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HRG Named ESOP Company of the Year

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Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) has been named the ESOP Company of the Year by the Pennsylvania/Delaware Chapter of The ESOP Association. This organization is dedicated to promoting the benefits of employee ownership, which include maximizing productivity and sharing the wealth among all who contribute. The award is given to a local firm that has successfully demonstrated these values.

Aaron Moyer accepts the ESOP Company of the Year award on HRG's behalf

ESOP Advisory Committee member Aaron Moyer accepted the ESOP Company of the Year award from Mike Shuey, president of The ESOP Association’s Pennsylvania/Delaware chapter, during a regional conference in the Poconos.

Since it was founded in 1962, HRG has been focused on creating a truly integrated team atmosphere and ensuring all members of the team share in the firm’s success. In 2008, they formalized this commitment by initiating an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Every employee-owner, age 21 or over, who completes at least 1,000 hours of service annually is eligible for HRG stock after one year of employment.

The key to HRG’s ESOP culture is transparent communication. This communication goes both ways: Executive leadership shares fundamental financial metrics and strategy with the team, and every employee-owner is invited to provide feedback and suggestions for process improvements to the Board of Directors via the ESOP Advisory Committee. Because employee owners understand how the business works and how success is measured, they are better prepared to drive that success in their daily tasks. As a result, HRG has consistently improved its staff utilization and seen a steady increase in share value.

 

ABOUT THE ESOP ASSOCIATION
The ESOP Association is the only organization that advocates on behalf of all ESOP companies. More than 10,000 people attend its chapter and national events. Learn more at their website: www.esopassociation.org

ABOUT HRG
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia. For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

HRG Receives National Award for Communications Excellence from ESOP Association

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HRG wins ESOP Association Annual Award for Communication Excellence

Jason Fralick, Kara Smith, Bob Grubic, and Laura Williams attended the ceremony to accept the award.

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) was honored last night at the ESOP Association’s Annual Awards for Communications Excellence (AACE) ceremony in Washington, D.C. HRG received an award for employee ownership marketing.  This award recognizes achievements in advertising the benefits of employee ownership to customers, the community, and the general public.

HRG became an employee-owned company in 2008. The firm has an ESOP Advisory Committee that engages employee owners in decision-making and actively promotes the benefits of ownership to both internal and external audiences. Our status as an employee-owned company is listed on our logo, business cards, letterhead, and corporate brochure.  The benefits of employee ownership (to our employees and to our clients) are touted on our corporate website, intranet, and social media channels. The firm even produced a video in which employees explained what HRG and employee ownership means to them.

“Employee ownership is key to HRG’s identity,” according to company president Robert Grubic. “We believe employee ownership motivates our employees to innovate and continuously improve the quality of our services and our operational efficiencies. It also creates an atmosphere of equality among all team members that fosters cooperation instead of competition.

AACE Award winners are chosen by a panel of five judges made up of both management and non-management employee owners, each of whom has demonstrated active experience and interest in the field of ESOPs and employee ownership communications. Awards are based on: overall quality and quantity of employee owner education, contributions of employee owners, integration of the ESOP into company culture, frequency of ownership communications, involvement of employee owners, encouragement of ownership attitudes, clear explanations, creative ideas, graphic design, and technical quality.

 

ABOUT HRG

Herbert, Rowland & Grubic, Inc. (HRG) is a nationally ranked design firm providing civil engineering, surveying, and environmental services. The firm was founded in Harrisburg in 1962 and has grown to employ more than 200 people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia.  For more information, please visit the website at www.hrg-inc.com.

 

ABOUT THE ESOP ASSOCIATION

The ESOP Association is the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) and the leading voice in America for employee ownership. The core belief of the ESOP Association is that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation, and strengthen our fee enterprise economy.  For more information about the ESOP Association, visit their website at www.esopassociation.org