Beer on tap and other benefits at ‘50 Best’

The evidence is in: you can do good work and make a great living in Prairie Business’ communities. That wasn’t always the case. Not so long ago, young people in search of good jobs and good benefits often went elsewhere. That’s much less true today, and to see why, Prairie Business’ 2018 50 Best Places to Work feature is a great place to start.

What a spectacular lineup of organizations made the list. And as we worked through the more than 1,300 nominations submitted by employees, what an impressive assortment of benefits we discovered at the 50 Best.

For example, “EMC Insurance is one of a few companies that still offers a pension and a 401(k) plan,” an EMC employee wrote. Likewise, “3M’s Parental Leave Policy of up to 10 weeks paid and up to another 10 weeks unpaid is an incredible benefit,” wrote a 3M Brookings employee.

At AE2S in Grand Forks, N.D., “the biggest set-apart is 100 percent employerpaid family health insurance,” wrote one employee. “That is something that you do not often see in this day and age.”

H2M in Fargo boasts “open PTO,” an employee noted. “Take time if you need it, work remotely if necessary, no one’s tracking the hours you’re out of the office.”

At Moore Engineering in West Fargo, “we are 100 percent employee-owned, which means that all full-time employees own a piece of the company,” wrote one worker. Additionally, the Moore Community Building Initiative provides paid time off and some or all of an employee’s expenses for an approved volunteer initiative.

Then there’s Stoneridge Software in Barnesville, Minn., where “every office has beer on tap,” an employee noted.

“That speaks to the trust Stoneridge puts in its employees. I work from home two days a week; again, a sign of trust. Unlimited vacation; have I said trust enough?”

With benefits such as these, our 50 Best organizations can be trusted to keep drawing professionals to our region for many decades to come.

Good reading, Tom Dennis

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