By Lillie-Beth Brinkman, Journal Record
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Journal Record’s list of companies excelling in creating quality workplaces represents many industries, including banking and finance, health care, trucking, information technology and security, insurance, manufacturing, construction and even the nonprofit world.
But they all have one thing in common: They are among the Best Places to Work in Oklahoma, according to employee interviews and a look at their workplace policies, practices and demographics.
Working with Best Companies Group, The Journal Record has nominated 24 small and medium companies and 16 large companies for the 2017 award and will recognize them at a luncheon Sept. 28.
“The top companies have a lot of employees – 90 to 95 percent – who say they like the work, understand their role in the company and feel as though they have enough autonomy to the job in the best possible way. Those top companies also offered good benefits and demanded little or no overtime from their workers,” said Ted Streuli, associate publisher and editor for The Journal Record.
Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process, analyzing the data and using its expertise to determine the final ranking. To be considered, companies had to have both a facility and 25 or more permanent employees working in the state of Oklahoma.
“The fun part about this program is that the companies on the list are a mix of those that are very familiar and some that are less well-known. But in both groups, we see employees who love their jobs and love their company,” Streuli said.
Nominees are divided into two categories – small/medium companies that employ between 25 and 249 U.S. employees and large companies that employ 250 or more people in the United States. The Journal Record will announce the top three winners in each category during the awards luncheon.
Honorees in the small/medium category are:
Allegiance Credit Union
BIS
Cory’s Audio Visual
Delta Dental of Oklahoma
Foundation Medical Staffing
Great Plains Technology Center
Industrial Controls of Oklahoma LLC
InterWorks
Mercury Network
Nextep Inc.
Northwest Technology Center
Oklahoma City Indian Clinic
Phase 2
Phillips Murrah P.C.
Polston Tax Resolution & Accounting
Public Strategies Inc.
Regent Bank
REI Oklahoma
Republic Bank & Trust
Sunbeam Family Services
TBS Factoring Service LLC
Tulsa Tube Bending
Vox Printing
Wymer Brownlee
Honorees in the large employer category are:
180 Medical
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Burns & McDonnell
Capital One Auto Finance
CompSource Mutual Insurance Co.
Diagnostic Laboratory of Oklahoma
Edward Jones
Eide Bailly LLP
Express Employment Professionals
First Fidelity Bank
First United Bank
Guardian Security Systems Inc.
Insurica
JE Dunn Construction Co.
Mars Pet Care
Safelite AutoGlass
The Sept. 28 luncheon starts at 11:30 a.m. Registration begins at 11 a.m. at the Renaissance Oklahoma City Convention Center, 10 N. Broadway Ave. Buy tickets and tables by calling 405-278-2820 or emailing battaway@journalrecord.com.
The Journal Record will feature the companies in a September issue and online at www.JournalRecord.com. For more information on the Best Places to Work in Oklahoma program, visit www.BestPlacestoWorkOK.com.