Tampa Bay's Top 100 Workplaces

Five ways in 2016 these 100 top Tampa Bay companies wow the workplace

What nuggets of wisdom are hiding in the year's Tampa Bay Times Top Workplaces report, a metrowide ranking of 100 top workplaces? This is the Times' seventh annual look at what some companies, big and small, are doing better than others in this area to instill in their employees a real sense of mission and …

T-Mobile tops large company ranking for workplace, pushes envelope on work, benefits, fun

To say T-Mobile's batting 2 for 2 this year is an understatement.

Top-ranked workplace among small firms, KnowBe4 blends cyber savvy, hard work and fun

CLEARWATER

Phishing. Ransomware. CEO fraud. ¶ These are the cybersecurity scams awash in the world start-up company KnowBe4 was created to defend against. Its business — providing security awareness training to banks, businesses and organizations — is booming as hacker attacks continue to …

DITEK and Leader Tech are manufacturing top workplaces

Florida may not be known for its manufacturing industry, but two companies in the Tampa Bay area are making a mark with clients, due in part to their employees. Both companies make electronic components used in a wide variety of products.

Care matters most at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Gulfside Hospice and Pasco Palliative Care

LAND O'LAKES

Working in an environment where terminal or degenerative diseases are commonplace is not an easy task, but employees at two such Tampa-area facilities — Gulfside Hospice and Pasco Palliative Care in Land O'Lakes and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa — maintain professionalism while …

What the 2016 Tampa Bay Times Top Workplaces list tells us about why employees stay

A stronger economy is good news for workers, offering more employment options. But business leaders are likely to face some daunting HR challenges in 2016 if they haven't already.

Alluring enticements bolster hotels' reputations as top workplaces

ST. PETERSBURG

Ever dream of working in the hospitality industry in Florida? It's not always what it's cracked up to be in advertisements, but for those working in a few select hotels, it can be fun and rewarding, according to this year's annual employee workplace survey.

Bay Area Legal Services offers meaningful work that keeps employees challenged

TAMPA

When Bay Area Legal Services chief Richard C. Woltmann talks about the skills he looks for in new employees, he points to one that he believes sets applicants apart:

A high "emotional IQ."

St. Cecelia: A school where teachers send their own kids

CLEARWATER

Tucked away in the back of the gymnasium, Marreen Majer's office is covered with pictures of her students. ¶ There are photos of cheerleading squads she's coached, her former student's newborn child and countless more from weddings and yearbooks and confirmation ceremonies, reminders of nearly a …

Bristol-Myers Squibb's Tampa office becoming model of culture, innovation for company

Bristol-Myers Squibb's office here is just a sliver of the global pharmaceutical behemoth, but it's not so different from the company as a whole. ¶ The staff of about 450 in Tampa — expected to approach 600 by the end of the year — work in research and development, IT, human resources and finance, among …

Benefit management company Healthesystems promotes transparency, innovation

TAMPA

Along the hallways at Healthesystems, teams announce their goals on posters and publish metrics that show whether they are meeting them.

Landscaping firm Natural Designs goes extra mile for employes, customers

LUTZ

As a boy growing up on New York's Long Island, Phil Petresky used to push a lawn mower around his Levittown home.

Top Golf in Brandon is all about having fun

Jennifer Johnson didn't know what to expect when she walked into an interview at a recruiting event for Topgolf International in November 2014. She did not think she'd spend part of her afternoon dancing to hip hop. "I remember sweating my butt off," said Johnson, 38, who added she spent the better part of the …