top workplaces 2019

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Intro

Trends in the Workplace

Rain, snow, sleet and hail — it's just the Pittsburgh commute

By Molly McCafferty / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Also, finding ways to pass the time in traffic gridlock helps too.

Commuting
Equipment challenges

By Nick Garber / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Many companies order extra replacement parts for older equipment, but businesses should have a backup plan for new equipment, too.

Equipment
What could go wrong? First days on the job don't always go as planned

By Amanda Parrish / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh employees share their first days on the job, and they don't always go as planned.

First Day
An interview with a cockatoo

By Gabrielle Blitz / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Resume in hand and sweating through your best suit, you trudge into an office — waiting for someone to ask you to describe who you are and why you’d be a good fit for their company.

Interview
If execs spend half their time in meetings, no wonder they dread the bad ones

By Serena Cho / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It's important not to let the discussion go off track, leave the deliberation process unclear or talk over colleagues.

Meetings
A work party sounds like fun, but let's be careful out there

By Jonah S. Berger / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Company get-togethers can offer entertaining chats and tasty food, but also awkward encounters, wardrobe miscues, and drunken mistakes.

Party

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Speaking with Company Leaders

Produced by Post-Gazette Marketing

Rob Cochran
President and CEO #1 Cochran

Leadership Team
Don's Appliances

Jack & Lori Miller
President & CEO, Horizon Information Services

Event Night, Aug. 22, 2019
Rivers Casino Event Center, North Shore

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Lori Miller of Horizon Information Services accepts the Leadership Award (small-size business) at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the #1 Top Workplace Award for mid-size businesses to Michael Mascaro of Mascaro Construction at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Managers Award to Alan Bicker, of First National Bank at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Direction Award to Mary Donohue of Comfort Keepers at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Doers Award to Rob Malinger of Kimpton Hotel Monaco at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Clued in Senior Management Award to Breeze Philpot of Open Systems Healthcareat the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
From left, Tim, Jill, Matt, Don and Terry Hillebrand, of Don’s Appliances, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Appreciation Award to Darrin Grove of Truefit at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Anthony Trapuzzano and Raquel Derek, of Franjo Construction Corp., at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Training Award to Chase McCarthy of RE/MAX Select Realty at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
From left, Conner Clyde, Mark Spiker, Ariel Brown, Nicole Caldwell and Corinne Paul of Comcast, at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Communication Award to Christen Long of Grant Street Group at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Work/Life Flexibility Award to Darlene McGregor of Rankin Christian Center at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the #1 Top Workplace Award for small-size businesses to David Hawkins of Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Values Award to Ross Marcinizyn of MSA - The Safety Company at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the New Ideas Award to David Hawkins of Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the #1 Top Workplace Award for small-size businesses to David Hawkins of Mid-Atlantic Surgical Systems at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the #1 Top Workplace Award for large-size businesses to Mark DeRubeis of Premier Medical Associates at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Benefits Award to Bud Leeper of Seegrid Corporation at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Healthiest Workplace Award to Chuck Hammel of Pitt Ohio at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Lori Miller of Horizon Information Services accepts the Leadership Award (small-size business) at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Matt Hillebrand of Don’s Appliances accepts the Leadership Award (mid-size business) at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents the Leadership Award (mid-size) to Matt Hillebrand of Don’s Appliances at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)
Bill Southern, director of finance for the newspaper division of Block Communications Inc., left, presents Leadership Award (Large) to Aaron Herbic of #1 Cochran at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Top Workplaces Awards at Rivers Casino on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019 on the North Shore. (Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette)

About the Survey and Workplace Culture

How the Top Workplaces are determined

By Bob Helbig / Energage

This is the ninth year the Post-Gazette partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to determine the Pittsburgh area’s Top Workplaces.

Methodology
Doug Claffey / CEO, Energage
How is technology changing your workplace culture?

By Doug Claffey / Energage

Will technology create intended positive results or sidetrack the organization’s mission?.

Engagement

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