Kaye/Bassman Named Best Company to Work for in Texas…Again.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 28, 2008
Texas Business Group, Partners Announce Best Companies to Work for in Texas
2008 List Highlights Best Small, Medium and Large Companies in State
The awards were announced at an Austin luncheon hosted by the Texas Association of Business (TAB), publishers of Texas Monthly magazine, and the Society for Human Resource Management – Texas State Council (SHRM-TSC). Over 600 members of the business community attended the event to honor competition winners.
“The feedback for this program from businesses of all sizes across the state gets stronger each year, because companies are becoming more motivated to be recognized as one of the best,” said TAB President Bill Hammond. “In the years ahead, this program will be a tool for employers to pinpoint the ways they can improve every aspect of their business, from employee relations to customer service.”
Managed by Best Companies Group, the program is a multi-year initiative to motivate companies in the state to focus, measure, and move their workplace environments toward excellence.
Numerous studies show a strong correlation between profitability and creating a good place to work.
The goal of “Best Companies to Work for in Texas” is to raise the bar among the state’s employers and create excellence and employee satisfaction in the workplace that will attract talented people for years to come. This initiative is integral for Texas to compete in both national and global arenas.
The “Best Companies to Work for in Texas” initiative is similar to the famous Fortune magazine list. In addition to the positive effect the award has on employee morale, employee relations and improved recruitment, the driving force for companies to participate in this program is the remarkable effect that workplace improvements can have on their bottom line.
The selection process was based on an assessment of the company’s employee policies and procedures and the results of an internal employee survey. The Assessment Findings Report that all participating companies receive enables them to develop plans and implement steps necessary to create a great workplace and continue to improve the performance of their business.
A new feature of the “Best Companies to Work for in Texas” in 2008 is the addition of business categories, which ranks each company against companies of similar sizes. Small businesses are those with 25-74 employees; medium-sized businesses have 75-249 employees; large businesses employ 250 and more. Winners are featured in the February edition of Texas Monthly and can also be viewed on their website at http://www.texasmonthly.com/promotions/bestcompanies/.
2008 BEST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR IN TEXAS
In Order of Their Ranking
Best Small Companies in Texas
1 Patrick Henry Creative Promotions, Inc.; Stafford
2 Astoundry; Dallas
3 The North Highland Company; Dallas
4 HireSynergy; Houston
5 Trans-Trade, Inc.; Grapevine
6 Flintco, Inc.; Austin
7 DPR Construction, Inc.; Austin
8 Lucidity Consulting Group, L.P.; Richardson
9 Duke Realty Corporation; Dallas
10 Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Richardson
11 SICOLAMARTIN; Austin
12 Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, LLP; Houston
13 University Title Company; College Station
14 Aquire; Irving
15 Three Architecture Inc.; Dallas
16 Bulldog Solutions; Austin
17 Hartman Leito & Bolt, L.L.P.; Fort Worth
18 One Technologies, L.P.; Dallas
19 K2Share, L.L.C.; College Station
20 Magnum Staffing Services, Inc.; Houston
Best Medium-Sized Companies in Texas
1 Kaye/Bassman International Corp.; Plano
2 Catapult Systems Inc.; Austin
3 Barhorst Insurance Group; Houston
4 DATCU; Denton
5 FKP Architects, Inc.; Houston
6 HCSS; Houston
7 Fish City Grill; Addison
8 Higginbotham & Associates, Inc.; Fort Worth
9 Martin, Fletcher; Irving
10 ArthroCare Corporation; Austin
11 AMERIGROUP Community Care; Arlington
12 Central Texas Workforce; Belton
13 The Delta Companies; Dallas
14 The Dwyer Group; Waco
15 Hermes Sargent Bates, L.L.P.; Dallas
16 PKF Texas; Houston
17 Stress Engineering Services, Inc; Houston
18 HFF; L.P.; Houston
19 Banco Popular North America; Houston
20 Whitley Penn L.L.P.; Fort Worth
21 Century 21 Judge Fite Company; Dallas
22 Investment Professionals, Inc.; San Antonio
23 Tilson Home Corporation; Houston
24 Providence Companies; San Antonio
25 Crossroads Systems, Inc.; Austin
Best Large Companies in Texas
1 Edward Jones; Texas
2 City Bank Texas; Lubbock
3 UMC Health System; Lubbock
4 Shared Technologies Inc.; Coppell
5 SpawGlass; Selma
6 Quest Diagnostics; Houston
7 Camden Property Trust; Houston
8 Enterprise Rent-A-Car; Houston
9 The Capital Group Companies; San Antonio
10 Rackspace Managed Hosting; San Antonio
11 Administaff, Inc.; Houston
12 Intuit Inc.; Plano
13 Deloitte; Houston
14 Transwestern; Houston
15 Bartlett Cocke General Contractors; San Antonio
16 Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.; Houston
17 T-Mobile, USA; Mission
18 Resources Global Professionals; Houston
19 Linbeck Group L.P.; Houston
20 UT M. D. Anderson Cancer Center; Houston
21 American Campus Communities; Austin
22 Omni Hotels Management Corporation; Houston
23 Brookshire Grocery Company; Tyler
24 Carlson Restaurants Worldwide/T.G.I., Friday's; Carrollton
25 CHRISTUS St. Michael Health System; Texarkana
26 Baptist St. Anthony's Health System; Amarillo
27 AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group; Frisco
28 United Supermarkets, L.L.C.; Lubbock
29 First Horizon National Corporation; Irving
30 Sysco Food Service of Houston, Inc.; Houston
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