The Judges Talk about The Principal 10 Best Winners
A distinguished, independent panel of judges recently selected The Principal® 10 Best Companies for Employee Financial Security-2010.
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Top Trends Among The 10 Best Winners: “The trend seems to be a focus on moving [employees] towards their goals individually.” — Donna Dracket, vice president and CFO, Psychological Assessment Resources |
Why They’re The 10 Best: “The companies continue, even in these very difficult times, to be committed to their employee benefit programs” — David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council |
Top Trends Among The 10 Best
“One of the main things that really stood out this year as we reviewed all the entrants was the companies’ focus on total wellness, which includes not only medical or physical wellness, but also financial wellness. We were quite impressed with the number of companies who have put on a number of different seminars, so the trend seems to be a focus on the employees and moving them towards their goals individually.”
— Donna Drackett, vice president and CFO, Psychological Assessment Resources (PAR); winner of The Principal 10 Best Companies –2009
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“I think the one thing that surprised me was companies’ commitment, their sticktoititiveness, their creativity, and again, their innovation. And it showed their real commitment to help their employees, not only with their financial security, but also with their health and wellness.”
— Deborah Hall-Pope, chief Human Resources and Organizational Services Officer, ASCD; winner of The Principal 10 Best Companies–2009 Watch a video of comments from this judge.
“As a long term judge, I am impressed by the fact that the companies have really moved to provide more and more wellness support. All of the outstanding companies this year had excellent wellness programs but they also are providing a lot of financial support through employer-paid investment advice. This is a significant change, I think.”
— David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America Watch a video of comments from this judge.
Why They’re The 10 Best
“Given the economic conditions, you’d expect that maybe this year’s group of finalists weren’t quite as outstanding as the year before, that they’d had to make some changes. What we found is these companies not only maintained their commitment, but often increased their commitment saying, ‘This is how we stand out. Our employees need it. It’s part of our culture.’ So that was very impressive; that ongoing commitment.”
—Corey Rosen, executive director and founder, National Center for Employee Ownership Watch a video of comments from this judge.
“What the Principal 10 Best offers a company is a way to differentiate itself, a way to get recognition of how good they are in terms of providing health and financial security programs relative to the rest of the world. And one thing about the companies, the winners this year, they do stand out. They do far more than many huge companies. They really do more than other small and medium companies.”
— Dallas Salisbury, president & CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) Watch a video of comments from this judge.
“I was pleasantly surprised at how the companies continue, even in these very difficult times, to be committed to their employee benefit programs. These programs are expensive. They not only take financial resources, but management time. And we all know that the managements of all of these organizations were being challenged to keep their companies financially viable. It’s wonderful that they continue to put both the management time and the money into these programs.”
— David Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America Watch a video of comments from this judge.
