marketing 8
Hire Calling 17 General Sheet Metal 12 Grady Britton 22
Hitachi Consulting 1 Hospice & Palliative Care of Washington County 5 Isler CPA 16
Homeshield Building Products 14 Jordan Schrader Ramis PC 4 McKenzie Commercial Contractors 12
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants 2 KPD Insurance 23 Mortgage Trust 6
KPMG LLP 22 Olsson Industrial Electric 28 NACM Oregon 33
McKinstry Co. LLC 29 PAE Consulting Engineers 30 Northwest Newborn Specialists PC 7
Microsoft 7 Performance Health Technology 6 Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board 31
Oregon Electric Group 26 Perkins & Company 27 Northwest Staffing Resources 27
Oregon Research Institute 13 R&H Construction 24 Pacific Benefit Consultants 28
Pacific Continental Bank 21 Reitmeier Mechanical 3 Palo Alto Software 15
Point B Solutions Group 16 Slayden Construction Group 1 Pittman & Brooks PC 9
Portland Trail Blazers 18 Smart Wireless 22 Power Equipment Systems 5
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 10 SOFCU Community Credit Union 32 QUANGO 3
Qualcomm 3 Sparling 2 Rose City Mortgage Specialists 1
Slalom Consulting 20 Structus Building Technologies 20 Sokol Blosser Winery 26
T-Mobile 15 Sussman Shank LLP 21 Staffing Partners LLC 14
Turner Construction 27 Tonkon Torp LLP 31 Stamp-Connection 17
US Cellular 5 Town & Country Dealerships 10 Sterling Communications 20
Volkswagen Credit 31 Tripwire 25 Summit Bank 32
Wachovia Bank 23 Valley River Inn 9 tbd agency 19
Waggener Edstrom Worldwide 24 Vernier Software & Technology 34 The Steel Yard 23
Wilson Construction Company 12 Yorke & Curtis General Contractors 16 United Human Capital Solutions 2
ZAAZ 13

 

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THE TOP 34 MEDIUM COMPANIES
THE TOP 33 SMALL COMPANIES
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