51 Businesses Named As Best Places to Work in Vermont 2020

Vermont Business Magazine and the Vermont Chamber of Commerce are pleased to announced the top 51 Best Places to Work in Vermont 2020. The awards program was created in 2006 and is presented in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management, Vermont State Council, (SHRM) and the Vermont Department of Commerce and Community Development and Best Companies Group.

The Best Places to Work in Vermont list is been broken down into three categories, Small Businesses (15-99 employees), Medium Businesses (100-249 employees) and Large Businesses (250+ employees).

Of the 51 companies being recognized, ten are new to the list in 2020. Two companies, Edward Jones and King Arthur Flour have won the distinction of Best Places to Work in Vermont every year since 2006, the first year Best Companies Group started surveying Vermont companies. AsicNorth, Inc, Fuse, LLC and Wild Apple Graphics have been on the Best Places to Work in Vermont list for ten consecutive years.

This statewide survey and awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Vermont, benefiting the state's economy, its workforce and businesses.

To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:

- Have at least 15 employees working in Vermont;

- Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business or government entity;

- Be a publicly or privately held business;

- Have a facility in the state of Vermont; and

- Must be in business a minimum of 1 year.

Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the Best Places to Work in Vermont. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Vermont and analyzed the data and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

"All Vermonters know that Vermont is a great place to live, work and play. We know that our employees are happy with their place of employment. The employers have created a work environment where the employees love to come to work. This list is a testament to the fantastic companies here in Vermont", states John Boutin, Publisher, Vermont Business Magazine.

Who is number one?

The final rankings for each category will be announced at a special awards presentation on March 30, 2020 at the DoubleTree Hotel in So Burlington from 5:00 pm thru 7:30 pm.

For more information on the Best Places to Work in Vermont program, visit http://BestPlacesToWorkinVT.com or contact them at 717-909-1570.

For more information on the event email Denise Sortor at Vermont Business Magazine [email protected].

2020 Best Places to work in Vermont winners in alphabetical order are:

SMALL BUSINESSES

(15 - 99 U.S. EMPLOYEES)

Adam Hergenrother Companies

ASIC North, Inc.

Champlain Community Services

Chippers Inc.

*Coldwell Banker Hickok & Boardman

Co-operative Insurance Companies

Country Walkers and VBT Bicycling Vacations

Countryside Alarms

*Downstreet Housing & Community Development

Dunkiel Saunders

Fuse, LLC

Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP

Heritage Aviation

*Instrumart

IVY COMPUTER, INC

Liquid Measurement Systems, Inc.

*McSoley McCoy & Co

New Breed

*NuHarbor Security

*PedsOne

Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer PC

ReArch Company, Inc.

Stone Environmental Inc

The Royal Group, Inc

United Way of Northwest Vermont

University of Vermont Foundation

Wild Apple

MEDIUM BUSINESSES

(100-249 U.S. EMPLOYEES)

*Champlain Housing Trust

Chroma Technology Corporation

DEW Construction Corp.

Heritage Family Credit Union

Hickok & Boardman Insurance Group

Johnson Lambert LLP

*New England Air Systems LLC

NorthCountry Federal Credit Union

*OnLogic

SymQuest

The Richards Group

Union Mutual

Vermont Systems Inc.

LARGE BUSINESSES

(250+ U.S. EMPLOYEES)

Comcast -- Western New England Region

Edward Jones

Green Mountain Power

King Arthur Flour

Mascoma Bank

Parker-LORD (LORD Sensing Microstrain)

Southwestern Vermont Health Care

Stantec Consulting Services Inc.

*Vermont Information Processing, Inc.

Vermont Mutual Insurance Group

VHB

*Not on 2019 list