Best Companies to Work For Winners

Business NH Magazine announced the 2016 Best Companies To Work For in NH in its September edition.

For 20 years, Business NH Magazine and its partner, the NH Businesses for Social Responsibility, have recognized businesses that go out of their way to create fun and high-engagement workplaces for their employees through the Best Companies To Work For competition. This year’s Best Companies To Work For showcase how developing a respectful, creative and supportive corporate culture can help a company succeed.     

The 2016 competition included an employee engagement survey that had to be taken by at least 50 percent of a company’s workforce as well as an extensive survey of employers detailing benefits and workplace practices. By combining the results from the both surveys, judges found 17 companies that exceeded the bar of excellence.

Medtronic, which broke onto the list in January 2015, grabbed the Number 1 Best Company To Work For in NH for the third time. Digital Prospectors Corp in Exeter landed the Number 2 spot on our list.

The following businesses are being named the Best Companies to Work For in 2016:

#1. Medtronic in Portsmouth (416 employees)

#2. Digital Prospectors Corp in Exeter (31 employees)

#3. Novo Nordisk U.S. Bio Production in West Lebanon (130 NH employees)

#4. Medicus Healthcare Solutions in Windham (228 employees)    

#5. W.S. Badger Company in Gilsum (71 employees)

#6. Northeast Delta Dental in Concord (173 employees)

#7. Loftware in Portsmouth (117 employees)

#8. Wire Belt Co. of America in Londonderry (90 employees)

#9. Vapotherm in Exeter (156 employees)

#10. Klüber Lubrication NA LP in Londonderry (176 employees)

#11. Merchants Fleet Management in Hooksett (289 employees)

#12. Savings Bank of Walpole in Walpole (70 employees)

#13. Pax World Management LLC in Portsmouth (52 employees)

#14. Adaptive Communications (Now Optiv Security) in Portsmouth (57 employees)

#15. CCA Global in Manchester (370 employees)

#16. Comcast in Manchester (2,000 NH employees)

#17. MassMutual Northern New England in Bedford (19 employees)

The International Association of Privacy Professionals in Portsmouth and Bellwether Community Credit Union in Manchester join the Hall of Fame for the first time, meaning they have won the competition four of the past five years. Companies are inducted into the Hall of Fame for two years. They join Amadeus Hospitality (formerly Newmarket International) in Portsmouth, which is in its second year in the Hall of Fame.

To celebrate the winners and the 20^th year of the competition, Business NH Magazine and NH Businesses for Social Responsibility will host Breakfast With The Best on Oct. 27, 2016, at the Grappone Center in Concord. The event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. and will include panels featuring executives from the winning companies discussing best practices. To register for the event, go to www.eventsNH.com. To order a copy of the September issue of Business NH Magazine, visit www.BusinessNHmagazine.com.