Find out how the 100 Best Companies are determined, see the category winners and refer to our alphabetical list.
EMPLOYEE SURVEY
The survey is voluntary and free of charge. Participating private and public companies, nonprofits and government agencies must have at least 15 Oregon employees at the time of taking the survey. Employers are categorized as small if they have 15-34 Oregon employees; medium if they employ 35-99 Oregon employees; and large if they employ 100 or more in Oregon. For the 2012 survey more than 14,000 Oregon workers rated their satisfaction with 263 employers in 25 workplace qualities — 5 in each of the following categories:
1. Work Environment: flexibility and work/life balance, diversity, teamwork and fun, workspace technology and efficiency, policies and procedures.
2. Management & Communications: employee treatment, performance feedback, communications, discipline, rewards and acknowledgement.
3. Decision-Making & Trust: shared accountability, trust in management, collaboration and involvement, community and charity, workplace pride.
4. Career Development & Learning: on-the-job training, educational support, growth opportunities and promotions, job goals and expectations.
5. Benefits & Compensation: compensation fairness and adequacy, health/wellness plan, retirement plan, paid time off, raises and bonuses.
EMPLOYER BENEFITS SURVEY
Company representatives answered 41 questions covering a comprehensive set of benefits including health and wellness, time off, family-friendly policies, work scheduling, incentives, retirement plans and culture.
SCORING
The employee survey counts for 5/6 of a 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 employer benefits survey is also scored on a 100-point scale, accounting for the remaining 1/6 of the overall score, and resulting in a total possible score of 600.
HOW TO ENTER THE 100 BEST:
1. Eligibility: Any private or public company, subsidiary or division, nonprofit or government agency with at least 15 Oregon-based, regular employees is eligible to enter the survey. The organization may be headquartered outside the state.
2. Survey period: The process for the 2013 list will begin in late August and end in November 2012. There is no charge to participate, and companies that do not make the list will remain anonymous. All participants that complete the process can order survey results, providing a valuable, in-depth view of workplace strengths and weaknesses.
3. Submitting your company: Send an e-mail with the name, title, phone number and
email address of the person who will act as the 100 Best contact to: [email protected].
4. Mark your calendar: The survey sign-up link will be posted to www.oregon100best.com in late August.
CATEGORY WINNERSS | |||
SMALL | MEDIUM | LARGE | |
WORK ENVIRONMENT | “1. Rose City Mortgage 2. Aim High Academy Of Martial Arts 3. Mortgage Trust “ | 1. Slalom Consulting 2. Western States Insurance Agency 3. Cardinal Services | 1. Pacific Residential Mortgage 2. Walsh Construction Co. 3. Levi Strauss & Co. |
MANAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS | 1. Rose City Mortgage 2. Aim High Academy Of Martial Arts 3. Point B | 1. Slalom Consulting 2. Ruby Receptionists 3. Kidder Mathews | 1. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Portland 2. Pacific Residential Mortgage 3. PwC |
DECISION-MAKING & TRUST | 1. Rose City Mortgage 2. Mortgage Trust 3. Point B | 1. Slalom Consulting 2. Ruby Receptionists 3. Cardinal Services | 1. Pacific Residential Mortgage 2. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Portland 3. Walsh Construction Co. |
CAREER DEVELOPMENT & LEARNING | 1. Archetype Inc. 2. Aim High Academy Of Martial Arts 3. Evergreen Consulting Group | 1. Slalom Consulting 2. Urban Airship 3. Cardinal Services | 1. PwC 2. Capitol Auto Group 3. Perkins Coie LLP |
BENEFITS & COMPENSATION | 1. Rose City Mortgage 2. McKenzie Commercial Contractors 3. Boly:Welch Recruiting & Consulting | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. Slalom Consulting 3. Urban Airship | 1. Walsh Construction Co. 2. Oregon Research Institute 3. Perkins Coie LLP |
EMPLOYER SURVEY SCORE | 1. Tec Laboratories 2. McDonald Jacobs PC 3. Employment Trends | 1. Microsoft Corp. 2. Edelman 3. Vernier Software & Technology, Emerick Construction Co. (tie) | 1. KPMG LLP 2. Lane Powell PC 3. Perkins Coie LLP |
SMALL COMPANIES | MEDIUM COMPANIES | LARGE COMPANIES | |||||
COMPANY | RANK | COMPANY | RANK | COMPANY | RANK | ||
Aim High Academy Of Martial Arts | 4 | ACME Business Consulting | 17 | Andersen Construction Co. | 22 | ||
Archetype Inc. | 33 | Axium | 15 | Autodesk | 29 | ||
Barran Liebman LLP | 9 | Cardinal Services | 7 | Capitol Auto Group | 17 | ||
Boly:Welch Recruiting & Consulting | 2 | Cook Security Group | 21 | CH2M HILL | 31 | ||
Cascade Employers Association | 7 | DePaul Industries | 33 | Consumer Cellular | 21 | ||
CBT Nuggets | 22 | Edelman | 30 | David Evans and Associates | 18 | ||
Clatsop Community Bank | 20 | Elemental Technologies | 34 | Davis Wright Tremaine LLP | 13 | ||
Columbia Printing & Graphics | 27 | Elliott Associates | 12 | Digimarc Corp. | 10 | ||
Davidson Benefits Planning LLC | 21 | Emerick Construction Co. | 24 | Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Portland | 23 | ||
Employment Trends | 26 | Fortis Construction | 18 | Express Employment Professionals | 28 | ||
Evergreen Consulting Group | 5 | General Sheet Metal | 11 | Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants, Portland | 4 | ||
gDiapers | 23 | Grant Thornton | 6 | KPMG LLP | 12 | ||
Gorilla Capital | 29 | Hagan Hamilton Insurance | 32 | Lane Powell PC | 15 | ||
Grady Britton | 19 | ISITE Design | 31 | Levi Strauss & Co. | 5 | ||
Hitachi Consulting | 13 | Isler CPA | 19 | McKinstry | 9 | ||
Inavero | 24 | Jibe Consulting | 4 | Olsson Industrial Electric | 18 | ||
Isler Northwest LLC | 8 | Jordan Ramis PC | 16 | Oregon Community Credit Union | 24 | ||
McDonald Jacobs PC | 28 | Kidder Mathews | 9 | Oregon Research Institute | 6 | ||
McKenzie Commercial Contractors | 17 | KPD Insurance | 28 | Pacific Continental Bank | 25 | ||
Mortgage Trust | 10 | Microsoft Corp. | 2 | Pacific Residential Mortgage | 16 | ||
Northwest Staffing Resources | 12 | Pacific Benefit Consultants | 27 | PacificSource Health Plans | 26 | ||
Pittman & Brooks PC | 14 | Pacific Crest Federal Credit Union | 14 | Perkins Coie LLP | 1 | ||
Point B | 3 | The Partners Group Ltd. | 25 | PwC | 3 | ||
Pop Art | 30 | Ruby Receptionists | 3 | R&H Construction | 11 | ||
Redmond Dental Group | 16 | Slalom Consulting | 1 | The Randall Group | 32 | ||
RHT Energy Solutions | 18 | Smart Wireless | 10 | Rogue Federal Credit Union | 14 | ||
Rose City Mortgage | 1 | Stacy and Witbeck | 22 | Rosendin Electric | 20 | ||
Sokol Blosser Winery | 25 | Sussman Shank LLP | 26 | U.S. Cellular | 8 | ||
Sterling Communications | 6 | TraneOregon | 13 | Unitus Community Credit Union | 7 | ||
Tec Laboratories | 31 | Turner Construction Co. | 29 | Veris Industries | 27 | ||
VanderHouwen & Associates | 11 | Urban Airship | 5 | Waggener Edstrom Worldwide | 33 | ||
Virtual Supply dba Earl & Brown Co. | 32 | Vernier Software & Technology | 23 | Walsh Construction Co. | 2 | ||
Washington Trust Bank | 15 | Western States Insurance Agency | 8 | Wieden+Kennedy | 30 | ||
Xenium HR | 20 |