Eighty-eight New Orleans area companies were recently honored as part of The Times-Picayune’s annual program to determine the top places to work across the region.
The Top Workplaces competition seeks to identify stellar companies based on independent, anonymous surveys of their employees. The a reception to honor the winners was held June 20 at the Higgins Hotel in New Orleans. Kim Boyle, a partner at the Phelps Dunbar law firm, emceed the event, which drew a crowd of around 300 people.
Top Workplaces event at Higgins Hotel in New Orleans on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
The competition annually names three top employers in the small, medium and large businesses categories.
Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Co. was named the top workplace in the large businesses category, reserved for businesses with 400 or more employees. Audubon Engineering Co. took the top ranking in the medium businesses category, for companies with 125-299 employees. And Del Sol Consulting rose to the top in the small businesses category, which is for businesses with less than 125 employees.
Other winners were Laitram LLC and St. Tammany Parish government in the large businesses category; OnPath Federal Credit Union and RNGD in the medium-sized category; and LAMMICO and Louisiana Technology Group in the small businesses category.
Each year The Times-Picayune partners with Energage, an employee research and consulting firm based in Philadelphia, to run the program. The Top Workplaces competition is now in its 10th year. To nominate your company for next year, visit https://topworkplaces.com/nominate-your-organization/
In addition to the overall winners, a number of companies and employees received special awards.
Guy Williams of Gulf Coast Bank and Trust, Wes Palmisano of RNGD and Blythe Dorris of Del Sol received leadership awards.
OnPath Federal Credit Union received the Direction Award. Audubon Engineering received the Managers Award. Capital One Financial Corp. received the New Ideas Award. Raising Cane’s received the Doers Award.
Northshore Rehabilitation Hospital received the Meaningfulness Award. Home Instead Northshore received the Values Award. Globalstar received Clued In Senior Management Award. LAMMICO received the Communication Award.
Laitram received the Appreciation Award. TruWealth Advisors received the Work/Life Flexibility Award. Gootee Construction received the Training Award. And Edge Financial Services received the Benefits Award.
Top Workplaces event at Higgins Hotel in New Orleans on Thursday, June 20, 2024. (Photo by Chris Granger, The Times-Picayune)
Here are all the companies that were honored this year:
AccuTRANS
Acme Truck Line Inc.
Ampirical
Archbishop Chapelle High School
Audubon Engineering Co.
AVALA
Belle Chasse Academy
Bellwether
Bibbeo Ltd.
Blue Williams LLC
Bridge House Corp.
Capital One Financial Corp.
Christwood Retirement Community
Cox
Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts
Crescent City Schools
Cypress Pointe Surgical Hospital
Del Sol Consulting
DelRicht Research
Dignity Memorial
Eagle Industries
ECM Consultants Inc.
Edge Financial Services
Engineering & Inspection Services
Entergy Corporation
Forman Watkins & Krutz LLP
Gallo Mechanical LLC
Globalstar
Gootee Construction
Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Co.
Home Instead Northshore
Hotel Monteleone
InclusivCare
Infinity Engineering Consultants
iSeatz
Journey Hospice
Kean Miller LLP
Kent Design Build
Laborde Products
Laitram
LAMMIC
Landis Construction
LaPorte CPAs & Business Advisors
Latter & Blum
Loews Hotels & Co.
Louisiana Public Health Institute
Louisiana Technology Group
MS Benbow & Associates
Magnolia Physical Therapy
Marsh McLennan Agency
MaxHome/NewBath
Metairie Bank & Trust Co.
Meyer Engineers
Morial Convention Center
New Orleans & Company
New Orleans Fireman’s Federal Credit Union
NOLA Hotel Group
Northshore Rehabilitation Hospital
Northshore Technical Community College
Northwestern Mutual – New Orleans
Ochsner Health
OnPath Federal Credit Union
OutSolve
PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Hammond
Priority Health Care – New Orleans
Raintree Children and Family Services
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers
Rampart/Wurth Holding Inc.
RCI
ReNEW Schools
RNGD
Rouses Markets
Ryan Gootee General Contractors
SRSA Commercial Real Estate
St. Tammany Parish Government
Stoa Group
Stokes & Associates Inc.
Stryker Orthpaedics
Taste Buds Management & Zea Rotisserie & Bar
TekSynap
The Domain Companies
The Gray Insurance Company
The Woodhouse Day Spa – New Orleans
Thurgood Marshall
Total Quality Logistics