Oregon's 100 Best Companies to Work for Invest in Their Employees; Top Companies Are Announced and Honored Today.Business Editors PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 2001 What do OakTree.com, Milgard Windows, Walsh Construction and NBG NBG National Bank of Greece NBG Nederlands Bijbelgenootschap NBG National Bank of Georgia NBG Need Before Greed (Everquest game slang) NBG National Bicycle Greenway NBG Naval Beach Group NBG Natural Born Gamers Radio Network have in common? They all invest in their employees. And their investment pays off -- in stronger financial performance, in attracting and retaining great workers, and in differentiating the companies as the very best of Oregon's 100 Best Companies to Work For. "These companies understand the importance of effectively motivating and communicating with their employees," observes John O'Toole, publisher of Oregon Business magazine. "Their winning positions on the "100 Best" list demonstrate that they've put their understanding into practice." Oregon's "100 Best" are being recognized today at a special awards luncheon sponsored by Oregon Business magazine and Watson Wyatt Worldwide. Individual acknowledgment is going to the top five large and small company finalists. This inaugural event begins at noon and ends at 1:30 PM at Portland's DoubleTree Lloyd Center Hotel. Matt Chapman, 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. of Polestar Polestar: see Polaris. Communications, is delivering the program's keynote address, titled Do People Matter When the Stock Price Drops? The Very Best of the "100 Best" The "100 Best" list recognizes 50 large companies (with 250 or more employees) and 50 small companies. All 100 companies will be announced at the event. Special awards will be given to the top five finalists in each category, as listed below: Large Company Finalists 1. PROdX -- Internet and IT Solutions -- www.prodx.com 2. Cintas Corporation -- Uniform Sales and Service -- www.cintas.com 3. Ron Tonkin Dealerships -- Auto Sales -- www.tonkin.com 4. AT&T Wireless -- Wireless Communications -- www.attws.com 5. Walsh Construction -- General Contractor -- www.walshconstructionco.com Small Company Finalists 1. O'Neill Pine -- Timber Grower -- www.evertrust.com 2. NBG Radio Network -- Radio Syndicator -- www.nbgradio.com 3. Ease Software -- Contract Software -- www.ease.com 4. Cascade Bookkeeping -- Bookkeeping -- www.cascadebil@bendcable.com 5. OakTree.com -- Web Development -- www.oaktree.com The "Oregon 100 Best" Survey This year, Oregon Business teamed with Watson Wyatt Worldwide to field the "100 Best" survey. "Our goal was to implement an objective, comprehensive survey," says O'Toole. We joined forces with Watson Wyatt because as human resources and benefits consultants they are known for their research expertise." "We designed the "100 Best" survey as a way to measure and recognize workplace excellence," adds Al Lopus, Watson Wyatt Worldwide's Northwest regional managing consultant. "We developed it using Watson Wyatt's WorkUSA(c) database, which is built from regular national polling of employees across the country." With two parts -- one for management and one for employees -- the survey asks 30 questions. It covers areas including recruiting and hiring, organizational communications, performance standards, benefits, compensation, and career development. The answers illuminate employee and company opinions about their workplaces. Watson Wyatt and Oregon Business used a panel of five independent judges to establish company rankings for the list. "As we look at the survey outcomes, we see again and again that successful companies value their employees. They establish mutual respect, communication and trust. They deal with company weaknesses and reinforce strengths. And their employees respond by staying with the company and delivering great work outcomes," says Lopus. "Watson Wyatt's research demonstrates that these outcomes directly correlate to a company's financial strength." "We see that this strength in the Oregon business community helps set a statewide standard for quality. Oregon Business and Watson Wyatt proudly support the important work of the state's enterprises in reaching for and attaining great success," concludes O'Toole. An alphabetical list of Oregon's 100 Best Companies to Work For follows. For more information about the five large and small category finalists, see the companies' websites, which are listed above, or contact Madeline Johnson at 206/782-5649. The "100 Best" Sponsors Oregon Business magazine is the flagship product of MEDIAmerica, Oregon's largest magazine publisher. Now in its 20th year, Oregon Business focuses on key issues facing businesses statewide. Each month, the magazine tells the stories and reports the news of interest to old- and new-economy companies throughout the state and in southwestern Washington. Watson Wyatt Worldwide, a global human resources and benefits consulting firm, advises Fortune 500 companies on employing best practices. The firm demonstrates its commitment to this approach by administering Best Companies to Work For surveys in Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. The Oregon Business 100 Best Companies to Work For (Ranked List) Large company category A-dec Alcatel Submarine Networks Inc. Asante Health System AT&T Wireless Bear Creek Corporation Blount Inc., Oregon Cutting Systems Div. Boyd Coffee Company Cadence Design Systems (company) Cadence Design Systems - A company that sells electronic design automation software and services. http://cadence.com/. See also Verilog. Cascade Microtech Inc. Cintas Corp DAT (1) (Dynamic Address Translator) A hardware circuit that converts a virtual memory address into a real address. See also DAT file. (2) (Digital Audio Tape) A magnetic tape technology used for backing up data. Services Davis Wright Tremaine  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . LLP LLP - Lower Layer Protocol Deloitte & Touche Dulcich Inc dba Pacific Seafood Group Eagle Crest Epson Portland Inc. First Consumers National Bank Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. Hanna Andersson Corporation Hewlett Packard IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Corporation Kaiser Permanente Mercy Healthcare Mid-Columbia Medical Center Milgard Windows North Coast Electric Co. NW Natural Obie Media Corporation Oregon Shakespeare Festival The Oregon Shakespeare Festival (OSF) is a regional repertory theatre in Ashland, Oregon, United States. The festival annually produces eleven plays on three stages during a season that lasts from February to October. PacifiCare Health Systems PacifiCare Health Systems (former NYSE: PHS) was a Fortune 500 healthcare company based in Cypress, California. It was acquired by UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) in late 2005, which continues to market health plans under the PacifiCare name. Pendleton Grain Growers Platt Electric Supply Portland General Electric This article is not to be confused with PG&E, a San Francisco, California-based utility company Portland General Electric (PGE) (NYSE: POR) is an electrical utility, formerly owned by the Houston-based Enron Corporation (but now independent), that distributes electricity to Company Portland Teachers Credit Union PRODX Providence Health System Radisys Corporation Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of OR Rogue Valley Manor Ron Tonkin Dealerships St. Charles Medical Center Sulzer Pumps (US) Inc. Tektronix Inc. The Corvallis Clinic Timberline Software Corporation Trail Blazers / Oregon Arena Corp TriQuint Semiconductor Tuality Healthcare Walsh Construction Wells Fargo & Co Willamette Industries Small company category ADAPT Anthro Corp Bank of the Northwest Bend Chamber of Commerce BOORA Architects Inc. Burley Design Cooperative Calbag Metals Co. Cascade Bookkeeping Inc. Cascade Employers Association Clarity Visual Systems Inc Copper Mountain Trust CTL See control key. 1. CTL - Checkout Test language. 2. CTL - Compiler Target Language. 3. CTL - Computational Tree Logic Management / Randall Realty Corp. CTR See click-through rate. Inc. Ease Software Inc. Emerick Construction Company Employment Trends Inc. Express Personnel Services Fletcher Farr Ayotte PC Flying Rhinoceros FPS/O'Neill Pine Employer Group Gardenburger Inc. Gates Home Furnishings HMH HMH Marine heavy helicopter squadron (US DoD) HMH Harford Memorial Hospital (Havre De Grace, MD, USA) IMARK IMARK Information Management Resource Kit Communications Isler & Co. LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control KVO Public Relations Madden Industrial Craftsmen Inc. NBG Radio Network Neil Kelly Company New Interactive Inc. Oak Tree.com On-Site Accounting Inc. Oregon Research Institute Ornelas Enterprises Inc. Pacific Benefit Consultants Pacific Continental Bank Professional Tool Manufacturing LLC Ralston Group Selco Credit Union Sole Source Tec Laboratories Tekmax Inc. The Bernhardt Agency The Jerry Brown Co. Inc. The Parrott Partnership The Partner's Group LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability Vernier vernier (vûr`nēr), auxiliary scale, either straight or an arc of a circle, designed to slide along a fixed scale. Its unit divisions, usually smaller than those on the fixed scale, permit a far more precise reading. Software & Technology Wave Rock Communications West Coast Paper White Horse Interactive Young and Roehr Group |
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