The Boston Globe Names Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates to Globe 100’s Top Places to Work ‘08

Newton, MA - November 9, 2008 - Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates has been named one of the Top Places to Work in Massachusetts in the debut of an employee-based survey project from The Boston Globe. Harvard Vanguard was ranked 76 on the overall list and also was ranked 20 on the Top 25 Large Workplaces list.

“This is the best form of recognition since it is based on the feedback of our own employees who are truly the cornerstone of what makes Harvard Vanguard a top place to work,” said Dr. Gene Lindsey, CEO of Harvard Vanguard.

Produced by the same team that compiles the 21-year-old Globe 100 report of the best-performing public companies in Massachusetts, the Top Places to Work recognizes the most progressive companies in the state based on employee opinions about company leadership, compensation and training, diversity/inclusion, career development, family-friendly flexibility, and values and ethics. Private companies and nonprofits as well as publicly-held businesses were included in the analysis.

The publisher of The Boston Globe Steve Ainsley stated, “All the companies included in the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work deserve a great deal of recognition. It’s clear that they value their employees and make it a priority to create a positive workplace.”

The rankings in the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work are based on survey information collected by Workplace Dynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention, from 70,000 employees at about 300 Massachusetts organizations. This marks the first time that a Globe 100 report honors private as well as publicly-held organizations.

To qualify for the Globe 100’s Top Places to Work, a company must have more than 100 employees in Massachusetts. Nearly 300 qualified companies accepted an invitation to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses. The Top Places to Work in Massachusetts report was published in the November 9 edition of The Boston Sunday Globe and can be found online at www.boston.com/topworkplaces.