Deadline extended for Top Workplaces nominations

Love where you work but didn’t aget round to nominating it for Top Workplaces? It’s not too late. The Baltimore Sun Media Group extended the deadline for nominations for its sixth annual list of the region’s top workplaces until Aug. 12.

For the past five years, The Sun’s Top Workplaces has showcased those companies in the region that demonstrably can call themselves the region’s top places to work. Employees of these companies say they enjoy going to work and use words like “team” and even “family” to describe their sense of belonging.

Last year, 100 companies were recognized as Top Workplaces in the Baltimore region, encompassing the city and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford and Howard counties.

In 2015, newcomers to topped The Sun’s Top Workplaces lists for large, midsize and small employers. Rummel Klepper & Kahl, a longtime engineering and planning firm in the region, ranked No. 1 on last year’s list for large employers. NFM Lending, a Linthicum-based mortgage lender, headed the midsize employers. And Visionist Inc., a cybersecurity firm based in Columbia, emerged atop the small business list.

Anyone can suggest a company — employees, customers, executives, even interns. It doesn’t matter if the workplace is profit or nonprofit, privately owned or publicly held. Companies must employ at least 35 people to qualify.

Employees of nominated firms that choose to participate will be asked to respond to a short survey this summer by The Sun’s partner, WorkplaceDynamics, which has conducted Top Workplace surveys for more than 30 news organizations across the country.

The surveys will be used to rank the top companies. Winners will be announced at an event and featured in a special magazine in early December.

To nominate a company, go to baltimoresun.com/nominate or call 410-779-9337.

What are you waiting for?