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Home Nursing Agency was ranked #20 out of 28 large companies (250+ employees) for Best Places to Work in PA for 2013.
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Home Nursing Agency has been consistently named as a Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania from 2004-2010, and in 2012.In August, the Agency was also designated as a Best Place to Work in Modern Healthcare, which ranks healthcare providers throughout the United States. Both designations are based on employee surveys as well as an audit of workplace practices.
"This achievement, like all others at Home Nursing Agency, is a result of our dedicated employees," said Robert Packer, President of Home Nursing Agency. "They continue to meet and exceed many expectations in light of our industry's challenges, and their commitment to best-practices not only in the workplace, but also in the community has also resulted in an all-time high in Customer Satisfaction scores," added Packer.
Over the last fiscal year, Packer said 90.3% of customers surveyed across all HNA programs and services marked the highest ranking possible in their 'likelihood of recommending HNA to family and friends'. "It takes a unique ability to achieve exceptional outcomes while also demonstrating the best practices to be a people-oriented organization. It’s a tremendous challenge, and once again, our employees have risen to the occasion," said Packer.
The Best Places to Work in PA awards program was designed to identify, recognize and honor the best places of employment in Pennsylvania, who are benefiting the state's economy and its workforce. Employers are categorized based upon the total number of employees they have in the United States, 25 to 249 employees and 250 or more employees.
To be considered for participation, companies had to fulfill the following eligibility requirements:
- Be a for-profit or not-for-profit business
- Be a publicly or privately held business
- Have a facility in Pennsylvania
- Have at least 25 employees working in Pennsylvania
- Be in business a minimum of one year.
Companies from across the state entered the two-part process to determine the 100 Best Places to Work in PA. The first part of this process was evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophies, systems and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process.
In addition to the public/private partnership, the program is supported by the following organizations: Lead Sponsor—Team Pennsylvania Foundation; Presenting Sponsor—ParenteBeard, LLC; Major Sponsors—Capital BlueCross; Comcast Business; Global HR Research; Purpose1; Ryan LLC, Saul Ewing, LLP; and Sovereign | Santander.
For more information on the Best Places to Work in PA, visit www.bestplacestoworkinpa.com or contact Jamie Mowery, event coordinator at the Central Penn Business Journal at 717-236-4300 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.