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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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