About 340 people attended the awards show at the Drumlins Country Club in the town of DeWitt., a record crowd for the 7th annual event.
Arel Moodie, author of “The Art of Likability” was the keynote speaker. Moodie blended a mix of storytelling, humor, insight, motivational speaking, and audience-participation exercises centered around the topic of “perception drives action.”
The event’s platinum sponsor was CH Insurance. Brian Higgins, of Syracuse Sports Network, was the evening’s emcee. The event was presented by the Business Journal News Network (BJNN) and produced by BizEventz.
The 2019 Best Places to Work award winners in rank order by category were:
Companies with Under 10 Employees
- The Marrone Law Firm, P.C.
- ENV Property and Casualty, LLC
- thyssenkrupp Elevator (Syracuse Branch)
- David’s Refuge
- Nave Law Firm
- The Nurse Connection Staffing, Inc.
- Idea Kraft
Companies with 10-50 Employees
- Business Machines & Equipment, Inc. (BME)
- iV4
- SparkOrange
- Staffworks
- CoveyCS
- Ferrara Fiorenza PC
- Dwyer Architectural, LLC
- The Digital Hyve
- COAST Physical Therapy
- Metis Consulting Group
- JAS Recruitment
- Westelcom
- HOLT Architects, P.C.
- Seneca Savings
- Critical Link
- Sciarabba Walker & Co., LLP
- Insero & Co. CPAs, LLP
- Miller Mayer, LLP
Companies with 51-100 Employees
- Usherwood Office Technology
- MulitiMed Billing Service, Inc.
- Dermody, Burke & Brown, CPAs, LLC
- Buckeye Corrugated Inc. – Syracuse Division
- Reagan Companies
- Galaxy Media Partners
Companies with Over 100 Employees
- Bankers Healthcare Group
- Thompson & Johnson Equipment Co., Inc.
- The Bonadio Group
- Assured Information Security (AIS)
- Delta Engineers, Architects, and Land Surveyors, DPC
- Terakeet
- Driver’s Village
- Haylor, Freyer & Coon, Inc.
For more information on each of the honored companies and why they are a great place to work, check out the special commemorative publication in the Sept. 9 issue of The Central New York Business Journal. BJNN and BizEventz 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 gathering, organizations received a dashboard report of their individual findings.
Contact Rombel at arombel@cnybj.com