Best Places to Work 2008
InsideBiz.com
| Issue Date: Best Places
to Work 2008, Posted On: 7/14/2008 2:00:00 PM Best Places: Tesoro Corp. |
| Company description:
Minority-owned general contractor
offers a full complement of construction-related services. Address: 5250 Challedon Dr., Virginia Beach 23462 Phone: 518-8491 Web site: www.Tesorocorp.comTop local executive: Dennis Gilbert, president Number of local employees: 110 full-time Benefits include: 1. Over the last eleven years, all employees have received annual Christmas Bonuses. 2. Extensive employee development includes mentoring, training, apprenticeship and certification programs; wellness incentives; financial development; computer training; tuition reimbursement; a retirees’ return-to-work program; and a commitment to promote from within and to reward star performers. 3. Company pays half the cost of employee PPO/HMO and a yearly health fair provides health risk assessments, chiropractic services, massages, cholesterol and blood pressure checks, skin screening. Fun factor: A dedicated special events committee organizes a Christmas party, summer anniversary picnic, “Biggest Loser” challenge, safety day BBQ, health fair, brown bag lunches with speakers, “spring-clean the office” day, Halloween pumpkin carving and costume contest, chili cookoff, fiscal year “new year’s” party on Oct. 1 and a St. Patrick’s Day potluck. Community service: Team Tesoro, made up of employees and management, participates in the CHKD Run/Walk; Carol-Anne Farms Civic League as a corporate sponsor; Trinity Christian Fellowship Food Bank; Take Your Child to Work Day; Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowling for Kids’ Sake; National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s MS150 Bike Tour; and National Women in Construction Golf Outing, among other events. Other reasons it’s a best place to work: Eighty-five percent of employees have been with the company at least two years and there is just a 3 percent voluntary turnover rate at Tesoro, which prides itself on its core values of honesty and integrity. Open communication is an essential part of the company culture, carried out through all-hands meetings, performance reviews and self-appraisals, superintendents’ meetings, an open-door policy and team recognitions. Tesoro offers flexible scheduling and telecommuting; a phaseback program for new mothers; and a Life Works Web site that provides information on health care, local daycare, parenting and more. Company vehicles, laptops and cell phones are available when the job requires. |