Hearst names 50 companies for awards
A real estate firm, a global equipment rental corporation and a behavioral health center won the highest honors Wednesday night in the ninth annual Hearst Connecticut Media Top Workplaces awards.
The awards are given based on employee surveys rating employers based on collaboration, communication, strategy, flexibility, innovation and benefits. Hearst hosted a dinner at the Waterview banquet center in Monroe.
In the large employer category for companies with at least 400 people in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield counties, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties came in as No. 1, for the second year in a row. The brokerage has 22 offices in the area, and its regional office is in Wallingford.
Among midsize employers with 125 to 399 employees, United Rentals Inc., a global company based in Stamford, was the top finisher. United Rentals, with 19,000 employees in total, has about 300 in Connecticut at several locations, including 129 at its headquarters.
In the small employer category, The Southfield Center for Development, a behavioral health care provider for children and teenagers in Darien and Wilton, won first place, among 33 companies on the top Workplaces list. Southfield, with 40 employees, is a firsttime participant in the awards.
Employers, including nonprofits, local offices of larger companies and government agencies, are eligible for the contest if they have at least 35 employees in the threecounty area.
Three awards went to topranked leaders based on survey responses of their employees. They were Christopher Bogart, founder and executive director of The Southfield Center; Mark Curtis, founder and CEO of Splash Car Wash; and, at O&G Industries in Torrington, a trio of thirdgeneration family members that run the giant construction firm: David Oneglia, Rayomond Oneglia Jr. and Greg Oneglia.
For complete coverage of the Hearst Connecticut Media Top Workplaces awards, look for a special news section in Sunday’s newspapers; and coverage online at ctpost.com/topworkplaces, newhavenregister.com/topworkplaces, stamfordadvocate.com/ topworkplaces or other Hearst websites with /topworkplaces as a suffix.