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Top Workplaces: The 76 Companies That Made the List

May 01, 2024 12:27PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

Seventy-six companies were honored as part of the South Carolina Top Workplaces survey. This is the eighth year that Energage, an employee survey company based in Exton, Pennsylvania, has partnered with Integrated Media Publishing on this project to celebrate exceptional South Carolina workplaces.

This year’s results were based on feedback from more than 17,000 South Carolina workers. Twenty-two companies made the list for the first time. Four companies have made the list every year.

The winners were celebrated at a luncheon at Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center on April 30, 2024.

Large companies, those with 300 or more employees in South Carolina:

1.      Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices C. Dan Joyner REALTORS

2.      Mungo Homes

3.      NHE

4.      National Land Realty

5.      RSi

6.      CGI

7.      Agape Care Group

8.      Family Dental Health

9.      Total Quality Logistics, TQL

10.   Hilton Grand Vacations Inc.

11.   Autobell Car Wash

12.   Anderson University

13.   World Finance

14.   Crossroads Treatment Center

15.   Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community

16.   SEJ Services

17.   Interim Healthcare of the Upstate

 

Midsize companies, those with 150-299 employees in the region:

1.      Pinnacle Financial Partners

2.      Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering

3.      EY

4.      Northwestern Mutual

5.      Lee Distributors

6.      Key Benefit Administrators

7.      Blue Sky Specialty Pharmacy

8.      Thomas & Hutton

9.      The MIL Corporation

10.   Kravet Inc.

11.   Bridges Preparatory School

12.   Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers

13.   KCI Technologies

14.   Gordian

15.   West Shore Home

16.   Parker’s

17.   Preferred Home Services

18.   CACI

19.   Hospitality America

20.   Sharonview Federal Credit Union

Small companies, those with 149 or fewer employees in the region:

1.      Charter Institute at Erskine

2.      Matt O’Neill Real Estate

3.      Creative Builders Inc.

4.      Atlantic Bay Mortgage Group

5.      KeyMark

6.      Jeff Cook Real Estate

7.      G3 Engineering & Surveying LLC

8.      Saluda Hill Landscapes

9.      Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands

10.   Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation

11.   Pulcra Chemicals LLC

12.   Stokes & Company CPAs, PC

13.   6AM City LLC

14.   Agile Defense

15.   PRG Real Estate

16.   Greenco Distributing

17.   HITT Contractors

18.   Bishop Mays Inc.

19.   iTrust Wellness Group

20.   Robert Half

21.   Moore Beauston & Woodham LLC

22.   Vannoy Construction

23.   Beazer Homes

24.   Brandon (formerly The Brandon Agency)

25.   Bela Family Dentistry

26.   Renewal by Andersen of the Carolinas

27.   Arrow Exterminators Inc. and Stark Exterminators Inc.

28.   Marsh McLennan Agency

29.   The Phoenix Center

30.   Home Brands

31.   Airsys Cooling Technologies

32.   Castle Keepers

33.   We Are Sharing Hope SC

34.   SE Retail

35.   Infinity Marketing Solutions Inc.

36.   Transworld Inc. Electrical Contractors

37.   American Forest Management

38.   Insignia Group

39.   Logisticus Group

And the following companies were singled out for special awards, meaning they scored highest in these specific areas:

Leadership: “I have confidence in the leader of this company”

Large company: Brent Rollins, RSi

Midsize company: Elham Farzam, Infrastructure Consulting & Engineering

Small company: Wendell Furtick, Saluda Hill Landscapes 

Direction: “I believe this company is going in the right direction”

Pinnacle Financial Partners (midsize company) 

Managers: “My manager helps me grow and learn” and “My manager cares about my concerns”

EY (Midsize company) 

New ideas: “New ideas are encouraged at this company”

C. Dan Joyner REALTORS (Large company) 

Doers: “At this company, we do things efficiently and well”

Creative Builders Inc. (Small company) 

Meaningfulness: “My job makes me feel like I am part of something meaningful”

Agape Care Group (Large company) 

Values: “This company operates by strong values”

Mungo Homes (Large company) 

Clued-In Senior Management: “Senior managers understand what is really happening at this company”

Northwestern Mutual (Midsize company) 

Communication: “I feel well-informed about important decisions at this company”

Charter Institute at Erskine (Small company) 

Appreciation: “I feel genuinely appreciated by this company”

Girl Scouts of South Carolina – Mountains to Midlands (Small company) 

Work/Life Flexibility: “I have the flexibility I need to balance my work and personal life”

Insignia Group (Small company) 

Training: “I get the formal training I want for my career”

Lee Distributors (Midsize company) 

Benefits: “My benefits package is good compared to others in this industry”

Infinity Marketing Solutions Inc. (Small company) 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

Hilton Grand Vacations (Large company)