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Alexia George, 25

Marketing StrategistNet Conversion(No. 36 Small)

“They don’t hire on resumes, but more on people” and how they fit into the team and culture, says George. The company’s owners took her out to lunch before they hired her two years ago. “They were more intrigued about me — how I grew up in New York City and my family,” she

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says, with credentials, such as her MBA, secondary to her background as a whole.

The company celebrates employee birthdays or a co-worker’s upcoming marriage, with cake and cham-pagne. It hosts Movie Fridays in the office, with lunch provided. There is plenty of time for fun, she says.

Then there are the cozy robes. Each worker is pre-sented with an embossed robe with a sleep-inspired nickname when they join the team (hers is AleSiesta George). When the office gets chilly “everyone walks around in their robes. It’s to just have a comfy environ-ment,” she says, where everyone feels like family.

Dayami Emory, 30

HR GeneralistApollo Bank(No. 10 Midsized)

It’s a two-for-one when your boss also happens to be your mentor, as is the case with Dayami Emory. “I get inspired by her work ethic, and it resonates,” Emory says of Melissa Pineda. A five-year employee who previously worked at an IT company, Emory says her Apollo co-workers are inspiring. “From the leadership on down, they’re all one of a kind,” she says.

The bank also prioritizes employees’ wellness. The focus and audience of its annual wellness

fair are broad. Not only does the fair cover topics of physical health — including fitness, nutrition and areas like dermatology — but it features information on financial wellness, as well. And it isn’t just an employee event. Emory says it’s specifically planned on weekends so employees’ families can attend, too.

“We’re always trying to expand it and have different speakers that we didn’t have in the past,” she says, ensuring relevancy and value.

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Anthony Littleton, 26

Pricing AnalystCone Distributing(No. 13 Large)

“We reference it as Team Cone. When I say, ‘Team Cone,’ everybody works together,” says Anthony Littleton of the culture at the beverage distributor.

Littleton, a five-year employee, has earned a college degree while there, working his way up through areas such as delivery, merchandising and sales. Littleton says that employees are cross-trained to help one another, making for a more cohesive workforce, where each understands the roles of others.

Unlike other companies, if things are busy, upper leadership is not above pitching in, Littleton says. “Some people don’t know what their VPs work on. Ours put on shorts and tennis shoes and are slinging cases of beer,” to help out, he says.

Development opportunities also keep Littleton engaged at work. The company offers training and advancement opportunities for those who want it. “I have a CDL license, and I’m forklift-certified,” he says.

Job security and management’s willingness to get employee input add to Littleton’s job satisfaction.

Victor Tang, 24

Commercial Sales ExecutiveBouchard Insurance(No. 11 Large)

Victor Tang chose to pursue a degree in risk management and insurance from Florida State University. It was a field, he felt, that had ample opportunity. As a Bouchard employee for three years, he says his instincts about the field have proven true.

“The office is young and energetic,” says Tang. “Bouchard does a very good job of hiring Millennials — great talent — heavily recruiting risk management insurance majors,” who aren’t always easy to find, he adds. The dynamic is enriched by the employees who have been on the Bouchard team for decades and are part of the company’s culture of mentorship.

Tang also points to the company’s commitment to community and investment in education.

He earned his certified insurance counselor (CIP) designation in 2016. “Bouchard helped me get that,” adding that he was the youngest out of 30,000 CIP designations in Florida.

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Stephanie Quiñones, 32

AttorneyGunster(No. 26 Large)

A mother of toddlers who are just 18 months apart, Stephanie Quiñones says Gunster has accommodated the changes in her life, while remaining stable and strong in its goals and leadership.

“Leadership has been consistent since I’ve been here,” she says. “There is not a lot of turnover on the board of directors, either.” She has been there for seven years, a testament to her job satisfaction in an industry with high turnover for new attorneys. “The goals and everything have been consistent and put into practice” over that time, she says, such as expanding into Orlando and Tampa and relocating the Miami office.

At the same time, the firm uses surveys to stay in tune with employee feedback. Gunster is respectful of the fact that

employees have families and lives outside of the office, says Quiñones. The firm recently organized a multi-office Family Day at Miami’s Marlins Park. “Family first is always their motto,” she says.

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OK to try new things, creating unique opportunities to learn by doing. Two-year employee Kennedy says she’s learned things she never thought she would, such as invoicing and coding, in a supportive environment.

The human resources consulting and recruiting company promotes not only a work-life balance, but work-life inte-gration. “I am able to work wherever and whenever makes sense,” Kennedy says, even running errands during traditional workday hours, as long as the work gets done. The company believes in good communication, flex-ibility and trust in its employees.

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Jacqueline Miller, 31

Director of Workers’ Compensation ClaimsLanier Upshaw(No. 17 Midsized)

One-year employee Jacqueline Miller says Lanier Upshaw encourages workers who have been at the company for decades to share their experi-ence and knowledge with newer workers like her. “They can be educated and develop experience from these more seasoned employees,” she says.

The on-the-job learning ensures that the company is in good hands for future generations, which is in all employees’ interests since Lanier Upshaw has an employee stock ownership program. “This is the next generation of the company. They look at it as an investment in their investment,” says Miller.

But learning goes both ways. Lanier Upshaw knows it is in an evolving industry. “They are so open to listening to younger voices,” Miller says of the

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Best Large Companies 250 or more employees

Rank / Company / Headquarters / Industry What The Company Says Employees Like1 DPR Construction / Redwood City, Calif. / Construction Encourages a healthy work/life balance

2 Edward Jones / St. Louis, Mo. / Financial Services Every associate has an opportunity to own part of the firm

3 Allure Medical / Shelby Township, Mich. / Health Care Encourages promotion within the company

4 Insperity / Houston / Human Resources Outsourcing 12 hours per quarter paid time to volunteer

5 Goldberg Segalla / Buffalo, N.Y. / Law Firm Casual dress code daily

6 Hanson Professional Services / Springfield, Ill. / Engineering 401(k), additional retirement vehicle funded 100% by company

7 Busey Bank / Champaign, Ill. / Financial Services Incentives to help make positive lifestyle changes

8 North Highland / Atlanta / Management Consulting Makes available training programs/learning labs

9 Collaborative Solutions / Washington, D.C. / Cloud Consulting Quarterly town halls and office Olympics

10 Beck Group / Dallas / Construction, Architecture Flexibility to try new things

11 Bouchard Insurance, A Marsh & McLennan Agency / Clearwater / Insurance (Non-Health Care) 7½-hour workday, flexible schedules, including telecommuting

12 USAble Life / Little Rock, Ark. / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Work flexibility/telecommuting

13 Cone Distributing / Ocala / Distribution Company cookouts on holiday workdays

14 FCCI Insurance Group / Sarasota / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Annual financial bonuses

15 Cole Engineering Services / Orlando / Technology Unlimited soda, water, coffee for employees

16 KnowBe4 / Clearwater / Technology Breakfast/afternoon snack carts

17 PCL Construction Services / Denver / Construction Flexible schedules/100% employee owned

18 Execu Search Group / New York / Staffing Event days sporting events/adventure parks

19 UniFirst Corp. / Wilmington, Mass. / Uniforms, Facility Services Quarterly bonuses

20 Capital City Bank / Tallahassee / Banking Flexible schedule/ telecommuting

21 Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa / Bonita Springs / Hospitality Everyone is encouraged to move up the ladder

22 CBIZ MHM-Tampa Bay / Cleveland / Accounting Free dinners during seasons

23 Protiviti / Menlo Park, Calif. / Business Operations Consulting Sabbatical program allows eligible consultants to take up to three months off with a stipend to pursue passions and adventures

24 Quarles & Brady / Milwaukee / Law Firm On-site massages/yoga classes

25 Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners / Tampa / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Team building events/engagement sessions

26 Gunster / West Palm Beach / Law Firm Encourages community involvement

27 LGI Homes / The Woodlands, Texas / Real Estate Employee recognition/training/goal-setting programs

28 Ryan / Dallas / Corporate Tax Advisory Results-orientated workplace encourages work/life balance


To identify Florida’s best employers, Florida Trend partners with the Best Companies Group, which surveyed firms that chose to participate. Any firm with at least 15 employees in Florida, including firms based outside the state, could participate at no cost.

The first part of the survey involved a questionnaire about company policies, practices and demographics. The second part went to a randomly selected group of each firm’s employees, who responded — anonymously — to 72 statements on a five-point agreement scale.

The survey also included two open-ended questions and seven demographic questions. The questions focused on eight themes: Leadership and planning; corporate culture and communications; role satisfaction; work environment; relationship with supervisor; training and development; pay and benefits; and overall engagement. Contract employees were not included in employee surveys and not added to employee counts


Best Midsized Companies50 to 249 employees

Rank / Company / Headquarters / Industry What The Company Says Employees Like1 Premier Eye Care / Tampa / Insurance Services Cafe with iPads for personal use, free breakfast, lunch days

2 Allen & Co. / Lakeland / Financial Services Annual bonuses/cash rewards for achievements

3 Clickbooth / Sarasota / Technology Culture of camaraderie

4 New Horizons Computer Learning Centers of South Florida / Plantation / Technology Free food

5 Gehring Group / Palm Beach Gardens / Insurance, Services Family fun day

6 Momentum Consulting / Miami Lakes / Technology Family picnics, holiday parties, happy hours

7 MassMutual Southeast Coast / Jacksonville / Insurance (Non-Health Care) All expenses paid trips if goals are met

8 Patel, Greene and Associates / Bartow / Engineering Flexible work hours, telecommuting

9 Kegel / Lake Wales / Manufacturing Pet contest, chili cook-off, basketball trip to Amway Arena

10 Apollo Bank / Miami / Banking Halloween costume competition, company picnics

11 KAST Construction / West Palm Beach / Construction Culture that embraces people, ongoing training

12 Florida Skin Center / Fort Myers / Health Care Incredible benefits and pay

13 Coastal Cloud / Palm Coast / Consulting Bonus programs, new profit sharing plan

14 Lewis, Longman & Walker / West Palm Beach / Law Firm Family-friendly environment, flexible work schedule

15 First Florida Credit Union / Jacksonville / Banking Regular performance-based bonus opportunities

16 Kavaliro / Orlando / Staffing Events and team bonding

17 Lanier Upshaw / Lakeland / Insurance (Non-Health Care) ESOP plan allows employees to be owners

18 ITProTV / Gainesville / Education Free coffee and tea all day

19 CTI Resource Management Services / Jacksonville / Contractor Themed parties monthly with food

20 A-C-T Environmental & Infrastructure / Bartow / Environmental Services Fun Fridays, annual employee awards, tickets to local events

21 BodyLogicMD / Boca Raton / Health Care Massages, gym passes, theme park annual passes

22 All Star Recruiting / Deerfield Beach / Staffing Ping Pong tables, foosball and other games

23 Christensen Financial / Altamonte Springs / Mortgage Services Corporate parties and anniversary happy hours

24 CSPi Technology Solutions / Lowell, Mass. / Technology Quarterly lunches and events

25 Daszkal Bolton / Boca Raton / Accounting Work-life balance

26 H&CO / Coral Gables / Accounting Flexible work hours

27 The Lord’s Place / West Palm Beach / Non-Profit Furbaby Fridays (bring your pet to work days)

28 Eagle Creek Golf & Country Club / Naples / Hospitality, Travel, Tourism Thanksgiving and Christmas gift cards

29 LSQ / Maitland / Financial Services Lunches, free snacks/beverages

30 Plastridge Insurance / Delray Beach / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Employee recognition, prompt response to concerns

31 ienjoyhome / Clearwater / Retail Games with cash prizes


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50 employees or fewerBest Small Companies

Rank / Company / Headquarters / Industry What The Company Says Employees Like1 Jill S. Schwartz & Associates / Winter Park / Law Firm Gym memberships, financial consulting

2 Synzi / St. Petersburg / Technology Flexibility for work/life balance

3 Brigade Bookkeeping / Miami / Accounting Retreats have included trips to Costa Rica and the Bahamas

4 Bit-Wizards / Fort Walton Beach / Technology Free coffee, teas and juices, flex time, monthly social events

5 Premier Association Management of Central Florida / Lake Mary / Community Management Positive and encouraging corporate culture

6 livingHR / Tampa / Human Resources Consulting Unlimited sick days, flexible schedules

7 EMS Consulting / Tampa / Business Management Consulting Company-sponsored social events

8 CAREERXCHANGE / Miami / Staffing Extra time off, gift cards, bonuses based on performance

9 Bendcare / Vero Beach / Health Care Appreciation parties, monthly birthday celebrations

10 Evershore Financial Group / Palm Beach Gardens / Financial Services Profit-sharing, recognition trips

11 Walton County Tax Collector / DeFuniak Springs / Government Casual dress code, family environment

12 Iluma Agency / Miami Lakes / Advertising, PR, Marketing Office activities, quarterly outings

13 Markham Norton Mosteller Wright & Co. / Fort Myers / Accounting Fun committee plans stress-relief activities

14 Matthews Design Group / St. Augustine / Engineering Family events like the Beach Blast, team-building events

15 Health Designs / Ponte Vedra Beach / Services Encouraged to be creative and innovative

16 Lightspeed Voice / Nokomis / Telecommunications Culture of teamwork

17 Launch Potato / Delray Beach / Technology Team retreats, free lunch Fridays

18 Ennis, Pellum & Associates CPAs / Jacksonville / Accounting Culture of flexibility and transparency

19 Atlas Professional Services / Tampa / Technology Supportive work environment

20 Bansbach easylift / Melbourne / Distribution Christmas bonus, kickball Fridays

21 Alltrust Insurance / Palm Harbor / Health Care Insurance Free lunch Wednesdays, bring your dog to work days

22 Moore / Tallahassee / Advertising, PR, Marketing Annual bonus, spot bonuses

23 Aegis Business Technologies / Tallahassee / Technology Free snacks, happy hours

24 Gulfstream Property & Casualty Insurance / Sarasota / Insurance Culture of collaboration and encouragement

25 Clearview Land Design / Tampa / Engineering Happy hours, after-work socials and recognition events

26 Foresight Construction Group / Gainesville / Construction Company encourages employee growth

27 Bitman O’Brien & Morat / Lake Mary / Law Firm Fun workplace, management is accommodating

28 CPS Investment Advisors / Lakeland / Financial Services Free or discounted tickets to entertainment or sporting events

29 Horizon Innovations / Jacksonville / Advertising, PR, Marketing Monthly travel opportunities, employee empowerment

30 GBS Group / Miramar / Services Flexibility to work from home, financial transparency

31 Bast Amron / Miami / Law Firm Year-end bonus, massage days

32 ERP Maestro / Plantation / Technology Unlimited paid time off

33 OneLogic / Boca Raton / Technology Massages, gym passes and theme park annual passes

34 CompuTech City / Longwood / Technology Free breakfasts, lunches and retreats

35 Squaremouth / St. Petersburg / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Unlimited vacation, quarterly bonuses

36 Net Conversion / Orlando / Advertising, PR, Marketing Catered lunches on Friday, monthly birthday celebrations

37 Zenwise Health / Orlando / eCommerce Free snacks, quarterly team outings

38 Worksite, dba Worksite Employee Leasing / North Port / PEO Employee appreciate week, annual bonuses

39 Darr Schackow Insurance / Gainesville / Insurance (Non-Health Care) Culture of respect, value and appreciation

40 Right Management / Fort Lauderdale / Outplacement, Consulting Monthly recognition awards, events throughtout the year

41 Jimerson Birr / Jacksonville / Law Firm Monthly company events



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“We have learned that choosing culture over tradition starts with the interview panel selecting the right candidate for a cultural fit. This is half of the journey towards the orga-nization’s success. This is achieved by defining personality profiles and identifying what makes the person who they are as they become self-aware as a professional and not just a personality,” says Walton County Tax Collector Rhonda Skipper.

Choosing the right person for every department safeguards the culture and creates synergy. The office has found great success in utilizing the com-munication assessment tool KLLP Life Languages. This tool has strengthened communication as a whole and helped the team to navigate using KLLP’s “7 life languages.” The KLLP identifies the commu-nication styles of each team member and how they interact with one another in the workplace.

Introducing warmth and care in their workplace culture has resulted in satisfied customers and team members. Bottom line: if the culture is right, customer service becomes a brand of its own.

As a government agency, it’s often difficult to offer as many incentives as the private sector. However, the Walton County Tax Collector’s office believes that engaging its team members with culture, policies and decisions creates a team that embraces its unique work environment.

Located in Northwest Florida and the beautiful Emerald Coast, the office has three locations strate-gically placed to best serve its customers.

Under the guidance of Tax Collector Rhonda Skipper and the leadership team, the entire organi-zation works daily to deliver “Warmth and Care in Government.”

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Coastal Cloud

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Palm Coast

3-TIME WINNER

Coastal Cloud has become Florida’s No. 1 Salesforce.com Cloud Computing consulting partner by attracting the best talent in the country and building a reputation for industry-leading customer satisfaction.

Attracting talent in a competi-tive market has actually been easy for Coastal Cloud, offering both unique lifestyle and outstanding health and financial incentive benefits. Their hiring model is

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Coastal Cloud’s team has grown significantly with over 175 consultants.

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based on the “Live at the Beach, Work in the Cloud” motto that focuses on hiring the best talent in the state, not just in the local area. This strategy has resulted in both high retention and diversity. The woman owned and led company is made up of 42% women, far above tech industry standards.

Coastal Cloud configures cloud-based marketing, sales, accounting, customer service and operations solutions to run every aspect of a company on a single platform. With over 1,750 projects behind them, they have the know-how to provide ‘quick start’ solutions for any business looking to automate and streamline processes, connect data or provide their customers with a connected experience.

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Bendcarebendcare.com

Boca Raton, Vero Beach

1ST-TIME WINNER

Bendcare, LLC empowers specialty physicians to enable their patients. Leading with monthly educational physician summits, care teams can remain current and adopt best practices. They also provide specialty support care center services to alleviate the tedious and overwhelming tasks of delivering quality care.

Bendcare’s Columbus technology platform utilizes prospective real-world data, predictive analytics and deci-sion support visualization tools to help providers and patients

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Bendcare’s Oasis point of sale technology allows the patient to benefi t from propri-etary nutritional supplements which are formulated by physi-cians to ensure potency, purity and clinical effectiveness.

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Quarles & BradyQuarles.com

Naples, Tampa

5-TIME WINNER

40 attorneys in Florida. More than a dozen of them recognized as Super Lawyers or Rising Stars. With attorneys regularly recognized by Florida Trend Legal Elite. All of them serving clients nationwide.

Quarles & Brady LLP is a full-service AmLaw 200 firm with 500 attorneys nationally offering an array of legal ser-vices to corporate and individ-ual clients, ranging from small entrepreneurial businesses to Fortune 100 companies. With practice focuses in health care

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and life sciences, business law, labor and employment, real estate, intellectual property, data privacy and security, estate and trust preservation, and complex litigation, the firm has 11 offices across the U.S., including our offices in Naples and Tampa.

But if you ask any of our dozens of team members in the state of Florida, Quarles & Brady sets itself apart as a firm through its culture of caring — both for our employees, and our communities. Law360 has again in 2019 named Quarles & Brady as a Top Big Law Firm for Female Attorneys. In Florida, our attorneys donate

an average of more than 2,100 hours of pro bono work per year. And nationally, Quarles Cares, the signature outreach arm of our firm’s corporate responsibility program, is in its 11th year of dedicated service to the communities in which we live and work.

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Despite the growing rate of ex-perienced workers retiring from the insurance industry, FCCI Insurance Group, a commercial property and casualty insurance carrier founded in Sarasota, Florida, is getting ahead of the trend by proactively attracting new talent. In a talent shortage era, FCCI is facing its future with confidence with a strategic focus on branding the industry as an inspiring, challenging and exciting career choice.

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We handle all types of clients, but we specialize in restaurants and hotels. We understand the complexities of payroll, benefi ts, and labor issues in the hospitality world and other industries, thus reducing the stress and headaches many business owners face.

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USAble Life is the 10th largest group life and disability insurance carrier in Florida and the underwriter for the second largest dental carrier in the state. We protect thousands of Floridians from fi nancial hardship, whether they’re facing an illness, injury, disability or the loss of a loved one. We bring the same passion to caring for our teammates that we do to taking care of the individuals and families we insure.

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Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Tallahassee, Tampa,West Palm Beach

1ST-TIME WINNER

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Hanson Professional Services Inc. provides engineering, planning and allied services from six offi ces in Florida and around the U.S. Hanson’s dedicated employees are vested in their work — the company is owned by them. They take pride in their work, which has made Hanson successful. Hanson’s employees bring the company’s hands-on approach to clients on local, state, national and international levels.

Hanson Professional Services Inc.

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Bonifay, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee

9-TIME WINNER

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Mix business with pleasure at the award-winning Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in Bonita Springs, the region’s premier destination to gather, connect and celebrate. All of your event details will be handled by our professional staff. Plus, with incredible activities including three acres of pools, water-slides, a private beach, and so much more, you’ll have an extraordinary getaway.

Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa

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Bonita Springs

3-TIME WINNER

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