Multiple-year winners
Below are the 2018 Best Places winners that have made the list many times since 2011.
EIGHT YEARS Carfax
Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
Damuth Trane Edward Jones
Healthcare Distribution Alliance
Centreville Arlington
Chesapeake St. Louis
Arlington
Segue Technologies Inc. Arlington Vaco Richmond
SEVEN YEARS
Cassaday & Co. Inc. Cortek Inc.
Davenport & Co. LLC Knight Point Systems
SRC Inc.
Trusted Mission Solutions
Wall, Einhorn & Chernitzer PC
WellsColeman
Accounting Principals, Parker + Lynch and Ajilon
CBRE|Hampton Roads, CBRE|Richmond, CBRE|Charlottesville, CBRE|Fredericksburg
Concept Solutions LLC
Independent Container Line
Kearney & Co. MercerTrigiani SimVentions Inc.
Burns & McDonnell Corps Solutions
McLean
Fredericksburg Richmond Reston
North Syracuse, N.Y.
McLean Norfolk Richmond SIX YEARS Glen Allen Norfolk Reston
Glen Allen Alexandria
Alexandria Fredericksburg FIVE YEARS
Kansas City, Mo. Stafford
Defense Point Security LLC Reston Definitive Logic Dynamis Inc.
Endurance IT Services
Arlington Fairfax
Virginia Beach
Marathon Consulting LLC Virginia Beach Markon Solutions Resonate
Falls Church Reston
RiverFront Investment Group
Signature Family Wealth Advisors
Richmond Norfolk
ThunderCat Technology Reston Williams Mullen
28 Richmond 28 FEBRUAR 2018 FEBRUARY 2018
Top photo by Mark Rhodes Bottom photo by Stephen Gosling
Richmond
They may be afraid of dogs and become nervous around them. That’s where
empathy and tolerance comes in. There are dog-free spaces and fur-free departments. Employees
also check with their cubicle mates and other co-workers before they bring in their dogs, Lilley says. “That’s what I really like: watching
employees take care of each other. It’s very self-policing,” he says. Crutchfield also strives to relieve
stress through a variety of wellness pro- grams, including exercise and mindfulness classes. The company also has a “gratitude
board” where employees can post com- ments about what they are most grateful for.
But it’s the presence of dogs that gets everyone’s attention.
Sticking to the stairs Crutchfield is not the sole company
on the Best Places to Work list using dogs
Bill Crutchfi eld and wife, Scheline, with their two dogs, Lincoln and Cooper.
to lower workplace stress. Centreville-
based Carfax brags about its dogs in the Best Places to Work survey. The company provides vehicle history infor- mation for buyers and sellers of used cars.
“Dogs are great
stress relievers,” the company says in the
survey. “Having dogs in the office creates excitement and a loving environment. Some of our dogs come dressed in a dif- ferent outfit every day — people can’t wait to see what they’re wearing.” Adrienne Webster, vice president
of human resources at Carfax, says dogs also provide their human handlers with a health benefit. Walking the dog helps to keep the owner fit. Webster says that the company’s
employee handbook emphasizes “no jerks” in the workplace. The same policy applies to dogs. Employees are responsible for making sure their pets are well behaved. “Dogs aren’t allowed on elevators.
They have to take the stairs,” is one of the company rules that Webster says help
The “no jerks” rule at Fairfax-based Carfax applies to employees and pets, says Adrienne Webster, the company’s vice president for human resources.
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