2017 Best Places to Work in Vermont
The employee interviews, company rankings and profiles for the 2017 Best Places to Work in Vermont awards.
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2017 Best Places to work in Vermont winners in alphabetical order are:
SMALL/MEDIUM Companies (15 - 149 employees)
*Ascension Technology Corp - an NDI Company
AsicNorth Inc.
Basin Harbor
*Catamount Solar
*Co-operative Insurance Companies
*Countryside Alarms
*Engelberth Construction, Inc.
Fuse, LLC
Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP
*Hergenrother Enterprises
Heritage Aviation
*NorthCountry Federal Credit Union
*Pomerleau Real Estate
Renewable NRG Systems
SunCommon
The Richards Group
Union Mutual
UVM Foundation
Vermont College of Fine Arts
*Vermont Creamery
Vermont Housing Finance Agency
Vermont Public Radio
*VHB
Wild Apple Graphics, Ltd.
LARGE Companies (150 or more employees)
*A.N. Deringer, Inc.
*City Market, Onion River Co-op
Comcast -- Western New England Region
Country Home Products
Crowe Horwath LLP
Edward Jones
*Heritage Family Credit Union
King Arthur Flour
KPMG LLP
LORD Sensing-MicroStrain
Marathon Health
Okemo Mountain Resort
Seventh Generation, Inc
Southwestern Vermont Health Care
Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
Stowe Mountain Resort
*SymQuest
Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
*Vermont Information Processing, Inc
Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
*VSECU
*First time on the list
Company Descriptions
SMALL TO MEDIUM COMPANIES
1) Engelberth Construction, Inc.
At Engelberth, we are widely known in northern New England as a visionary leader in the commercial construction sector, with decades of experience and unique expertise in building almost every kind of structure. From initial permitting to final ribbon cutting, our extensive multi-skilled workforce can handle almost any type of commercial building project with ease, defining a construction method and developing a service package ideally suited to our customer's specific business needs. Our pre-construction process sets the stage for careful decision making, to ensure a smooth process, accurate estimates, and predictable outcomes that meet all project goals. Once the shovel hits the ground, our construction team is focused on delivering with top-level service, constant communication, and superior craftsmanship. We control costs while taking on the toughest challenges, and provide innovative solutions for projects that other builders won’t or can’t undertake. We care for our employees and our work practices demonstrate that.
2) ASICNorth, inc.
AsicNorth, Inc. was established in 2000 with one purpose in mind: deliver the highest quality design services possible. In an industry that can be quite volatile at times, it is important to have a partner that you can depend on to deliver the skills you need when you need them. AsicNorth provides comprehensive ASIC solutions from team augmentation to turnkey design, including supply chain management. Bringing together expert logic and circuit designers to provide highly skilled design services to the electronics industry, AsicNorth "makes chips happen" with attention to detail and unrivaled commitment. Today, AsicNorth is enabling high-tech industry leaders and startups alike with a combination of digital, analog, and mixed signal design capabilities. Driven to enable customer’s success, AsicNorth is Making Chips Happen.
We offer outstanding benefits including a 100% employer paid health and dental insurance, a 401K with generous employer contributions and flexible work hours to balance work and life.
3) Pomerleau Real Estate
Since its founding in 1951, Pomerleau Real Estate has become Vermont's leader in full-service commercial real estate. Headquartered in the historic Follett House on Burlington's beautiful waterfront, Pomerleau is one of the largest owners and managers of commercial property in the state, with over two million square feet of warehouse, office and retail space. Pomerleau's expertise extends to project development as well, including construction of Class A and medical office space, new warehouse and industrial facilities, retail and medical centers, and fully-planned residential communities. Our experience, market intelligence, connections and professionalism are well-known throughout New England. For over 60 years, the Pomerleau name has guaranteed unparalleled service and a deep commitment to our clients. Whether your needs are Commercial Brokerage, Business Services, Development or Property Management, Pomerleau has the answers. Our Brokers are a dynamic force in the community; our in-house property maintenance crew is easily accessible; our commitment and dedication are unmatched.
4) Vermont Housing Finance Agency
VHFA's mission is to finance and promote affordable, safe and decent housing opportunities for low and moderate income Vermonters. We provide access to low-cost, flexible, innovative programs for individuals in need of affordable mortgage financing. The impact of VHFA's work is to stimulate development, financing and preservation of affordable housing, including rental and home ownership and to encourage mechanisms to ensure that housing remains perpetually affordable. Our goal is to create and sustain a workplace conductive to attracting and retaining a quality staff. Additionally, VHFA maintains a sound fiscal structure and meets all fiduciary requirements in a professional manner. We work in partnership with state government, municipalities and the private sector to encourage and support quality planning for affordable housing. VHFA addresses the special needs of Vermonters who have disabilities or require supportive services or are homeless. Finally, VHFA heightens the general awareness of housing needs for low and moderate income Vermonters, particularly with groups who can have an impact on the production of such housing, including the legislature, community officials and the business community.
5) VHB
Our professionals include engineers, scientists, planners, and designers who partner with clients in the transportation, real estate, institutional, and energy industries, as well as federal, state, and local governments. Together, we work to improve mobility, enhance communities, and balance development and infrastructure needs with environmental stewardship. We are VHB. We’re passionate about making meaningful contributions to the world through the work that we do. We’re proud, yet humbled, to have been doing this for 35 years. We’re a team—1,300 strong—eager to deliver value by embracing our clients’ goals, anticipating challenges, building lasting partnerships, and always providing a smooth ride. We aspire for a sustainable world in all that we do. It’s inherent in who we are and our generational company philosophy—founded on stewardship. We don’t just help our clients take action to improve health and well-being, contribute to economic vitality, and promote environmental stewardship. We hold ourselves accountable to do the same at VHB—for our people, projects, communities, and operations.
6) Co-operative Insurance Companies
Our goal is to provide financial security and protection to residential property owners, farm owners and business owners in Vermont and New Hampshire. Beyond offering a full array of property and casualty insurance products and services, our actions are guided by our core values of integrity, respect, accountability and stewardship. Co-op has been building relationships and trust, one member, one neighborhood, one town at a time for a century. When you become a member, you gain more than the peace of mind that comes with having superior insurance coverage. You join a group of people who care about their neighbors and the places they live, and do their best to help them succeed. Our agents are on the ground in more than 95 offices, providing the highest levels of personal attention, loss prevention expertise and fast, fair claims service. That's because as a member-owned and member-committed company, we work for you.
7) NorthCountry Federal Credit Union
In 1950, a group of employees at General Electric in Burlington, Vermont organized the credit union so they could borrow and lend to each other at better-than-market rates. Near the end of 2001, we opened our doors to anyone who resides, works, goes to school or practices religion in Vermont’s ten northern counties. In addition to serving its members, NorthCountry Federal Credit Union supports non-profits that make Vermont a better place to live, work, learn, and play. We have grown into one of Vermont’s largest and most innovative credit unions, and our commitment to providing people with the best possible value and experience has stayed true. Members benefit from higher returns on savings, lower rates on loans and fewer fees on average. The credit union is service-driven (not profit-driven) and exists for the benefit of its members by providing savings, credit and other financial services.
8) Vermont College of Fine Arts
Vermont College of Fine Arts is a national center for education in the arts, fostering the excellence of emerging and established artists and advancing the arts to create a more humane world. Students come to VCFA for our rigorous course of study, our emphasis on the creative process, and to work closely with our award-winning faculty members who advance and inspire their work. Nationally acclaimed and built on an integrated approach, VCFA offers seven low-residency programs and one residential program. As the only college devoted exclusively to graduate fine arts education, VCFA, nestled on a hill overlooking picturesque Montpelier, offers artists and writers a transformative and progressive educational experience through its acclaimed MFA programs and a unique MAT/MA program in Art & Design Education. We are committed to a mission of creating a more humane world and a work culture that respects and supports the creative lives and practices of staff.
9) Catamount Solar
Catamount Solar is a local, Vermont-based, member-owned worker’s cooperative specializing in affordable, high-quality solar power system design and solar installation services. In 2011 we were established as an LLC organized as a worker’s cooperative. Rather than employees, all company workers are members of the cooperative, sharing its ownership responsibilities and receiving compensation dependent on company profit, and in proportion to their contributed labor. We provide the opportunity to become an employee-owner of the company & thereby have a say in decision-making and receive profit sharing. We are proud to provide a fair, honest workplace with clear expectations and equitable pay. Catamount Solar provides design and installation grid-tied and off-grid solar electric power systems. We build systems of all sizes from small off-grid camp systems to large "solar farms".
We host an annual excursion to a Red Sox game at Fenway Park in Boston, and offer a 401-K plan, as well as $1000 employee-owner directed charitable donations.
10) Fuse, LLC
Founded in 1995, Fuse specializes in teen, young adult and millennial marketing. For twenty years, we’ve helped some of the most admired brands in the world reach a mass audience while developing credibility within the youth culture. Fuse services include Consumer Insights, Brand Strategy, Social Media, Experiential Marketing, Public Relations, and Creative. Fuse employs a staff of youth marketing experts recruited from leading brands, agencies and universities. The agency's culture is creative and energetic; and it has progressive benefits and practices that foster a positive and balanced working environment. Fuse has been named to Inc.com’s Inc. 5000 list, Promo Magazine’s Top Agency List and Sports Business Journal’s Top 20 Agency List. Fuse also received Event Marketer Magazine’s Grand Ex Award for the best overall event marketing campaign, PRSA award for digital PR and the Bulldog Reporter Award for PR. Fuse's leaders have been named among Sports Business Journal's 40 Under 40 and Vermont Business Magazine's Rising Star Award recipients.
11) Hergenrother Enterprises
Hergenrother Enterprises is comprised of KW Vermont, Hergenrother Realty Group, BlackRock Construction, Hergenrother Capital, Adam Hergenrother Training Organization, and Hergenrother Foundation. Hergenrother Enterprises is a powerhouse connector - matching talent with opportunities, the community with resources, clients with Realtors, investors with projects, and goals with training and education. Through strategic business consulting and consistent accountability, Hergenrother Enterprises empowers the leaders of today to develop the leaders of tomorrow. With a focus on real estate, construction, development, consulting, and training, Hergenrother Enterprises is building leaders and businesses worldwide. Hergenrother Enterprises provides residential and commercial real estate services, residential and commercial construction management, development services, real estate investment opportunities, and leadership and business coaching, consulting, and training. We believe that everyone should be able to live the biggest LIFE possible: Legacy; Influence; Freedom and Energy. And we are dedicated to transforming lives through business consulting and training.
12) UVM Foundation
The mission of the UVM Foundation is to secure and manage private support for the benefit of the University of Vermont. The Foundation offers influential and committed alumni and other donors the opportunity to serve UVM in ways that did not previously exist, focusing their collective influence, experience, and energy on realizing the UVM Foundation mission. With a bottom line focus and singular attention to philanthropy, the Foundation board will inspire greater support from the institution’s top donors and extend the ability of the professional staff to engage donors in fundraising efforts. At the same time, the UVM Foundation will shift the burden of development expenses from the University’s general fund to the Foundation, increasing the amount of discretionary general-fund dollars available to the institution. The Foundation and its volunteer board will also provide a structure that transcends the normal transitions that occur at higher education institutions, providing a continuity of message and focus during even the most turbulent times.
13) Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP
Gallagher, Flynn & Company, LLP focuses primarily on providing auditing, accounting and tax services to privately held businesses. In addition, we have niche practices that assist our clients with recruiting, litigation support, business valuations and financial planning. We are a firm that believes, foremost, in relationships. Relationships with clients, associates, and partners. Relationships with each other. At GFC, we understand that real and lasting accountability, integrity, and trust only happen when the relationship comes first. To build these connections, we utilize our nearly half-century of commitment to excellence. It’s a commitment we reaffirm every day, as we strive to serve the unique and often evolving needs of each of our clients. By taking the time to get to know and understand the people and companies we work with, we are able to craft strategies that efficiently leverage our decades of experience and wealth of resources.
14) Renewable NRG Systems
Renewable NRG Systems began inventing wind resource assessment tools more than 30 years ago, when the wind industry was in its infancy. Our culture of innovation has grown along with us. Today, we serve multiple stages of wind and solar energy project development—from site assessment to commercial operation. You’ll find our products being used by electric utilities, turbine OEMs, project developers, research institutes, and government agencies all over the world, in more than 150 countries. Our products are easy-to-use, precise, and well-supported and we design specifically for renewable energy applications so that our customers gain all the features needed. For RNRG, customer support goes beyond troubleshooting. We focus on every step of the ownership process—from sales consultation, to shipping logistics, to installation—to ensure the best experience. Lifetime technical support means customers will never be stranded in the field without backup. Going the extra mile is what we do best both for our external customers as well as for our employees.
15) Wild Apple Graphics, Ltd.
We find, create, adapt, publish and license trend current art for manufacturers of home and hospitality décor. Wild Apple provides fine art posters and wall décor to the home furnishings market, and licenses artwork to leading manufacturers of home furnishings, stationery and gift products. For customers who need a constant stream of innovative, affordable, and on-trend artwork, we provide a continuous source of researched and edited art, with quick turnaround and reliable customer service. Over the years we’ve watched art publishing change dramatically. From a small industry, it has blossomed into a global force that we’ve been proud to grow into. We’ve stayed true to the notion that creativity, respect and hard work are at the core of our business. We do business by the golden rule: treat artists, customers, suppliers, and each other the way we want to be treated. We have a lot of fun. We’re always learning, and we’re very pro-chocolate.
16) Union Mutual
Located in the Green Mountains of central Vermont and first established in 1874, the Union Mutual of Vermont Companies have been providing quality insurance products for over 140 years. As a dynamic regional mutual insurance company, the Union Mutual is focused on its continuing long-term relationships with its policyholders and agents. As a mutual insurer, we are owned by our policyholders and are not driven by shareholders or short term solutions to long term problems. Given the many changes in the financial services industry, Union Mutual is committed to continue its culture of friendly, people-oriented service. We believe this overall philosophy, combined with our high quality products distributed through our network of professional Independent Agents who share in our vision, will continue to serve us as we continue our second century of service. The Companies’ overall business philosophy and culture is one that strives to treat all of our business partners, be they policyholders, agents or vendors, with the highest level of fairness, integrity and respect.
17) Ascension Technology Corp - an NDI Company
We are a global leading innovator and manufacturer of advanced 3D measurement technology systems, with over 45,000 installations worldwide. NDI is based in Ontario, Canada with additional offices in the United States, Germany, and Hong Kong. Ascension Technology Corp. is an NDI Company and located in Shelburne, VT. For over 30 years, our optical measurement and electromagnetic tracking solutions have been trusted by the world’s foremost organizations and institutes in medicine, industry, simulation, and academia. Ascension's electromagnetic tracking technology is known for its exceptional ease of integration and customization, real-time tool tracking and navigation. In 2012 Ascension was acquired by Roper Industries Inc., becoming an affiliate company of Northern Digital Inc. – also owned by Roper Industries Inc.
With over 190 employees in four offices across the globe, our teams work collaboratively to innovate and continue our tradition of providing industry leading products for our customers and partners.
18) Vermont Public Radio
Listener-supported Vermont Public Radio has been serving the people of Vermont and the surrounding region since 1977. As Vermont's only statewide public radio network, VPR is a trusted and independent source for news, music, conversation, NPR programming, and much more. VPR is an essential for news, information, music and cultural exploration for the people of our region. We are committed to these core values and tenets: Convening conversations that engage our communities; Deepening our understanding of one another and the world; Enriching our lives with music, including classical, jazz and folk; Providing meaningful public service; Practicing the highest standards of journalism; Providing a foundation for lifelong learning; Seeking diversity in our personnel, our content, and our listeners, and committing to inclusiveness; Striving for quality and continuous improvement; Investing in the future of our employees; Participating in the public radio system nationally; Stewarding the resources entrusted to us with integrity, prudence and accountability; Fostering transparent relationships with listeners, contributors and members of the community; and, Having a sense of humor.
19) Countryside Alarms
Countryside Alarms is a Fire & Security Alarm company. Our company is a full service operation from the distribution of product to contractors and alarm companies, to the central station which provides the monitoring. We handle everything in between: Design/Build, Installations, Service, and Inspections. Our products are Honeywell, which are American made. We are a family-owned and family-focused company. Our management team will help employees during tough times. We provide subsidized, quality, secure apartments for employees and families on premises with six acres of green space to play, bike, walk, even garden. We provide in-office training and pay for continued training. The majority of our employees have been taken from low wage jobs and retrained by Countryside for quality wage jobs. In order to help our family of employees, we allow for children to be at the work place.
20) Basin Harbor
Basin Harbor Club was established in 1886 by Ardelia Beach and has remained family owned for 130 years. Today, guests are greeted by fourth generation hosts, Pennie Beach and Robert H. Beach, Jr. and fifth generation Sarah Morris, Director of Sales. Originally a 225-acre working farm catering to summer boarders, the resort has expanded to cover 700 acres on Lake Champlain, encompassing the main lodge, cottages, a private golf course, spectacular gardens, a 3,200 foot grass airstrip and serving food grown by Vermont farmers.
We host annual employee parties and other events that show our appreciation for them. We treat all employees as family, and encourage them to enjoy the property, just as a guest would. We have various staff activities, like bingo, cruises on Lake Champlain and pool parties. Can't beat the location, with such a sense of community and family, our diverse staff offers a multicultural taste of the world.
21) Vermont Creamery
At Vermont Creamery, we strive to produce the highest quality cheeses and dairy products using local ingredients while supporting and developing family farms. We aim to exemplify sustainability by being profitable, engaging our staff in the business, and living our mission every day in the creamery. Our mission is founded on five principles: The farms: Improve our rural communities by supporting family farms which have best management practices that are sustainable and environmentally sound; A culture of continuous improvement: Invigorate and challenge our creamery community to maintain the highest product quality, excel at customer service and care for our consumers by inviting them to be part of our family; The value of cheese: Promotes a life of good health and meaningful connection through the preparation and sharing of good food with others; A responsible manufacturer: Add value to milk while minimizing our impact on clean and plentiful water, clean air, and land and The Team: Accountability and responsibility allows every team member to create a profitable, meaningful and fun workplace where he/she is challenged, empowered, and motivated by his/her contribution.
22) Heritage Aviation
Heritage Aviation is an employee owned aviation services company that provides maintenance, avionics and fixed base operations from the Burlington International Airport. For over thirty years our Diamond Award winning FAA-certified repair station has provided the region with outstanding aircraft maintenance and avionics support. Our nationally recognized FBO division is famous for its customer service while offering 24/7 ground handling, fueling, deicing and related aviation support capabilities. Heritage Aviation offers New Englanders a world class home for their aircraft. Our Green facility houses U.S. Customs on site and offers full FBO and Maintenance services by employee-owners who have a stake in meeting all your aviation needs under one roof. We are an authorized dealer of avionics equipment and provide complete avionics inspection, modifications and repair for all types of aircraft. Our location in Vermont means that when you do business with us there is no sales tax on aircraft parts or labor.
23) The Richards Group
The Richards Group is a full-service insurance and financial services firm that provides comprehensive risk management, employee benefits and investment services. At The Richards Group, we protect what our clients value most, whether it is their home, their business, their employee's health or working towards financial independence. To that end, we have four distinct business units that specialize in a range of professional services: personal insurance, commercial insurance and risk management, employee benefits consulting and wealth management. While we have access to many industry leading products, it is our expertise, advocacy, technology and experience that provide the greatest value to our clients. We believe the best business partnerships are personal. What matters to you, matters to us. We’re here to help you find solutions, not just answers. The Richards Group is dedicated to providing you with proactive solutions, exceptional service, and unparalleled advocacy so you get the peace of mind you deserve.
24) SunCommon
SunCommon believes that everyone has the right to a healthy environment and safer world- and clean energy is where it starts. Energy from the sun can power our lives, heat our homes and fuel our cars. Our mission is to tear down the barriers to renewable energy. We do that by making it easy and affordable for all Vermonters to go solar. SunCommon® was organized from the beginning as a Vermont Benefit Corporation and is a Certified B Corp, having passed a rigorous assessment of responsible business practices. That means it was our choice to be legally bound to put our employees, our communities and the habitat that sustains us all on equal footing with making a profit. We feel a huge responsibility to succeed – in order to honor our triple bottom line commitments to people (our employees and their families, our customers and residents of the communities where we do business), planet (Vermont’s beloved environment and the broader globe, given climate change) and profit (providing capital to grow, revenue to share among our employees and a reasonable return to our investors).
LARGE COMPANIES
1) Stantec Consulting Services, Inc.
We're active members of the communities we serve. That's why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. The Stantec community unites approximately 22,000 employees working in over 400 locations across six continents. We collaborate across disciplines and industries to bring buildings, energy and resource, environmental, and infrastructure projects to life. Our work—engineering, architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, surveying, environmental sciences, project management, and project economics, from initial project concept and planning through design, construction, and commissioning—begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Our local strength, knowledge, and relationships, coupled with our world-class expertise, have allowed us to go anywhere to meet our clients' needs in more creative and personalized ways. With a long-term commitment to the people and places we serve, Stantec has the unique ability to connect to projects on a personal level and advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.
2) Edward Jones
Edward Jones is the nation’s largest financial-services firm in terms of branch offices, with nearly 12,000 U.S. locations. Every aspect of our business, from investment types to branch locations, is designed to cater to our nearly 7 million clients in communities where they live and work. Financial advisors work with clients to understand personal goals – from college savings to retirement – and create long-term investment solutions that emphasize a well-balanced portfolio and a buy-and-hold strategy. We embrace the importance of building long-term, face-to-face relationships with clients, helping them to understand and make sense of the investment options available today. Edward Jones is a partnership owned by nearly 20,000 associates and every associate has an opportunity to own part of the firm. Partnership is a unique reward that few companies offer. Any associate in good standing with three years of service can be offered partnership. Half of associates are owners.
3) Comcast - Western New England Region
Comcast Corporation is a global media and technology company with two primary businesses, Comcast Cable and NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation's largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential customers under the XFINITY brand and also provides these services to businesses. NBCUniversal operates news, entertainment and sports cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, television production operations, television station groups, Universal Pictures and Universal Parks and Resorts. Comcast's Western New England Region (WNER) is one of the Comcast Cable's 15 regions nationally and is responsible for providing products and services to residential and business customers in more than 300 communities. The WNER has more than 1,700 employees across those states.
4) Marathon Health
We operate workplace health centers with a commitment to clinical excellence and health engagement, superior account management, and detailed reporting on utilization and outcomes. Our model delivers improved health, high patient satisfaction, and lower costs. Based in Vermont, we operate clinics for employer organizations spread across nearly 40 states and within several industry verticals--manufacturing, professional services, finance, school districts, city and county government, and hospitals. What these employers seek is a solution that respects their most important asset: their employees. They are also looking for an innovative, sustainable way to curb their healthcare costs, not just by decreasing benefits or shifting costs. They want a model of care that helps their employees live healthier, more productive lives. And in the end, they want documentation that this approach is working with detailed business analytics to evaluate performance. It is for these reasons employers choose Marathon Health as their onsite health center partner.
5) KPMG, LLP
KPMG LLP is an audit, tax, and advisory services firm, operating from 92 offices with more than 30,000 employees and partners throughout the U.S. KPMG LLP is the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, which consists of over 150,000 professionals in over 150 countries. KPMG's multi-disciplinary approach and deep, practical industry knowledge help clients meet challenges and respond to opportunities. The services we provide include: Audit: audit teams equipped with a high level of technical skills and empowered with professional skepticism provide the heart and soul of a good audit; Tax: through a forward thinking multidisciplinary approach, technical experience, and deep industry knowledge, KPMG's Tax professionals can add value and help organizations manage the tax complexities of an ever-changing business environment and Advisory: KPMG's professionals combine technical, market, and business skills that allow them to deliver objective advice and guidance that help the firm's clients grow their businesses, improve their performance, and manage risk more effectively.
6) Crowe Horwath, LLP
Crowe Horwath LLP is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Horwath International, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 120 countries around the world.
Our “Where to Work” policy allows our people to work where it’s most convenient for them and where they will be most productive given the nature of their work, whether that’s in the office, at home or from another remote location. Through our “Living Our Values” Awards program, we recognize our people for living the firm’s core values: care, share, invest and grow.
7) Vermont Mutual Insurance Group
Chartered in 1828, the Vermont Mutual Insurance Group® is one of the ten oldest mutual property/casualty insurers in the United States. We have operated continuously since that time in Montpelier, Vermont. Along with the wholly owned subsidiary, Northern Security Insurance Company, Inc. and the affiliated Granite Mutual Insurance Company, Vermont Mutual Insurance Group provides coverage throughout the Northeast. With more than 800 independent agency office locations, the Group insures over 285,000 policyholders. Rated “A+ Superior” by A. M. Best and a Ward’s Top 50 performing property/casualty for the past eight consecutive years. We offer personal and commercial insurance through our agency partners to protect individuals and businesses. Our personal lines of business include insurance for automobiles, dwelling fire, home-owners, inland marine and umbrella coverage. We also offer commercial lines of insurance including: automobiles, business-owners, inland marine and umbrella coverage. Underwriting for these lines of coverage, as well as addressing claims for our insurance holders are conducted in-house.
8) LORD Sensing-MicroStrain
LORD Sensing-MicroStrain in Williston, Vermont, is a global, ISO-9001 certified, award-winning developer of sensing technology, including inertial sensors, wireless sensing systems, displacement sensors, and custom software. From rapidly-deployed test and measurement technology to customized, long-term embedded solutions, LORD Sensing-MicroStrain’s innovations are designed for a wide variety of applications, including structural health monitoring, condition-based maintenance, navigation and control, environmental monitoring, and rotating component health. LORD Sensing-MicroStrain’s technological advances have been recognized by Sensors magazine with more than a dozen Best of Sensors Expo awards, and by Machine Design magazine, the State of Vermont, the Manufacturing Leadership Council, and many others. Since 2013 LORD MicroStrain has been proud to be named the annual Best Places to Work in Vermont list. MicroStrain was founded in 1987. In 2012 it was acquired by LORD Corporation. LORD, MicroStrain® Sensing Systems is committed to quality and innovation throughout the company. We are proud to have received business innovator awards from the State of Vermont.
9) Vermont Information Processing, Inc.
VIP was founded in 1973 as a data collection and processing company. VIP keyed clients’ sales from paper invoices into a computer and provided clients with summarized sales reports. As computers became more affordable to individual businesses, VIP expanded its own in-house software and sold the product as the VIP Route Accounting System. As a specialist in the beverage industry, VIP has developed a complete software package that is second to none in meeting the specific needs of beverage distributors/bottlers. VIP has developed solutions for all three tiers of the beverage industry. In 2002, VIP started developing software solutions for suppliers. VIP currently collects data and provides solutions for over 100 suppliers. Over the years, VIP’s technological and business solutions for beverage distributors expanded to include: a complete financials package; PDA handhelds and other mobile devices for sales reps, drivers, and merchandisers; innovative applications for Warehouse Management Systems such as automated truck loading, voice picking, and task management; iDIG sales analysis tools; electronic report capture, email, and retrieval; and Cloud Solution.
10) Stowe Mountain Resort
Stowe Mountain Resort is a four season resort on the highest peak in Vermont. We offer a variety of recreational activities to include skiing, hiking, snowshoeing, cross country, indoor climbing wall, ice skating and snowboarding in the winter months. Summer activities include 2 golf courses, fishing, hiking, rock climbing, tennis, zip tour and tree top adventure center. Open year round is a 330 unit four star hotel, condominiums, children's adventure center, day care center, 12 dining establishments, a spa, performing arts center and multiple retail shops. Our company culture focuses on respecting each other and our environment. Our aspirations encourage life-enhancing experiences and ensure the sustainability of our company. Combining these principles and goals gives us pride, purpose and opportunity. As a group, we strive to make our resort a rewarding place to work. Individually, we aspire to communicate openly and often, supporting an environment of sensitivity and trust.
11) Country Home Products
At Country Home Products, we are passionate about the spirit of country living. Based in rural Vermont, we enjoy caring for our land, and take great pride in beautifying and improving the place we call home. To help us with our passion for independent country living, we appreciate good tools that are durable, simple and useful. Since 1985, we have been designing, assembling, marketing, and selling tools that make outdoor work easier and more enjoyable. We only offer products that we would use ourselves, each one vigorously tested for performance and durability, described truthfully, and guaranteed to be of the best quality and value available. DR®, launched in 1985, is the Company’s flagship brand - Professional Power, Done Right. Lines include field and brush mowers, leaf and lawn vacuums, trimmers, mowers, wood chippers, wood splitters, graders, power wagons, and backhoes – all of which are designed for ease of use and to provide both greater functionality and less maintenance when compared to alternative products.
12) Seventh Generation, Inc.
Established in 1988, in Burlington, Vermont, Seventh Generation is one of the nation's leading brands of household and personal care products. The company lives its commitment to "caring today for seven generations of tomorrows," with products formulated to provide mindful solutions for the air, surfaces, fabrics, pets and people within your home -- and for the community and environment outside of it. A pioneer in corporate responsibility, Seventh Generation continually evaluates ways to reduce its environmental impact, increase performance and safety, and create a more sustainable supply chain. We’re proud to be a B Corporation. B Corps are certified to be better for workers, better for communities and better for the environment. We believe it is our responsibility to set a course for a more mindful way of doing business, where companies act as partners with other stakeholders to create a brighter future for the whole planet.
13) King Arthur Flour
King Arthur Flour is America’s oldest flour company, founded in Boston in 1790 to provide pure, high-quality flour. More than 226 years later, King Arthur Flour still stands on its founding principles and is now an employee-owned company and a certified B-corporation. It is the mission of our company to inspire and share the joy of baking, bringing people together and building stronger communities. The company's high-quality flours, mixes and ingredients are available in supermarkets nationwide and online. More than 3,500 tested and trusted baking tools, ingredients, and recipes are available online at www.kingarthurflour.com. Headquartered in Norwich, Vermont, King Arthur Flour became 100% employee-owned in 2004, a founding B Corp in 2007, sponsor of 1% for the Planet in 2014, and major contributor to Feeding America beginning in 2016. As a 100% employee-owned organization and founding B (Benefit) Corporation, we care as much about our people, community, and planet as we do our flour.
14) Vermont Energy Investment Corporation
The Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) is a nonprofit energy services organization founded in 1986 to reduce the economic, social, and environmental costs of energy consumption. VEIC offers innovative and equitable energy solutions for a complex and changing world. In all that we do—whether its policy development or program implementation—we help our clients use energy with the maximum efficiency, linking individual to societal benefits. We provide actionable advice and proven results, founded on 30+ years of comprehensive energy experience. We provide consulting services in the areas of policy development, program planning and design, feasibility and financial analysis, and technical support for a wide variety of public and private sector clients seeking innovative energy efficiency and sustainable energy solutions. Our work will result in reducing 20 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) (carbon ton equivalent) per year by 2027, twice the amount the entire state of Vermont produced in 2007.
15) SymQuest
Founded in 1996, SymQuest designs, installs, and supports business technologies that handle the information flow of electronic and physical communications. Our 185 technology professionals are committed to delivering legendary computer network and document management services. Our expertise lies in the realm of computers and software applications that help our clients gain phenomenal increases in productivity. We take great pride being responsible for our clients so they can focus on what they do best. SymQuest designs, installs, and hosts network infrastructures and printing environments of all sizes. SymQuest Group is a regionally based company with a national reputation for service excellence and innovation. We actively participate in a number of domestic trade associations that meet regularly to discuss best business practices. We strive for continuous improvement in all we do and are passionate in becoming your choice for office technology solutions.
16) Okemo Mountain Resort
We are in the business of providing exceptional experiences to our guests - proudly representing the State of Vermont for winter and summer tourism! Our company is family owned and operated. We provide a variety of services including: skiing & riding; a complete array of culinary operations; hotel operations; retail services and summer activities and services. We also offer a complete compliment of banquet and wedding services year-round. At Okemo, we pride ourselves on having 2,200 vertical feet of positive outlook for our guests and each other. Culture is what we teach. And service with a smile is the linchpin of our success. Every interaction with our guests, on and off the mountain, at our golf courses and our Adventure Zone, is an opportunity to turn a skier, rider, golfer, or recreational enthusiast into a lifelong member of our mountain family. Our team members reflect this attitude by having fun doing what we do best: creating a memorable recreational experience!
17) Southwestern Vermont Medical Center
SVMC is a full service community hospital that is part of Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC), and integrated health system serving Bennington and Windham Counties in Vermont and nearby communities in New York and Massachusetts. In addition to the hospital, SVHC consists of the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, the SVHC Foundation and the SVMC Northshire, Deerfield, and Pownal campuses, SVMC Orthopedics and SVHC Regional Cancer Center. It also includes Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, a multi-specialty medical group operated in partnership with Dartmouth Hitchcock. Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is the parent company for Southwestern Vermont Medical Center, Vermont's first hospital to be recognized as a Magnet for nursing excellence, having just received its 4th designation. SVHC exists to provide exceptional health care and comfort to the people we serve. We are recognized as a preeminent, rural, integrated health care system that provides exceptional, convenient, safe, and affordable care. Our employees follow these values: Quality; Empathy; Safety; Teamwork and Stewardship.
18) City Market, Onion River Co-op
City Market, Onion River Co-op, is a 16,000 sq. ft. community-owned food cooperative located in beautiful downtown Burlington, Vermont. City Market is Burlington’s only downtown grocery store, open 363 days per year from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. City Market provides a critical service to the residents of Burlington and the larger community by providing conventional, organic and local products at a fair price to all. Over 4,000 customers pass through our doors each day in search of the quality products offered by City Market. The Co-op is dedicated to supporting the local economy and strengthening the local food system. We work with thousands of Vermont vendors to feature a wide selection of local and Vermont-made products. We are member-owned, so the profits generated by Co-op members are returned to our members in profitable years through our Patronage Refund program.
We encourage work-life balance with wellness initiatives; onsite yoga, meditation & stress management.
19) Heritage Family Credit Union
Heritage Family Credit Union is a not-for-profit federally chartered cooperative that is owned by its members. That means profits generated go back into the credit union for improvements to services, financial reserves, higher savings rates and lower loan rates. We exist for service to our members, employees, and communities through integrity, compassion and education. Members of Heritage Family have access to a full array of products and services including checking and savings accounts, auto loans, Visa credit cards, mortgage loans, business accounts, mobile banking and much more. Unlike other financial institutions, a credit union is owned and operated by the people it serves, with each member having one vote, regardless of the number of shares held. There are no stockholders to be driven by profit, which makes your credit union different from any other financial institutions. Members are united by a common bond of association and democratically operate under credit union regulations.
20) VSECU
VSECU is a cooperative providing financial, environmental and social initiatives to the people who live or work in the State of Vermont. We pride ourselves in providing innovative products to our members that will improve the quality of life for all Vermonters while working together to create a sustainable future. Here at VSECU we believe in our vision of empowering possibilities for Vermonters, our member-owners, and co-workers. Our unique vision and role in the community makes us more than just a credit union. Our vision is to inspire a movement that brings people together to empower the possibilities for greater financial, environmental and social prosperity. As part of fulfilling this vision, we partner with organizations and businesses that share our mission to improve the quality of Vermonter’s lives. These initiatives represent innovative efforts to stimulate social and economic opportunities through collaboration and cooperation. We are passionate about supporting these initiatives and more in the future. In doing so, we hope to inspire other organizations to focus more on the commitment to impact, purpose and people.
21) A.N. Deringer, Inc.
Founded in 1919, A.N. Deringer, Inc., the largest privately-held Customs broker in the US, is a leading provider of international supply chain solution services including international freight forwarding, Customs brokerage, warehousing and distribution, consulting, and cargo insurance. Deringer combines over 30 US offices with a global agency network to facilitate the movement of cargo throughout the world.
Wellness incentives include contests and prizes, along with other benefits such as additional 8 hours of holiday time; flexibility to take time off and flex-time; 8 hours of volunteer time per year; jeans on Fridays; & tuition reimbursement. Deringer offers a healthy work-life balance, encouraging breaks throughout the day; vacation, personal and sick time; flex-time, and a widely-adopted wellness plan.