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2024 Best Companies to Work for: 15: NBT Bank

Published Wednesday Oct 16, 2024

Author Matthew J. Mowry

NBT Bank 80 Canal St., Manchester • nbtbank.com

Top Employee Engagement Survey Measures:
Positive relationships exist between employees and management at my company: 100% agree

I can keep a reasonable balance between work and personal life: 97% agree

President and CEO: Scott Kingsley

Years in Business: 168 (12 in NH)

Full-time Employees: 2,115 (57 in NH)Years on List: 1

NBT Bank, a New York-based bank with 154 locations in seven states, including 57 employees in NH, has been focused on cultivating a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), establishing a DEI Steering Committee, appointing a full-time chief diversity officer, establishing employee resource groups, including an “Inclusion Roundtable,” and providing inclusive leadership and unconscious bias training.

As part of its medical plan, NBT offers $50 to $100 per night to cover travel expenses for employees traveling for transplants, gene therapy, or for services that require travel due to state limitations on access, such as gender affirmation services and abortion services. Telehealth visits are covered under the plan through MDLive. The bank also has an annual virtual health and wellness fair with a focus this year on mental wellbeing. The bank holds Tranquil Thursdays with yoga and meditation sessions. NBT also contributes $1,000 to $1,500 to health savings accounts for employees.

NBT’s PATHS program provides employees with three or less years of experience in the financial services industry a chance to explore career options and create a development plan. NBT’s Emerging Leaders program prepares employees for future leadership positions.

Among the perks offered by the bank are: 22 to 32 days of paid time off; 11 paid holidays; six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for bonding after birth, adoption or foster placement; flextime, compressed workweek, hybrid, and remote work options; 16 hours of paid volunteer time; $3,000 tuition reimbursement annually; and a $1,000 to $1,500 new employee referral bonus. 

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