bankESB Parent Wins 2024 Top Workplaces USA Award
Hometown Financial Group, parent company of Abington Bank, bankESB, and bankHometown, announced today it was named a winner of the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award by Energage.
Top Workplaces USA celebrates organizations with 150 or more employees that are dedicated to building an exceptional people-first culture. Winners are chosen based solely on employee feedback gathered through an anonymous, third-party employee engagement survey, issued by Energage, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. More than 42,000 organizations across the country were invited to participate in the Top Workplaces USA survey. Results are calculated by comparing the survey’s research-based statements, including 15 Culture Drivers that are proven to predict high performance against industry benchmarks.
“We’re honored to be nationally recognized as an employer of choice for the second time in three years, and especially humbled that this honor resulted from positive feedback from those who know us best: our employees,” said [Bank Name] President and CEO [CEO Name]. “Every day, I’m inspired by our compassionate, dedicated, and talented group of employees, who demonstrate passion for unlocking the full potential of our customers, our communities, and each other. We try hard to foster a work environment that’s inclusive, innovative, team-oriented, and fun, and this honor proves that our employees believe we’re doing it right.”
“Earning a Top Workplaces award is a badge of honor for companies, especially because it comes authentically from their employees,” said Eric Rubino, Energage CEO. “That’s something to be proud of. In today’s market, leaders must ensure they’re allowing employees to have a voice and be heard. That’s paramount. Top Workplaces do this, and it pays dividends.”
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About Hometown Financial Group
Hometown Financial Group, Inc. is a $4.7 billion mutual multi-bank holding company headquartered in Easthampton, Massachusetts, and is the parent company of the family of banks that includes bankESB, bankHometown, and Abington Bank as well as Hometown Mortgage. Together, our banks offer a complete line of consumer and business deposit and lending products and services through 37 branch offices located throughout Massachusetts and northeastern Connecticut. We take advantage of the size, scale, and efficiencies of shared centralized resources to fulfill our community banking mission—providing individualized financial support, a suite of comprehensive products and services, smart banking technology, and increased lending capacity—all to ensure our customers can unlock their potential and build a successful future.
Hometown Financial and our banks are proud to be recognized nationally as a two-time Top Workplaces USA award winner in 2024 and 2022, a two-time Top Workplaces Financial Services Industry award winner in 2023 and 2022, a 2023 Top Places to Work award winner by The Boston Globe, and a 2022 Top Workplaces award winner by the Hartford Courant. Through our sponsorship and charitable giving program, The Giving Tree, Hometown Financial Group supports non-profit organizations and causes throughout the cities and towns our banks serve. In 2023, Hometown Financial Group banks and foundations donated more than $1.5 million and over the past decade have donated more than $7.7 million. Each bank was proud to be named a 2023 Corporate Citizenship Award winner by Boston Business Journal. For more information, visit bankHFG.com.
About Energage
Making the world a better place to work together.™ Energage is a purpose-driven company that helps organizations turn employee feedback into useful business intelligence and credible employer recognition through Top Workplaces. Built on 18 years of culture research and the results from 27 million employees surveyed across more than 70,000 organizations, Energage delivers the most accurate competitive benchmark available. With access to a unique combination of patented analytic tools and expert guidance, Energage customers lead the competition with an engaged workforce and an opportunity to gain recognition for their people-first approach to culture. For more information or to nominate your organization, visit energage.com or topworkplaces.com.
