CNY Best Places to Work Awards honor 24 organizations

ONONDAGA, N.Y. — The Central New York Best Places to Work Awards breakfast on Thursday morning recognized 24 Central New York companies.

A crowd of nearly 250 people attended the event at the SRC Arena on the Onondaga Community College campus.

The awards honored 12 organizations in the 5-50 employees category. Open Atelier Architects, ISSI Technology Professionals, and Taitem Engineering took the top three spots. The other honorees, in order, were: Pinnacle Investments, ABC Creative Group, CPS Recruitment, Gale-Gale & Hunt, Metro Fitness, Empire Crane Company, Delmonico Insurance Agency, HOLT Architects, and Lend Lease Construction.

A dozen more companies won awards in the more than 50 employees category. Prudential ranked first, followed by G&C Food Distributors, and Bankers Healthcare Group in the second and third spots, respectively. The other honorees, in order, were: Hematology Oncology Associates of CNY; Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs; Delta Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors; Food Bank of Central New York; Usherwood Office Technologies; Bond, Schoeneck & King; DUMAC Business Systems; INFICON; and Generations Bank.

The event was presented by the Business Journal News Network and produced by BizEventz. They partnered with Research & Marketing Strategies, Inc. (RMS) to conduct the CNY Best Places to Work survey. The study identifies and recognizes the best places of employment in Central New York, based upon a survey of employees to gauge workplace satisfaction. In addition to being honored at the awards event, organizations received a report card of their individual findings.

George Kilpatrick was the event emcee.

For much more information on all the winners and the CNY Best Places to Work Awards program, check out the event supplement in the May 25 issue of The Central New York Business Journal.