100 employers named Best Places to Work in the North Bay
North Bay Business Journal offered employers a chance to have their employees rate them, and this year 100 enterprises made the cut for the annual Best Places to Work awards.
A report in the Sept. 27 edition of the Business Journal will explore what makes each of these employers exceptional.
The companies will be recognized at the Best Places to Work reception Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Hyatt Regency Sonoma County hotel in Santa Rosa from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $85 or $900 for a table of 10. Register at NBBJ.news/BPTW18.
2018 Best Places to WorkHere are this year’s honorees, listed alphabetically (* = first-time winner, ** = 13-time winner):
1. A.W. Direct*
2. Amy’s Kitchen
3. Arrow Benefits Group
4. AUL
5. Bank of Marin
6. Becoming Independent
7. Best Collateral
8. Beyers Costin Simon
9. BKF Engineers
10. Blentech Corporation*
11. BPM**
12. Burnham Benefits
13. Carlile Macy
14. Centric General Contractors*
15. Child Parent Institute*
16. Chop’s Teen Club
17. Coast Landscape Management
18. Coldwell Banker Brokers of the Valley
19. Community Matters*
20. Community Child Care Council of Sonoma County (4Cs)
21. Cork Supply USA
22. Cornerstone Properties*
23. Costeaux French Bakery
24. Dal Poggetto & Company
25. DH Wine Compliance
26. Don Sebastiani & Sons
27. Earthtone Construction*
28. Eckhoff and Company
29. EO Products
30. Exchange Bank**
31. Francis Ford Coppola Winery
32. Friedemann Goldberg
33. GC Micro Corporation
34. George Petersen Insurance Agency
35. Ghilotti Bros.
36. Ghirardo CPA**
37. Goodwill of the Redwood Empire
38. Healdsburg Lumber Company
39. Hennessy Advisors
40. Hogan Land Services
41. Intelisys
42. Intervine
43. InterWest Insurance Services
44. Jackson Family Wines
45. Joanna’s Nannies
46. Kaiser Permanente San Rafael Medical Center**
47. Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center**
48. Keysight Technologies
49. Kiosk
50. La Tortilla Factory
51. LEMO USA
52. Linkenheimer LLP CPAs & Advisors
53. M.A. Silva USA
54. Mengali Accountancy
55. Meritage Medical Network
56. Mike’s Bikes
57. Moore Solar Heating and Cooling*
58. Moss Adams
59. Mr. Rooter Plumbing of Sonoma County
60. Nova Group
61. O’Brien Watters & Davis
62. Oliver’s Market
63. PACE Supply Corp.*
64. Pacific Expeditors*
65. Parkpoint Health Clubs (Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Healdsburg)
66. Pepperwood Foundation
67. Petaluma Health Center
68. Pisenti & Brinker
69. Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company*
70. Poppy Bank**
71. Private Ocean
72. PsychStrategies
73. Quattrocchi Kwok Architects
74. Redwood Credit Union**
75. Redwood Empire Schools Insurance Group
76. Schurter
77. Scott Technology Group
78. Sequoia Senior Solutions
79. Smith Dollar
80. Social Advocates for Youth
81. Soiland Company
82. Sonoma Technology
83. Spaulding McCullough & Tansil*
84. St. Francis Winery & Vineyards
85. Star Staffing
86. Summit Engineering
87. Summit State Bank
88. Sutter Instrument
89. Terra Firma Global Partners
90. The Engine Is Red*
91. The Healdsburg School*
92. Top Speed Data Communications
93. Traditional Medicinals
94. Valley Tire & Brake of Santa Rosa**
95. W. Bradley Electric
96. Whistlestop
97. Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.
98. Workrite Ergonomics
99. WRA
100. YWCA Sonoma County
How the winners were chosenCompanies selected as Best Places to Work in the North Bay were analyzed by the editorial staff on the basis of several criteria, including the employer application, the survey ratings by employees, the number of responses, size of the company, the breakdown of responses from management and nonmanagement as well as written comments by employees.
Nominations were sought starting in March. Anyone within a company can nominate their business by completing a simple form. A minimum of 15 employees was required. Nominated companies were then contacted by the Business Journal and invited to submit a company application and to ask employees to complete an online survey.
The survey was set up through Survey Monkey, a widely used online polling service. Companies had several weeks to complete the application and survey, for which a minimum number of responses was required, depending on company size.
After an analysis of the employer application and online responses, the winners were selected.
