Best Places to Work 2006
Best Places to Work 2006

Best Places to Work in South Carolina is an initiative between Setcom Media Inc., publisher of SCBIZ and the Charleston Regional Business Journal, and Best Companies Group. The focus of this program is finding and recognizing South Carolina’s best employers. In addition to the positive effect the award has on employee relations and recruitment, the driving force for companies to join in the program is the remarkable impact workplace improvements can have on their bottom line.

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No. 1 Large Company: Edward Jones

Counter Culture: Firm’s corporate culture focuses on well the individual 

With nearly 9,000 U.S. branch offices and more than 8 million clients, Edward Jones sounds like a perfect place to lose individual needs. However, the company’s unique business model requires a singular devotion to doing what’s right for its clients and for its employees.

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No. 2 Large Company: South Carolina Bank & Trust Corp.
Surveying the work force: Listening to employee needs

When South Carolina Bank and Trust’s employee turnover reached 26% in 2000, the bank’s management staff began surveying employee needs. In 2001, SCBT conducted its first employee expectations survey. Since that first survey, annual turnover rates have fallen to between 11% and 14%.
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No. 3 Large Company: First Financial Holdings Inc.
Holding onto employees at First Financial Holdings

First Financial Holdings Inc. ranks its people as the company’s most valued resource and has developed a number of related policies and programs to support them. As a result, First Financial has sustained a low turnover rate; many of its employees have worked there for 10 or more years.
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No. 4 Large Company: Colonial Supplemental Insurance
Colonial Supplement Insurance employees going to Disney World

During the last four years, more than 100 Colonial Supplemental Insurance employees who have demonstrated superior customer service have attended a special customer-service training and recognition conference held in Kissimmee, Fla., and have had an opportunity to visit Mickey and friends at Disney World.
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