These are the top 50 midsize workplaces, defined as companies with 150 to 499 employees in the region. There were 63 businesses participating in this category.
Employment figures listed for each company are global employees.
50. City of Wentzville
Description: The City of Wentzville is one of the fastest growing cities in the state of Missouri. What comes with working for our city is an opportunity to be a part of and help shape that growth for many years to come. We have had many opportunities for professional growth and promotions throughout this growth period. This has created a culture that allows employees to learn and be creative through that rapid change.
Description: Premium Retail Services brings new energy to retail. Headquartered in Chesterfield, we create inspired strategies that help retailers and manufacturers surprise consumers, drive brand awareness and spark sales through retail strategy, merchandising, brand advocacy and support. Family owned and operated, Premium is guided by five core beliefs: family, partnership, creativity, integrity and eclipsing expectations. With over 13,000 employees from coast to coast and throughout Canada, Premium is one of the world's leading retail solution providers, empowering brands to realize their full potential. Premium. Behind every decision.
Description: At Booksource, we are passionate about making it as easy as possible for our customers to foster engaged reading in their classrooms. Everything we offer — from our extensive selection of authentic literature to our customizable classroom library solutions — helps K-12 educators build, grow and organize classroom libraries that support balanced literacy and feature books students want to read.
Behind everything we do at Booksource is a group of engaged people who make it all possible. From our literacy expertise to our genuine commitment to customer satisfaction to the level of customization we provide, we work together to deliver the tools teachers need to inspire a love of reading in their students — and a brighter future for all of us.
Local Community Support: Each year we vote on what charity we will support for the year. Last year, we support St. Louis Crisis Nursery and raised over 17k from events, drawings, cook offs we hosted throughout the year. Additionally, our Outreach Committee plans department volunteer opportunities each quarter for departments to volunteer during the workday with each other. These organizations include Born to Read, Jewish Food Bank, St. Louis Crisis Nursery, Operation Brightside and may more great local organizations. Employees are also able to volunteer at an organization of their choosing for up to 12 hours per year during their workday.
Recent Events: We recently launched our first proprietary product, Next Generation Science Standards Boxed Sets. The titles in these boxed sets have been selected using Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) as guidelines. Each expertly curated, high-quality set includes one copy each of 30 titles, one Instructional Resources book with 30 title-specific lesson plans and activities, dividers for organization and a display box. Minimal prep work required by the teacher, time-saving tool great for sub plans, all titles have guided reading levels, and include two Learning Paths for differentiated instruction. Our goal to to support teachers in the classroom not only by providing their books but also instructional resources.
Interesting Facts: We recently celebrated our 27th anniversary of our Bring-Your-Baby-to-Work Benefit. To clarify, this is not one day parents are able to bring his or her child into work. The benefit encourages parents to bring his or her child in every working day until the child is six months old. If a parent is not able utilize this benefit, we offer a childcare reimbursement. This supports our core value of being a family-first organization.
Benefits: We offer many unique benefits that include referral bonuses, service awards, paid paternity/maternity leave, Bring your Baby to Work program allowing new moms and dads to bring their babies to work with them for the first 6 months, tuition assistance program, paid scholarships (up to 90% of tuition), and wellness reimbursements. We offer Training and Development to all employees through internal training classes, We have an Emergent Leader Program for high potential employees where they undergo various leadership development over the span of 12 months working with mentors from the executive team and presenting a business plan they create over the course of the year. Our goal is to add a new WOW! Benefit every year to the line up and this year, we have increased the number of vacation days (new hires are given 4 weeks at hire!) as well as added a Sandy Vacation Award. This award gives 5 employees a trimester an all expense paid vacation to a destination of their choosing. By the end of the year, we will have given away about 20 trips which equates to 10% of our workforce.
Purpose: Engaged people for engaged reading
Vision: A future of classrooms throughout the world filled with engaged readers
Mission: Create Inspired Readers
Company Values:
Maintain spirited and diverse workplaces:
Gotcha cards to say thank you to someone who has done something for you or has gone above and beyond.
Appreciations
Dart tournament
Halloween costume contest
Ugly sweater contest
Embrace and drive change to shape the future:
Think and act like an owner.
Identify areas of improvement and work as a team to implement changes.
Share information in an open book atmosphere
Monthly company meetings to discuss financials and happenings around the company
Provide a Family First Culture:
Bring your baby to work program
Annual company picnics
Potluck for special events
Work/Life Balance
Encourage personal and professional growth:
Personal:
Wellness reimbursement
Monthly massages
Fitness classes
Yoga
Professional:
Marcia Jaffe scholarship
Tuitional reimbursement
LuckyU internal company facilitated classes
GED program to receive high school diploma
Support our Communities:
Volunteer opportunities
Soup kitchen
Food pantry
Born to Read
Ready Readers
Crisis Nursery
Exceed everyone’s expectations:
Think outside of the box and work creatively.
Go above and beyond inside and outside of your day to day role.
Do the Right Thing:
Moment of Truth - Any time someone outside of our company comes into contact or interacts with a member of our company and has an exceptional experience.
Description: For more than 50 years, Cambridge Air Solutions Inc. has been committed to enriching the lives of its people, representatives, customers and suppliers through the design, manufacture and application of commercial and industrial space heating, ventilation (make-up air) and evaporative cooling products. We have been helping manufacturers, distribution business owners and operators, facility managers, design engineers and mechanical contractors to create better indoor working environments through even temperatures and improved indoor air quality in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, sports facilities and other high-bay spaces.
Today more than 37,000 system installations have been completed using Cambridge equipment and 2.5 billion square feet of buildings have been affected positively. Cambridge celebrates its customers’ commitment to an improved working environment for people on the factory or warehouse floor.
Description: The Meramec Valley R-III School District is located west of of St. Louis along the Interstate 44 corridor and serves approximately 3,000 students. Residents benefit from easy access to a variety of natural resources while also located within a short drive to all the amenities St. Louis has to offer. The primary hub of the school district is the town of Pacific, with approximately 7,000 residents. The school district also includes the communities of Grey's Summit, Villa Ridge, Robertsville, and Catawissa. The district seeks to become a regional and state leader in education by providing educational opportunities that engage and motivate students while preparing them for the 21st Century workforce. In 2018, the district received the National Blue Ribbon and Missouri Gold Star designation for one of its elementary buildings, while also having faculty members who earned regional teacher of the year in both 2017 and 2018, and a state teacher of the year finalist in 2017. In addition, the school district recently opened the doors of a new early childhood center in January 2019.
Description: Wunderman Thompson is a creative, data and technology agency. We are built to inspire growth for our clients with breakthrough creativity that helps our clients succeed. We are in a unique position to deliver growth based on three fundamental principles: we see the world differently and reject conventional thinking; we have an unbounded definition of creativity that can rethink business, culture and brand experiences; we act decisively and accountably, owning delivery end-to-end.
Description: Brewer Science is a global leader in developing and manufacturing next-generation materials and processes that foster the technology needed for tomorrow. Since 1981, we’ve expanded our technology portfolio within advanced lithography, advanced packaging and printed electronics to enable cutting-edge microdevices and unique monitoring systems for industrial, environmental and air applications. Our relationship-focused approach provides outcomes that facilitate and deliver critical information. Our headquarters are in Rolla, Missouri, with customer support throughout the world. We invite you to learn more about Brewer Science at www.brewerscience.com.
Description: Since 1986, HDIS has been taking care of our customers’ needs with the simple goal of making their lives a little easier. Unlike other mail order medical supply companies, we are a “business family” dedicated to the well-being of our customers. Driven by our core values of honesty, integrity, superior customer service, our culture fosters the same compassion and caring to our customers that we offer to members of our own families.
Interesting Facts: Over 30 years ago, Bruce Grench started HDIS in the basement of a home in Webster Groves. Today we are a growing company with over 275 employees and still committed to our customers and each other as we were back then. HDIS is excited to continue a success of growth, while ensuring we continue to make a difference to our customers. What makes us stand out as an organization is our employees. We have people from all different walks of life. What makes them unique is that they focus on a common goal...treating our customers, and each other, like family. It is an awesome feeling to see people come together like that.
Benefits:Over 30 years ago, Bruce Grench started HDIS in the basement of a home in Webster Groves. Today we are a growing company with over 275 employees and still committed to our customers and each other as we were back then. HDIS is excited to continue a success of growth, while ensuring we continue to make a difference to our customers.
Purpose:Our business family's purpose is to be caring friends that make life fuller and easier for people with special health needs, their caregivers and their families
Vision:A true business family known for the care and compassion we provide to our customers.
41. St. Louis University High
Description: We are a Catholic, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men, committed to its presence in St. Louis City and dedicated to building Christ’s kingdom of truth, justice, love and peace. We serve young men based on their ability to succeed, rather than their economic circumstances. Through a rigorous academic program, we help our students develop critical minds and a life-long devotion to learning that informs moral choices and transforms lives. In addition to assisting in the intellectual, aesthetic, social and physical formation of our students, we help them develop compassionate hearts by fostering habits of personal prayer, reflection and service for the greater glory of God.
Description: Distribution Management is a national technology, fulfillment and distribution provider specializing in automated order handling, fulfillment and shipping of small package goods. DM is able to reach 99% of the U.S. within two days from its four strategically located distribution centers. DM’s order accuracy rate of 99.98% is reflective of the operational excellence and efficiencies that have resulted from significant investment in technology and a dedicated IT development staff specializing in integration, automation and real-time reporting. The company operates Supplies Network, a wholesale distributor offering IT consumables, equipment and an award-winning managed print services program, as well as DM Fulfillment, a value-add fulfillment provider to small and medium-sized businesses. Visit www.suppliesnetwork.com or www.dmfulfillment.com to learn more.
Description: Buckingham Strategic Wealth LLC and Buckingham Strategic Partners LLC, collectively known as Buckingham Wealth Partners, executes on the mission of the combined businesses. As a unified organization with national reach, we help more advisors deliver on the promise to understand clients’ holistic financial situation and deliver a plan to achieve their life and financial goals.
Our wealth management business line, Buckingham Strategic Wealth, is a registered investment adviser with over 36 offices across the country. The firm also has Buckingham Strategic Partners — comprised of the former BAM Advisor Services, BAM Alliance and Loring Ward brands — a business line that provides turnkey asset management programs to independent registered investment advisers. That includes services like account administration, billing, reporting, investment strategy and more.
Description: Perficient is the leading digital consultancy helping transform the world’s biggest brands. As a trusted end-to-end digital provider, Perficient partners with its Global 2000 and other large enterprise customers across North America to design and deliver digital transformation solutions that exceed customers’ expectations, outpace the competition and transform their business. Perficient's professionals serve clients from a network of offices across North America and offshore locations in India and China. Traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market, Perficient is a member of the Russell 2000 index and the S&P SmallCap 600 index. Perficient is an award-winning Adobe Platinum Partner, Platinum Level IBM business partner, a Microsoft National Service Provider and Gold Certified Partner, an Oracle Platinum Partner, an Advanced Pivotal Ready Partner, a Gold Salesforce Consulting Partner, and a Sitecore Platinum Partner. For more information, visit www.perficient.com.
Description: Royal Canin USA is a leader in science-based cat and dog health nutrition. Founded by a veterinarian in 1968, Royal Canin has more than 50 years of experience in delivering individualized nutritional solutions. In collaboration with an expert team of nutritionists, breeders and veterinarians from around the world, Royal Canin places cats and dogs at the center of the innovation process. With two brands, Royal Canin and EUKANUBA, Royal Canin serves pets with diets that are grounded in science and nutrition. The Royal Canin product line offers a range of diets based on size, age, breed, lifestyle and therapeutic requirements while EUKANUBA has an emphasis on canine performance. Both brands can be found in pet specialty stores nationwide. Additionally, Royal Canin therapeutic diets are also available at veterinary hospitals. Royal Canin is a subsidiary of Mars, Inc.
ArchBark Presented by Royal Canin: Royal Canin was proud to bring ArchBark Presented by Royal Canin back to the Gateway Arch Park in 2018 and 2019. The dog-centric event featured events for dogs along with live entertainment
Most Influential Business Woman: In 2019, Royal Canin returned as the platinum sponsor of the St. Louis Business Journal’s Most Influential Business Women Awards.
Woofs for Wellness: Royal Canin sponsors Woofs for Wellness, a dog-friendly event in St. Charles. Woofs for Wellness is a day for dogs and their owners to enjoy the activities together, including a wellness walk, dog yoga, agility and more. 2020 is the third year for this sponsorship.
Mars Volunteer Program:Every year, Royal Canin Associates receive 16 paid voluntee r hours as part of the Mars Volunteer Program (MVP). MVP mobilizes Royal Canin Associates to give back to the St. Louis area by volunteering their time with local organizations.
Puppies for Parole: Through product donation, Royal Canin feeds all the dogs participating in the Department of Corrections Puppies for Parole program. Puppies for Parole offers select offenders the opportunity to become trainers for the rescue dogs in the program.
Recent Events:
The AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin: The AKC National Championship presented by Royal Canin is the largest dog show in North America. Thousands of entries compete in the show for the largest monetary award in the world of dog sports. The AKC National Championship is broadcast on Animal Planet on New Year’s Day.
National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day (#cat2vetday): Royal Canin has developed a #cat2vetday campaign to raise awareness amongst pet owners on the need for regular veterinary care for their cats. Along with feline-centric industry organizations, in 2019, Royal Canin partnered with celebrity and cat advocate, Angela Kinsey, as a consumer spokesperson. Look for the 2020 #cat2vetday campaign in August.
EUKANUBA: Eukanuba has signed a three-year agreement to partner with the United Kennel Club (UKC). As the official performance dog food partner of UKC, Eukanuba will foster community engagement including an integrated presence at all major UKC events, education and support for professional members and supporting the broader performance dog industry with mutual thought leadership initiatives.
Interesting Facts:
2019 marked the 6th year Royal Canin was selected as a Top Workplace.
To aid in disaster relief, Royal Canin donated more than a million pounds of food to feed pets in need and we continue to provide to pets in need year-round, not just when disaster strikes.
Royal Canin is a proud part of Mars, Inc. and is actually one of the largest brands in the Mars portfolio.
Associates have the opportunity to bring their pets to work with our pet-friendly office policy.
Royal Canin’s parent company, Mars, Inc., has been named a Fortune 100 Great Place to Work for eight consecutive years.
In addition to the St. Charles headquarters, Royal Canin USA has five other sites, including manufacturing facilities in Rolla, MO, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Tennessee and the Royal Canin Pet Health and Nutrition Center is in Ohio.
Royal Canin offers an extensive onboarding program for all new Associates which includes an introduction to Mars and Royal Canin culture and history, nutritional training, and (when applicable) comprehensive sales training.
Benefits: At Royal Canin—a segment of Mars—we live by our shared purpose of providing the most precise nutritional solutions for cats and dogs. In order to take care of our pets, we also need to take care of our Associates. This includes offering Associates up to 70lbs of cat and dog nutrition diets per month and having a pet-friendly office. We also offer paid maternity and parental leave for parents of new or adopted children, and competitive benefits packages with multiple options in Medical, Dental, and Vision. Finally, we want to ensure that our Associates are set up for the long run by providing a 6% 401(k) match that is fully vested at the time of hire, and a pension program with a 6% contribution.
The St. Charles office includes an on-site fitness center and has a dedicated health & wellness resource that coordinates supporting programming. Associates enrolled in a Mars benefits plan can participate in a health incentive program which includes a $500 payment to the Associate and to their enrolled partner/spouse.
Purpose: Make a Better World for Pets
Company Values:
The Five Principles
The Five Principles
Cat & Dog First
The true needs of cats and dogs guide our actions
Knowledge & Respect
Royal Canin continually expands and shares our knowledge base. We refuse anthropomorphism by respecting the animal nature of each cat and dog.
Team Before Individual
Royal Canin is a collection of unique individuals united and driven by a passion for cats and dogs. Associates collaborate and act locally while thinking with a global mindset
Nutrition based on Science and Observation
Royal Canin acquires deep knowledge of the precise needs of cats and dogs and relies upon science for formulation. We will not be biased by market trends.
36. Woodard Cleaning & Restoration
Description: Woodard Cleaning & Restoration provides residential and commercial customers in the St. Louis metro area with carpet and hard surface cleaning, rug cleaning and repair, and emergency restoration and construction services following water, fire and storm damage.
Accenture is a leading professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. Serving 95 of the Fortune 100 and more than 70 percent of the Fortune 500, Accenture employs an innovation-led approach to help clients imagine and invent their future. Accenture is consistently recognized as a Fortune Blue Ribbon Company and, with an unwavering commitment to inclusion and diversity, appears regularly on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For and DiversityInc’s Top 50 Companies for Diversity lists. The company has more than 50,000 people and operations in 42 cities in the United States. Visit us at accenture.com/US.
Description: National Medical Billing Services is a national revenue cycle management company with a sophisticated, boutique-like approach to client services. We focus solely on servicing ambulatory surgery centers and their affiliated surgeons. Our team of professionals has an unmatched breadth and depth of industry knowledge — from billing and coding to managed care contracting to individual state regulations and federal mandates. Our advanced operational delivery system allows us to capture all revenue and optimize cash flow for our clients while also ensuring compliance. National Medical delivers the bottom line results our clients need to be profitable and the analytics and industry insights they want to make the best business decisions.
Description: Based in St. Louis, Abstrakt Marketing Group is a B2B lead generation company and business growth agency. For the last 11 years, they have offered multi-channel marketing solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses that are looking to grow through pipeline lead generation, marketing services and salesforce consulting. Pipeline helps with the biggest problem most companies have while growing their business: building and maintaining a consistent sales pipeline. The selection of marketing services focus on driving inbound leads through a combination of social, digital and creative. Abstrakt Cloud Solutions offers salesforce platform integrations, management,and support. Abstrakt has over 300 team members and they are partnered with more than 700 clients nationwide who grow their business using these services.
Description: NextStep for Life is a nonprofit that develops ability for people with disabilities by providing support that enables them to live a life of quality and dignity. Approximately 1,066 people are served through residential, employment, community and family supports. Community support services are provided on an individual and group basis to teach skills that allow people to be independent and contributing members of the local community. Through leisure services, participants experience growth on a mental, physical and emotional level. They learn skills such as handling money, social etiquette, making proper choices and much more. These skills help to develop their independence and self-confidence. Employment services assists adults in obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment including transition from school to work. With the help of family support services, family caregivers receive temporary relief of their care giving duties. Residential services provide supports for people in caring, home-like environments such as assisted living apartments, group homes or small homes or apartments in the community.
Sector: Developmental disabilities support services
Description: Slalom is a modern consulting firm focused on strategy, technology and business transformation. We redefine what's possible, and create what's next. At Slalom, personal connection meets global scale. We build deep relationships with our clients in over 35 cities across the US and around the world, while sharing insights across markets to bring the full breadth of Slalom's expertise to every engagement. Our regional build centers are hubs for innovation, attracting top talent to rapidly co-create the technology products of tomorrow. We also nurture strong partnerships with over 300 leading technology providers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Salesforce and Tableau. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Seattle, Slalom has organically grown to over 8,000 employees. We were named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For in 2020 and are regularly recognized by our employees as a best place to work. Learn more at slalom.com.
Description: CBIZ Network Solutions provides onsite technical support to client home office and branch office locations in the US and Canada. We are a trusted vendor who provides industry leading technical support while maintaining laser-like focus on customer service. Our team installs, troubleshoots and repairs computers, printers, telephony systems, cabling and other technical components. In addition, we provide onsite, escalated engineering support needed to support a vast field staff, coordinate projects, manage processes and provide software solutions. We serve as a liaison between our customer and numerous ISPs and voice service companies across North America. CBIZ Network Solutions maintains home office teams in St. Louis, Tempe, Arizona; and Mississauga, Ontario. Our team is comprised of approximately 70 home office associates and 230 remote field service technicians who work from their homes, providing unparalleled technical support and excellent customer service to over 13,000 client locations.
Sector: Managed services and outsourcing
Headquarters: Maryland Heights
Year Founded: 1988
Employees: 4,846
29. Ungerboeck Systems Internationl Inc.
Description: Ungerboeck Software International provides industry-leading event and venue management software to customers in over 50 countries around the world, empowering the people that bring people together. In the age of digital transformation, our comprehensive platform offers event professionals leading-edge SaaS technology that provides a 360 view of their business, allowing them to cut costs, save time, and increase revenue. Our clients range from sports venues, arts and entertainment venues, conventions, hotels, and business tourism. Our software helps to power sports teams and rock concerts, Broadway shows and the museums visited with family and friends. Our client list includes the Americas Center, the Fabulous Fox Theater, the Art Museum, and the Science Center locally, as well as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Venetian Las Vegas and the University of Notre Dame. Some of our global clients include: Disneyland Paris, Cannes Film Festival, Manchester United, the China National Convention Center and the Sydney Opera House.
28. Residential Home Health, Hospice and Palliative
Description: Residential is a leading provider of home health, palliative and hospice services. We focus on growing impactful solutions that meet dynamic needs across the entire health care continuum. We consistently integrate innovative service offerings that improve the outcomes and experiences of patients, caregivers, family members, physicians and other providers.
Sector: Home health care services
Headquarters: Glen Carbon
Year Founded: 2018
Employees: 2,600
27. Windsor C-1 School District
Description: Windsor C-1 School District is located in northern Jefferson County about 25 miles south of St. Louis. The area associated with Windsor includes the towns of Kimmswick, Imperial, Barnhart and Arnold. The district currently has an enrollment of 3,000 students attending the five school buildings located in the district.
Description: Based in St. Louis, Core & Main is a leading distributor of water, sewer, storm drain and fire protection products in the United States. With more than 275 locations nationwide, the company offers municipalities and contractors local expertise backed by a national supply chain. Core & Main’s 3,500 plus associates are committed to helping their communities thrive with safe and sustainable infrastructure. Visit www.coreandmain.com to learn more.
Local Community Support: We support the St. Louis Area Foodbank with our annual Women’s Network food drive. This year we added a service component and members of our Women’s Network volunteered at the food bank as well. We also collect toys for St. Louis Children’s Hospital each holiday season. In the past we have supported St. Louis Crisis Nursery and the St. Louis Cardinals Foundation.
We also launched our Core & Main Caring Fund – an employee crisis fund – to support our own community. We did this in partnership with the St. Louis Community Foundation, which manages the fund on our behalf. The Fund is supported by gifts from fellow associates, the company and others who believe in the power of neighbors helping neighbors—a barn raising in the workplace among colleagues who might one day need the same help themselves.
Recent Events: We take Halloween seriously. Many of our team members dress up—often with each department picking a theme and going all out. We have a costume contest and a chili cookoff, which raises funds for the St. Louis Area Foodbank.
Before we sheltered in place, our St. Louis corporate office also enjoyed food trucks in our cul-de-sac, a mobile car wash service, and an annual Fall Festival for our families to enjoy. Now that we are primarily working from home, we have taken advantage of our robust, in-house virtual learning classrooms for training. And we haven’t forgotten to have fun: Our teams have gotten creative, planning virtual happy hours and playing Cards Against Humanity on Microsoft Teams. Also, our Women’s Network hosts regular video calls to offer networking and social support for our teammates across the country.
Interesting Facts: Associates at Core & Main take great pride in distributing products that help communities provide safe and clean water. Our history in the U.S. traces back at least 100 years, and it seems that when people join us, they stay. Many associates celebrate 10, 20 and 30 year anniversaries. Our vision is to foster a world where communities thrive because our people and products provide safe, sustainable infrastructure for generations to come. Our core principles (see culture section) convey our culture, customer commitment and core purpose of improving people’s lives.
Rich in history, we also are focused on hi-tech, modern solutions and workspaces. Our main campus is a newly renovated LEED-certified building with an open concept that fosters collaboration across teams. The building houses a leadership development and event center where our 80-plus high-performing peer facilitators have trained more than 3,000 associates during the past five years. With the help of our supplier partners, we have built an impressive product showcase that enables hands-on product knowledge.
Benefits: Taking care of our Core & Main family is a top priority, which is why we offer an array of benefits and wellness resources that meet the unique needs of our associates. We offer a competitive benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, 100% wellness coverage preventative care, STD, LTD, accident insurance, critical illness, whole life, 401(k), tuition reimbursement , maternity/paternity leave, and adoption assistance. Core & Main also has a growth mindset, which supports pay-for-performance and companywide profit-sharing.
Through our substantial well-being initiatives, our associates have access to health coaching and three weekly fitness classes led by a certified personal trainer. Our campus includes an on-site yoga studio, gym and locker rooms. We also offer employee discounts for health and fitness resources. We also offer a wellness/lactation room to provide comfort and respect to mothers. In addition, we offer monthly on-site car washes and regular food trucks for the convenience of our associates.
Purpose: Our more than 3,000 associates are committed to the safe distribution of water and fire protection to help communities thrive.
Vision: Our vision is to foster a world where communities thrive because our people and products provide safe, sustainable infrastructure for generations to come.
Mission: We are industry leaders, supplying local expertise, service and products nationwide to build innovative water, wastewater, energy and fire protection solutions for our customers and the communities we serve. We invest in the development and well-being of our people, who are the key to our future. Together, we act with honesty and integrity because we believe strong relationships make for strong communities.
Additional Culture Details: Building an exceptional company happens by choice, not chance. Because of this, we are very intentional about our culture. For example, we met had focus group sessions with our associates to hear directly from them on what makes us unique as a company and what they felt were key components of our culture. As one of our associates put it, "This isn't a job, it's who we are."
On any given work day, a Core & Main associate might take a training course, bring his/her dog to work, enjoy lunch in front of wide-screen television, or meet with co-workers in one of the open-air collaboration spaces. Oh, and every day is jeans day.
Our open and collaborative headquarters reflects our culture, which is built on teamwork and collaboration. We also use our space to bolster our learning culture where we help our associates build their careers through education and mentoring. Our People are our culture. And our Core Principles represent who we are and what we stand for.
Employees are highly engaged in our industry. For example, several key leaders serve on the board of associations such as National Utility Contractors Association and Water & Sewer Distributors of America. Our specialized trainers not only educate our associates, but also key members of the industry such as utility providers. Last year alone, our associates completed over 27,000 online courses and more than 600 associates attended training led by our in-house experts.
Company Values:
Our team members are family - We treat our associates with the same care and respect as our own families.
Honesty and integrity guide us - We take pride in hard work and how we build and maintain relationships. We live our brand with honesty.
Everyone is in sales - We embrace a culture of “everyone in sales.” We anticipate customer needs.
We are action-oriented and accountable - We are prompt and precise on behalf of the customers we serve. We collaborate and hold each other accountable to make decisions that are aligned with branch and company goals.
Technical and local expertise - Our depth of experience leads the way in our profession.
We are growth-focused - We encourage everyone to develop and grow. We provide learning opportunities for associates to expand knowledge.
23. GFI Digital
Description: GFI Digital provides sales and service in the industry of office technology. Our expertise include: office equipment (Sharp and Ricoh office copier printers), managed print services helping companies manage total print output cost, managed network services protecting and managing IT infrastructures, and advanced technology services as a value added reseller of Cisco, HPE, VMware, and DellEMC among others.
We are committed to service excellence and total satisfaction of our employees and customers. Our customers are happy because we arrive quickly and service fully. Our administration keeps billing and communication efficient. Our warehouse/delivery operations are the best around inventorying parts and supplies with auto shipping.
We strive to establish long-term relationships so we understand the businesses of our customers. As technology is ever changing — GFI Digital makes technology simple for you and your business. Learn more: https://www.gfidigital.com/gfi-digital-story
Description: From Fortune 100 enterprises to medium and small businesses, Connectria provides managed cloud, managed services, and compliant cloud security solutions to more than 1,000 global customers. Working as an extension of each customer’s IT team, we deliver technology-agnostic solutions consistently, with depth and breadth of engineering expertise, scalable solutions, and speed to market. Our “No Jerks Allowed” philosophy includes flexible terms, straight-forward pricing and custom solutions. With a culture based on integrity and an unwavering employee commitment to treating every customer with a relentless focus on satisfaction, it’s easy to do business with Connectria.
Additional Culture Details: Our “No Jerks Allowed®” philosophy includes flexible terms, straight-forward pricing, and custom solutions. With a culture based on integrity and an unwavering employee commitment to treating every customer with a relentless focus on satisfaction, it’s easy to do business with Connectria.
Company Values: No Jerks Allowed!
Connectria embraces a “No Jerks Allowed®” philosophy which defines how the organization engages its customers.
21. Carboline Company
Description: Carboline Company is dedicated to supplying high-performance coatings, linings and fireproofing products around the world through continuous technological improvements and first class service. Carboline is a subsidiary of RPM International Inc. a multinational holding company with subsidiaries that manufacture and market high-performance coatings, sealants and specialty chemicals, primarily for maintenance, repair and improvement applications.
Description: Vetta Sports offers sports programs for kids and adults in a fun and safe environment. Vetta has been doing this since 1988, and simply put we play sports and have fun.
Description: Anders is a CPA and advisory firm providing tax, audit, litigation, technology and consulting services to individuals, companies and organizations. We free our clients to do more in their professional and personal lives with a combination of traditional and consultative services. Our industry specialties include health care, real estate, construction, manufacturing and distribution, sports, arts and entertainment, and family wealth and estate planning. We also have an affiliate company, Claris Advisors, which helps clients build successful long-term investment strategies.
Local Community Support: Generosity is one of our core values at Anders. Our employees contributed more than 2500 hours in the past 12 months supporting local organizations. Our employees volunteered at more than 285 non-profit organizations during the year. In 2019 we proudly donated over $230,000 to support charitable groups in the community, including our annual Charity of Choice.
Now in its 15th year, our annual Charity of Choice program combines fundraising activities and volunteer efforts to support one local charity each year. In 2019, our Charity of Choice was Saint Louis Crisis Nursery.
Recent Events: Anders Women's Initiative
Helping women thrive and grow in both their business and personal goals is a core commitment at Anders. We believe an effective way to do this is to provide and participate in events to foster connections, education, sharing, advancement and business generation. Each year, the Anders Women’s Initiative puts on a signature event for female clients and colleagues. From chocolate tastings and paint nights to educational discussions around financial topics affecting women today, these annual events offer opportunities for women of all ages, backgrounds and industries to connect.
In 2019, the Anders Women’s Initiative debuted a new event: Sip, Savor and Shop. The event featured 26 vendor booths of Anders women-owned business clients displaying everything from local clothing lines and designer bags to skin care products, jewelry, food, libations and more. With nearly 150 female staff members, clients and friends of the firm joining us for an evening of conversations and supporting local businesses, the event is sure to be an annual tradition.
Interesting Facts:Attracting and retaining top talent is a large focus at the firm, so we offer opportunities at every level to succeed through technical and leadership training and community involvement. From associates to principals, employees are encouraged to use Practice Development dollars to take a prospect to lunch, attend events and join organizations to build relationships and be a part of the firm’s business development efforts. To ensure that everyone’s voice is heard, firm leaders meet with the Anders Young Professionals Group monthly to discuss innovative ideas to create a great firm now, and sustain Anders as a firm of the future. Three annual firm meetings celebrate staff accomplishments. From excellent client service spotlights and new business wins to new board positions and wedding announcements, staff are recognized for various personal and professional accomplishments. The Managing Partner and other firm leaders also share the “state of the firm”, promoting transparency and inclusiveness.
Benefits:Anders has a very generous PTO program, competitive healthcare benefits, great compensation and schedule flexibility, but our value-added benefits go far beyond that. Personal and professional development opportunities equip our employees with tools to grow in their careers, including Anders University, which offers in-house technical, practice development and leadership training. As a Top Accounting Firm for Women, connecting women internally and externally through networking and education is another perk and priority of the firm. Fun events throughout the year focus on fostering internal relationships, including the firm Cardinals game, parties such as bowling, casino nights, impromptu happy hours, busy season bingo, Free Food Fridays and games to intermingle the firm. Our wellness program offers sit-to-stand desks for employees, a walking challenge, a speaker series highlighting wellness initiatives, free flu shots, free biometric screenings and other wellness giveaways.
Mission:To serve as a catalyst for those striving to achieve their highest potential.
Company Values:
Our Vision:
To challenge ourselves to always embrace our entrepreneurial spirit.
17. Orchard Farm R-V School District
Description: The Orchard Farm School District is a one-device-to-one-student district in fourth to 12th grades and was one of only two school districts in the St. Louis region to score 100% on the state's Annual Performance Report. The Orchard Farm School District spans 128 square miles in St. Charles County and serves approximately 2,000 students. The school district is comprised of the Early Learning Center, Orchard Farm Elementary, Discovery Elementary, Orchard Farm Middle School and Orchard Farm High School. Orchard Farm was voted No. 4 mid-sized companies in the 2018 St. Louis Post Dispatch Top Workplace and No. 3 in 2017.
Description: Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned company made up of more than 7,600 engineers, architects, construction professionals, scientists, consultants and entrepreneurs with offices across the country and throughout the world. Only a small percentage of firms nationwide are 100% employee-owned, and even fewer have been for over 30 years. Our clients tell us our employee ownership translates into enhanced effort and extraordinary work. We strive to create amazing success for our clients and amazing careers for our employee-owners.
Burns & McDonnell has served the St. Louis metropolitan area’s needs since 1989, delivering a wide range of projects from aviation to roads and bridges to cybersecurity, water and wastewater to labs and clean rooms, power generation, defense facilities and air quality improvements. We’re proud the St. Louis Post-Dispatch has named us as a Top Workplace since 2013 and we’re honored to be part of the rich engineering history in the region.
Description: Safety National is a leading specialty insurance and reinsurance carrier. For over 75 years, the company has offered specialized expertise, flexible program and placement design, and unique claims proficiency. Safety National exists as the market leader in excess workers’ compensation for self-insured employers and groups nationwide and a leading multi-line provider of risk solutions for large commercial and public entity clients. Safety National is constantly monitoring trends in the marketplace and responding with solutions like the company’s most-recently released cyber risk insurance offerings. The company’s reinsurance division, Safety National Re, offers lead market terms for a full range of workers' compensation and professional liability programs. Safety National is headquartered in St. Louis, and currently has nine additional remote offices throughout the United States.
Description: CSC provides business solutions to the world’s largest corporations, law firms, and financial institutions. Founded in 1899 in Wilmington, our services helped establish Delaware as the legal home to thousands of major corporations. We are a trusted partner for 90% of Fortune 500 corporations, more than half of the Interbrand Best Global Brands, nearly 10,000 law firms, and more than 3,000 financial organizations. A global company headquartered in Wilmington, CSC has offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region providing excellent service to our clients worldwide. We accomplish this by employing experts in every business we serve. The leading provider of business, legal, tax and digital brand services, our tagline, “We are the business behind business,” sums up what we do every day.
Description: CLA exists to create opportunities for our clients, our people, and our communities through industry-focused wealth advisory, outsourcing, audit, tax, and consulting services. With more than, 6,100 people, 120 U.S. locations, and a global affiliation, we promise to know you and help you. Investment advisory services are offered through CliftonLarsonAllen Wealth Advisors LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor.
Sector: Certified public accountants and consultants
Description: ARCO's goal is the same today as it was when we founded the company 27 years ago — to be the best design/build contractor in the industry and to serve our clients with expert skill and high integrity. Since 1992, ARCO has grown from a single office in St. Louis to an industry leader with 19 offices and hundreds of associates coast to coast. As the 15th largest design/build general contractor in the U.S., ARCO offers the strength and presence of a national builder with the personalized attention of a small company. With more than 4,000 successful projects spanning 48 states in our portfolio, we have developed the industry-specific expertise it takes to provide the best, most cost-effective, single-source solutions and add value to every project.
Description: Guild Mortgage is a leading independent mortgage lender in the United States, specializing in residential home loans. For 60 years, we’ve grown through referrals by focusing on doing what’s right.
Description: Moneta provides financial advisor services to clients with complex financial situations. We build custom, comprehensive wealth management financial plans designed to meet the unique needs of high-net-worth individuals and their families, businesses with retirement plans, institutions, trusts and the emerging affluent. We serve as each client’s advocate, empowering them to navigate life’s path and protect what they cherish.
Moneta, nationally ranked No. 4 among independent financial advisor firms by Barron’s in 2019 for its combination of quality and scale, delivers a level of service and loyalty to its clients that only a completely independent, 100% employee-owned company can offer. InvestmentNews ranked Moneta as the nation's second largest fee-only independent financial advisor firm in 2019 with more than $23 billion in AUM. For the 7th year in a row, Moneta has been named a Top Workplace.
8. USA Mortgage, a Division of DAS Acquisition Company LLC
Description: A subsidiary of DAS Acquisition Company LLC, USA Mortgage continues to open doors as a mortgage industry leader. At USA Mortgage, our mission is the unrelenting pursuit of perfection, and we pride ourselves on the lending excellence and the superior level of service that our status as a mortgage bank enables us to provide.
Description: Our mission is to provide the highest-quality real estate services and expertise to our clients and customers and to be recognized in the community for high standards and ethics.
Our guiding principle is simply doing the right thing every day to earn the trust and respect of each other, our clients and our customers.
At Select Properties we put honesty, morality and ethics first. We value providing service to our customers, clients and each other in the real estate community that out-performs expectations. We also provide a positive environment that is based on principle that rewards commitment to excellence and contributes to the personal growth of the individual and encourages life balance.
Description: Panda Restaurant Group, parent company of Panda Express, Panda Inn and Hibachi-San, delivers exceptional Asian dining experiences while building an organization where people are inspired to better their lives. We are family-owned with about 2,200 locations worldwide and employ over 40,000 employees. Whether through sharing good food with guests or providing opportunities for professional and personal growth with associates, all are embraced in a genuine family environment that is uniquely Panda.
Description: The Pisa Group is a nationwide call center company specializing in outbound customer retention and inbound customer support services, primarily for the newspaper industry. In 1989, The Pisa Group was founded with seven part-time telemarketers and one newspaper account. Today, our company serves more than 200 clients throughout the United States. In 2009, we expanded our outbound customer retention services to include inbound call centers offering inbound customer support for clients who desire to outsource to a domestic partner with a comprehensive understanding of customer support and sales. Today, The Pisa Group is comprised of seven full-time call centers, four of which are dedicated to outbound customer retention and two blended sales and support centers in the greater St Louis area, along with a state-of-the-art customer support center located just outside Dallas, Texas. Along with six of our seven call centers, we also maintain two corporate facilities in the St. Louis area, our main headquarters in St. Charles and our southern location in south county.
Description: The law firm of Brown & Crouppen, P.C., has practiced since 1979 in St. Louis, Eastern and Central Missouri, Kansas City and Southern Illinois. The partners, Ron Brown, Terry Crouppen, Andy Crouppen and Ed Herman, along with a team of over 200 legal professionals, have built a strong reputation for success in personal injury, medical malpractice, workers' compensation, dangerous drugs and products and Social Security Disability. We are not only a firm with a reputation for success in personal injury claims, we are also a firm with a strong sense of community. Our employees perform a lot of charity work and give back to the community in a variety of unique ways.
Description: TJ Wies Contracting is a commercial wall and ceiling contractor headquartered in Lake Saint Louis with branches in Jefferson City and Oak Ridge, Tennessee. We work as a subcontractor for the best general contractors in each respective region providing metal stud framing, drywall, acoustical ceilings, prefabricated bathroom pods, and prefabricated finished exterior wall panels. Some recent highlight projects include the Jefferson Memorial Arch Renovation, the new SSM SLU Hospital, and the South End Zone renovation at Mizzou.
Description: RedKey Realty Leaders is a group of experienced, high-minded and passionate real estate professionals dedicated to the use of high-tech and high-touch services to provide the greatest level of servant leadership to our clients. We are dedicated to our clients, our profession and the wonderful community of St. Louis. In addition to growing 300% in our first year and opening a second office in our third, RedKey has consistently — and significantly — out-performed the market in both sales amounts and volume. Named a top-25 real estate company by the St. Louis Business Journal, we are proud to attract top agents committed to, and passionate about, their clients and the community in which they live and work.
Description: The Wood Brother Realty journey began in the 1940s. Since then, we've continued to serve the Greater St. Louis area. Our values are strong and simple. We vow to treat employees and customers like family, while keeping our versatile edge. We're equipped with the proven tools needed to sell your home, as well as help you find your dream home. We get the job done. And when we tell our clients that "Wood Brothers has a better way" we mean it. As a result, we keep our family-centric values at the core of our business. Our learning environment helps us bring fresh, individual and innovative ideas to the table. "Learning and Leading" is the company's motto. And we do it with integrity, pride and enthusiasm. Everyone is met with a warm, friendly smile and "can do" attitude. With our focus on detail, there's no stone left unturned. We put our clients and employees first in all that we do. Our people include mentors, coaches, peers and partners and help each other succeed. Every decision made is with the Wood Brothers Realtors people and values in mind. The powerful drive to maintain an appropriate attitude is what determines eventual success. Learn more about career opportunities at Wood Brothers Realty. Visit woodbrothersrealty.com/careers
Supporting workers on the job and even in their non-work lives is part of the corporate culture at American Metals, a wholesale distributor of steel, copper, HVAC components, and other metal parts.
