Announcing: Cascade Employers Association Makes 100 Best’s Hall of Fame

SALEM, OREGON – March 2, 2012 – The state-wide human resource consulting firm, Cascade Employers Association, leaps to number 7 on Oregon Business magazine’s list of 100 Best Companies To Work For, small companies category. The Association also received the magazine’s first-time Hall of Fame award for making the list 12 consecutive years.

This year 263 companies and more than 14,000 Oregon employees completed the survey, which analyzes Oregon companies’ best practices toward creating great places to work. The 100 Best list recognizes excellence in work environment, management and communications, decision-making and trust, career development and learning, and benefits and compensation.

Cascade scored particularly high in the “work environment” category for offering creative and advanced flexible work arrangements, and in the “management and communications” category for its collaborative management culture. “Our entire team contributes to making this a great place to work,” says Patrice Altenhofen, Association president. She adds, “When companies want to do the right thing in the right way for their people, they rely on our people. It’s a core value at Cascade to collaborate with employers to help make their companies great places to work also.”

Cascade Employers Association is a membership-based resource for nearly 500 Oregon employers committed to developing a strong, vital workforce. The Association offers progressive, ethical, and down-to-earth knowledge and insight in human resource management.