Seattle Business
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Grand Hyatt Seattle/Seattle Olive 8
Where being accommodating comes naturally.
Steve Vissotzky, managing director of Hyatt Olive 8 and Grand Hyatt Seattle, says the hospitality leader is open around the clock. And not just for guests. In our 24/7 business, Vissotzky says, our doors are always open to our guests and … to our colleagues. We have an open-door policy and colleagues are encouraged to…
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Accolade
Making collaboration and fun mutually beneficial.
Although health care is serious business, Accolade a health care concierge for employers, health systems and health plans doesnt take itself too seriously. Its not uncommon for product releases and birthdays to be celebrated with mariachi bands or magicians. And once, says Elizabeth Napolitano, Accolades EVP of human resources, the companys engineers hacked into the…
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Bonanza
Building a successful culture by listening.
An online marketplace for entrepreneurs, Bonanza offers a benefits package thats comparable to other technology companies that tend to be a lot bigger. Employees dont pay monthly premiums for health care. They receive generous stock options, as well as three weeks of vacation and another week or two of holidays. On top of that, they…
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Axon
Encouraging free thinking and flexibility.
Axons discretionary paid time off is built around a simple concept, says VP of People Operations Gretchen Mastellon. We hire adults and we want to treat them like adults. … We pride ourselves on hiring the best and brightest, so we want to give them leeway in managing their own schedules. Axon, which designs and…
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Working together to create something meaningful
Committed to contributing to humanity through high-impact artificial intelligence research and engineering, the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, or AI2, often finds itself competing for talent with companies such as Google and Amazon. So it designed its own long-term incentive program, which CEO Oren Etzioni calls AI2 stock. Our stock isnt traded on the NASDAQ…
100 Best Companies Snapshot: Pushpay
Winning for the team.
Where do sports teams go to celebrate victories? Disneyland, of course. So it makes sense that this past February, Pushpay flew its 200 employees down to the happiest place on earth to celebrate the companys hitting its goals. We strive to operate like a professional sports team, says Weston Belkot, Pushpays director of learning and…
100 Best Companies To Work For Lip Sync 2016
Seattle Business magazine’s 100 Best Companies work hard, but they also know how to have fun! Check out the lip sync video we made with a few of our favorites. We can’t stop the feeling that they are awesome! Congratulations to all of Washington’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2016. Check out the full list here.