247 Workspace Shares Best Practices After Ranking Top 3 in the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area.LOS GATOS Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif. -- 247 Workspace, Inc., a leading on-line office furniture retailer (www.247workspace.com), ranks among the top 3 in the Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2006 survey conducted by the San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Business Times, the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal, and the East Bay Business Times. "In addition to great benefits and perks, we find that employees love companies that make them feel essential to the team, challenged as a team to achieve a common goal, and feel successful in their accomplishments," explains Mark Denham, President of 247 Workspace. "We have a 15-minute meeting to kick off each morning with all our employees. We focus on priorities, identify changes, and applaud ourselves for our progress. The meeting is a cross departmental team effort that creates an energetic and united company culture." "In the same spirit how we uniquely serve our customers, we reward our employees in unique ways," continues Mr. Denham. "Last quarter, we dropped off our entire staff at one of the largest shopping malls by surprise. We thanked them each with a 2 hour shopping limit and over $500 in gift cards as they hopped off the bus. The surprise shopping spree was just as fun and memorable as playing on a TV game show!" Other winners include: Genentech, Kaiser Permanente Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care organization, based in Oakland, California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney R. Garfield. , Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. , and Intuit. Supporting sponsors include Deloitte, Adecco, Comcast, Kaiser Permanente, Nixon Peabody Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in seventeen cities and more than seven hundred attorneys collaborating across twenty-five major practice areas. LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol , NCHRA NCHRA Northern California Human Resources Association NCHRA Northern Colorado Human Resource Association (Fort Collins, CO) NCHRA North Coast Rental Housing Association (Santa Rosa, CA) , Quantum, Sybase, Unum Provident, and Woodruff Sawyer. For more information about the survey, contact American City Business Journals (www.bizjournals.com) for their special publication, "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2006." About 247 Workspace, Inc. Founded in 1998, 247 Workspace, Inc. is a leading on-line nationwide retailer of office furniture that enables customers to furnish their workspaces easily, quickly and affordably. 247 Workspace designs and sells office desks, conference tables, cubicles, office chairs, lobby furniture, reception stations, training rooms, and ergonomic accessories to companies seeking commercial-grade quality at affordable prices. For more information, visit 247 Workspace's web site at www.247workspace.com. |
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