Top Workplaces 2024
Here’s a look at statistics about some of the Capital Region’s Top Workplaces
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Distinction of Rossana Rosado as the first Latina commissioner of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, named a Times Union Top Workplace for eight consecutive years. Prior to becoming head of DCJS in 2021, Rosado was New York’s secretary of state for nearly six years.
2.7
Factor by which the highest contracted daily rate paid by insurers exceeds the lowest rate for intensive outpatient treatment at Four Winds Saratoga, a private psychiatric hospital in Saratoga Springs, according to its website. Four Winds negotiates rates individually with more than two dozen insurers.
6
Width, in feet, of the largest direct-vent gas fireplaces available from Best Fire in Colonie. Employing 36 people, the company has been in business since 1977. A 7-foot-long outdoor dining table with shielded inset gas fireplace and six dining chairs is on sale for one-third off its regular price of $12,645.
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Areas of care provided — including memory care, hospice support, home helper, companionship and transportation — by Home Instead of Schenectady, the Capital Region franchise of a Nebraska-based company that has 201 local employees, 65,000 nationwide and 25,000 more in 12 other countries. The mission of Home Instead, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, is to provide personalized nonmedical care for seniors to allow them to stay in their own homes longer.
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Number of days it takes Forager by Ecovative of Green Island to grow one “hide” of mycelium material that can be used as a leather or plastic substitute for clothing, apparel, vehicle interiors and other uses. Ecovative started as a grower of mycelium, the root system of mushrooms, for packaging materials. It spun off an independent company, MyForest Foods, that makes the bestselling, meat-free MyBacon. Forager by Ecovative says it can grow hides 4 meters wide by up to 60 meters in length at its vertical farm, with total annual capacity of 3 million square feet on 1 acre of land.
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Number of categories in the “Comprehensive Guide to New York Pests” on the website of Thomas Pest Services, with offices in Schenectady and Hudson. They include ants (six types), bats, bees and wasps (five types), cockroaches (three types), biting insects (bed bugs, fleas, mosquitoes, ticks), “commensal rodents” (aka mice and rats) and “occasional invaders” (14 types). Fun fact: Citronella ants are yellow and give off a strong lemon odor when threatened (worse when crushed).
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Age, in years, of the Charlton School in Burnt Hills, a nonprofit mental health care center and high school for young women. It is the oldest of the 31 employers in the Small category of Top Workplaces. The school’s services include equine therapy, psychiatric nursing, social emotional learning and family therapy on a 275-acre campus.
208
Types of commercial tile and other surface materials available from Creative Materials Corp. in Albany, including 22 kinds of porcelain pavers totaling more than 100 colors. Among CMC’s corporate clients are Five Guys, Panera Bread, Planet Fitness and Taco Bell.
2,000-65,000
Price, in dollars, for Livingston Energy Group to install a charging station station for electric school buses. Level 2 chargers ($2,000 to $5,000 per station) recharge a bus in about eight hours; Level 3 chargers ($40,000 to $65,000 per station) take two to three hours. Significant grants, incentives and tax breaks are available for charger installation.
44,000
Number of employees, representing more than $1 billion in annual payroll, at companies that use the 33-year-old GTM Payroll Services of Clifton Park. Founder Guy Maddalone started in business while still a Siena College student, placing aides for home health and elder care before expanding to nannies.