South Carolina’s Best Places to Work Rankings Announced

CHARLESTON,SC – October 6, 2010 – The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, theSociety for Human Resource Management (SHRM) – SC State Council and thepublishers of SC BIZ magazine are pleased to announce the rankings ofthe Best Places to Work in South Carolina. Best Places to Work isdedicated to identifying and recognizing the state’s most innovativeand top-notch employers. 2010 rankings were announced at an awardsbanquet, presented by Colonial Life, October 5.
 
For Small/Medium Employers (15-249 Employees in SC), the rankings are:
1.       Barling Bay, LLC – North Charleston
2.       SynTerra Corporation – Greenville
3.       ArborOne, ACA – Florence
4.       Johnson & Johnson – Charleston
5.       Life Cycle Engineering – Charleston
6.       VC3, Inc. – Columbia
7.       Hilliard Lyons – Louisville
8.       First Community Bank – Lexington
9.       First Reliance Bank – Florence
10.   McAngus, Goudelock & Courie, LLC – Columbia
11.   C. F. Evans & Company, Inc. – Orangeburg
12.   Palmetto Citizens Federal Credit Union – Columbia
13.   Pee Dee Electric Cooperative, Inc. – Darlington
14.   Mars Petcare – Columbia
15.   South Carolina Education Lottery – Columbia
16.   Human Technologies, Inc. – Greenville
17.   Buist Moore Smythe McGee P.A. – Charleston
18.   Rosenfeld Einstein – Greenville
 
For Large Employers (250 or More Employees in SC), the rankings are:
1.       Edward Jones – Louisville
2.       Colonial Life – Columbia
3.       Elliott Davis – Greenville
4.       Palmetto Health – Columbia
5.       Select Health of South Carolina, Inc. – Charleston
6.       AgFirst Farm Credit Bank – Columbia
7.       Blackbaud, Inc. – Charleston
 
“South Carolina is home to some of the best places to work in thenation. Congratulations to these innovative companies that are settingthe example as superb organizations for our state’s workforce toprosper,” said Otis Rawl, president and chief executive officer of theSouth Carolina Chamber of Commerce.
 
The innovative Best Places to Work program has experiencedincredible growth and has quickly emerged as the standard for workplaceachievement and creativity in South Carolina.
 
The South Carolina Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s first statechamber Accredited with Distinction by the U.S. Chamber, is the state’slargest statewide broad-based business and industry trade associationrepresenting more than 18,000 businesses and more than one millionemployees, with 90 percent of membership comprised of small businesses.As the unified voice for business and industry, the Chamber is acatalyst for increasing wealth and enhancing the state’s globalcompetitiveness in order to improve the quality of life for all SouthCarolinians.