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Star Tribune names Werner Electric
Supply of Minnesota to Star
Tri bune ' s • • Workplaces 20
Cottage Grove, MN June 20, 2011 —
Werner Electric Supply Minnesota has been
named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in
Minnesota based on an employee -based
survey project from the Star Tribune, The
Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section
was published in the Star Tribune on Sunday,
June 19. The report can also be found at
StarTribune.com/topworkplaces20ll.
Produced by the same team that compiles
the 20- year -old Star Tribune 100 report of
the best - performing public companies in
Minnesota, 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 over
60,500 employees at Minnesota public,
private and nonprofit organizations.
The rankings in the Star Tribune Top 100
Workplaces are based on survey information
collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an
independent company specializing in
employee engagement and retention.
Werner Electric Supply Minnesota was
ranked 12th this year on the Midsize
company list.
"To have earned this recognition last year
was very exciting to everyone in our
company. But, to repeat this a second year
and be able to raise our rankings, is a real
tribute to our people and the commitment
they have to then work here at Werner."
Kevin Powell, President
Star Tribune Publisher Michael J.
Klingensmith said, "The companies in the
Star Tribune Top 100 Workplaces deserve
high praise for creating the very best work
environments in the state of Minnesota. My
congratulations to each of these exceptional
companies."
Werner Electric Supply is an Electrical
and Automation Distributor based in Cottage
Grove, MN. They serve seven branch
locations throughout Minnesota and Western
Wisconsin. Werner Electric serves the
contractor, commercial, industrial, data
communication, original equipment
manufacturer and systems integrator
markets.
To qualify for the Star Tribune Top
Workplaces, a company must have more
than 50 employees in Mi Over 1,200
companies were invited to participate.
Rankings were composite scores calculated
purely on the basis of employee responses.
The Cottage Grove Area Chamber of
Commerce congratulates Werner Electric
and other Chamber Members recognized as
Top Workplaces:
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In the spirit of supporting Service members time and will be the torch for other
and military families while they bear the communities to follow. It is with great
burden of a deployment cycle, the city of pleasure to inform you that the city of Cottage
Cottage Grove has ensured that those Grove will become a Yellow Ribbon City.
sacrifices will not go unnoticed. There will be an invitation only event held
A network of support and understanding on Tuesday, August 23rd at Inver Hills
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