2012 Best Places to Work winners: 20-50 employees
The Business Journal today announced the selection of a record 73 businesses and organizations as honorees in its seventh annual Best Places to Work in the North Bay.
The winners were selected by Business Journal editorial staff from almost 100 nominations based on several criteria, including the results of an anonymous employee survey and a company application that provided information on issues such as diversity, family-friendly workplace, community involvement and employee benefits.
The winning companies ranged in size from 20 employees — the minimum to participate — to more than 1,000. There were nearly 6,500 responses to the survey this year. There are nine first-time recipients of the Best Places to Work Award this year, which represents 12 percent of the overall awards. Seven outstanding companies were seven-time winners in 2012: Burr Pilger Mayer, Exchange Bank, First Community Bank, Ghirado CPA, Kaiser Permanente, Redwood Credit Union and Valley Tire and Brake.
Congratulations and thanks to all who participated. A gala reception to honor 2012 Best Places to Work winners will be on Tuesday, Sept. 11, at the Hyatt Vineyard Creek in Santa Rosa at 4:30 p.m. Profiles of the recipients will appear in a special publication in the Sept. 24 issue of North Bay Business Journal.
Winners are listed first by their employee survey score and then by the percent of employees who participated in the survey starting with the highest.
20–50 employees
| Company | Score |
| O’Brien Watters and Davis, LLP | 4.9 |
| Scott Technology Group | 4.9 |
| Métier Ltd. | 4.9 |
| Bank of Napa | 4.8 |
| QuieTrack Insurance Service | 4.8 |
| Innovative Business Solutions | 4.8 |
| Wright Contracting, Inc. | 4.8 |
| Mr. Rooter Plumbing | 4.7 |
| Summit Engineering | 4.7 |
| Smith Dollar PC | 4.7 |
| Codding Enterprises | 4.7 |
| Ghirardo CPA | 4.7 |
| Vantreo Insurance Brokerage | 4.6 |
| Schurter, Inc. | 4.6 |
| Friedemann Goldberg LLP | 4.6 |
| M.A. Silva | 4.6 |
| Vasyli LLC | 4.6 |
| Inn Marin/Ricey’s | 4.6 |
| Play-Well TEKnologies | 4.6 |
| Burr Pilger Mayer | 4.5 |
| Heffernan Insurance Brokers | 4.5 |
| Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. | 4.5 |
| Petaluma People Services Center | 4.5 |
| Abbey, Weitzenberg, Warren & Emery | 4.5 |
| Cardno ERI | 4.5 |
| Dal Poggetto and Company LLP | 4.4 |
| TLCD Architecture | 4.4 |
| Quattrocchi Kwok Architects | 4.4 |
| Frank Howard Allen | 4.4 |
| Ghilotti Bros., Inc. | 4.3 |
| Valley Tire and Brake | 4.3 |
| Private Ocean | 4.3 |
| Marizco Landscape Management, Inc | 4.1 |
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