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Best Places to Work 2008

Best Places to Work in South Carolina 2008

Best Places to Work in South Carolina is an initiative between SC Biz News LLC, publisher of the Charleston Regional Business Journal, the Columbia Regional Business Report, GSABusiness and SCBIZ magazine, in partnership with the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce and Best Companies Group.

Headquartered in Greenville, Hubbell Lighting ranks as one of the top lighting companies in the world, a position it works on from the inside out. The company’s reigning philosophy is that “the employee makes the company,” and everything is done to foster, train and provide for the employees. They benefit from the profit-sharing contribution to the 401(k) plans and the educational reimbursement program. Hubbell is also flexible in offering telecommuting, a compressed work week and flex scheduling.

No. 2 Large Company: Edward Jones

Edward Jones understands that a spirit of collaboration works better than competition among employees. “There’s a strong culture of mentoring and helping people who are new,” said Wendell Jones, the regional leader for the South Carolina branches of the national investment firm. “If people take care of each other, it helps the new people, then that helps their clients, then that helps the business.”

Although more than 500 employees work for South Carolina Federal Credit Union across 23 branches, associates don’t feel like they are lost in the shuffle. South Carolina Federal fosters employee growth and development through several thriving programs. The Predictive Index survey measures employees’ motivational needs and helps identify the best strategies and tools to coach employees. The ongoing training program ensures high potential associates are developed and promoted from within.

No. 4 Large Company: Elliott Davis LLC

Even with a contracting economy, accounting and business advisory firm Elliott Davis is expanding. This past year, the Greenville-based company opened three new offices in Charleston, Myrtle Beach and Charlotte. But Elliott Davis not only focuses on expanding into new markets, but growing the company’s employees as well.
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No. 5 Large Company: Colonial Life

Colonial Life’s tagline is “Making benefits count,” a philosophy it applies to its customers and its own employees. The Columbia-based company provides benefit solutions to employers and offers a broad range of personal insurance products to individuals including disability, accident, cancer, life and critical illness, in addition to company packages.
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