Badger Mining wins second consecutive award as Best Small Company in America to Work for.Badger Mining Corp. has been named the "Best Small Company to Work for in America" for a second straight year by the Great Place to Work Institute, a research and consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a based in 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 . The 50 Best Small and Medium Companies list was announced June 25 at the Society for Human Resource Management's 59th Annual Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. Badger Mining, a family-owned, privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. that annually produces more than 1.5 million tons of industrial use sand for a variety of industries, including metalcasting, topped the list for small companies. The annual list, now in its fourth year, ranks the top 25 small and top 25 medium-sized companies in America based on the use of human resources management strategies. The organizations range in size from 50 to 999 employees, and the results are based on a randomly distributed employee opinion survey. Each company evaluated was given a score based on employees' responses to a questionnaire about the organizations' workplace cultures. "Small and medium-sized companies make up the majority of the American economy and workforce," said Susan Meisinger, Society for Human Resource Management  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "The winning organizations demonstrate that making effective use of their workforce is key to their success." Some of the changes that took place at Badger Mining since winning in 2006 included completion of an expansion, updating the interior of one of its resource centers and enhancement of the wellness program. According to a company press release, it offers employees flexible scheduling, 3% company match on 401(k) accounts, profit sharing profit sharing, arrangement by which employees receive, in addition to their wages, a share of the net profits of a business. The purpose is to give them an incentive to increase their output through enhanced morale, less wasteful use of materials, better care of , 100% paid premium for standard health care coverage, training programs and tuition reimbursement. "These companies stand out because their employees find them to be places where they can trust the management, take pride in their work and have fun," Great Place to Work Institute cofounder co·found tr.v. co·found·ed, co·found·ing, co·founds To establish or found in concert with another or others. co·found Robert Levering said. "Other companies have much to learn about how to be productive and do right by their people." |
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