Star Tribune Names AgStar Financial Services to its Top Workplaces 2011
AgStar is one of 140 workplaces honored
MANKATO, Minn. (June 20, 2011) – AgStar Financial Services, ACA, has been named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota after an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section was published in the Star Tribune June 19.
Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions about company leadership, communication, career opportunities, workplace environment, managerial skills, pay and benefits. The analysis included responses from more than 60,500 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.
“AgStar is proud to be placed on this honorable list,” said John Hemstock, vice president of human resources at AgStar. “Our workplace environment, compensation packages and emphasis on learning and development speak for themselves, but seeing these efforts recognized is a great achievement for this company.”
The list was compiled by the same team that compiles the 20-year-old Star Tribune 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Minnesota. The results of the Star Tribune Top Workplaces are based on survey information collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention. AgStar was recognized as one of the additional Top 40 workplaces.
“The companies in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies,” said Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith.
To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. More than 1,200 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses. The report can be found online at www.StarTribune.com/topworkplaces2011.
About AgStar:
AgStar Financial Services, ACA, headquartered in Mankato, Minn., employs more than 600 full-time team members. The company is part of the national Farm Credit System and has a public mission to serve 69 counties in Minnesota and northwest Wisconsin. AgStar’s industry specialization, client segments and market delivery systems result in diversification nationwide. The company has expertise in the corn, soybean, swine, dairy and bio-energy industries. AgStar has developed successful programs in loans, leases, crop insurance, tax services, accounting, consulting and rural home mortgages. As a value-added financial services cooperative, AgStar allocates patronage dividends to its more than 13,000 stockholders. Visit www.AgStar.com for more information.
Contact: Tami Risk
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