WEST CHESTER, Pa., June 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Green Lawn Fertilizing and Green Pest Solutions were featured on the Philadelphia Business Journal's 2019 Best Places to Work list. This is the first time in company history being featured on this prestigious list. The award goes to companies in the greater Philadelphia area who are dedicated to creating a positive work environment for employees.
"It's a great honor to be named a Best Place to Work by the Philadelphia Business Journal. Our team members are essential to delivering our customers a superior experience, and we take great pride in cultivating an environment and culture for employees to thrive." says President/Owner Matt Jesson.
Green Lawn Fertilizing, in order to qualify for the Best Place to Work award, needed to get over 80 team members to complete the survey. Getting over half the company to take the survey could have proved challenging, but Green Lawn Fertilizing and Green Pest Solutions team members showed that they were eager to share their feedback and the company surpassed their survey quota with plenty of time to spare.
Winners were picked for four different staff sizes: 10-50 employees, 51-100 employees, 101-1000 employees and 1001+ employees. Green Lawn Fertilizing / Green Pest Solutions was one of the select 101-1000 employee winners. Other winners in this category include such Companies as Cancer Treatment Centers of America, The Goddard School and Safelite Auto Glass. Upon learning that the company was chosen as a winner Green Lawn Fertilizing's Director of Human Resources, Michael Heiner let all team members know how much they were appreciated.
"We believe this honor reflects our unwavering commitment to Servant Leadership as well as our core value of treating our team members with kindness, dignity and respect. We truly appreciate your vote of confidence and please know that we remain open to your feedback on how we can continue to be a Best Place to Work," says Director of Human Resources, Michael Heiner.
Philadelphia Business Journal is an award winning weekly paper and daily web site providing local business news to southeastern Pennsylvania and South Jersey since 1982. Philadelphia Business Journal is a division of American City Business Journals, the country's largest publisher of business publications.
Every year the Philadelphia Business Journal seeks out the top places to work across the entire greater Philadelphia region. For 2019 they accepted a record number of nominations from businesses located in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties earlier in the year, and then conducted a survey from April 22nd until May 24th. The survey, conducted by Quantum Workplace, was sent to all employees from the nominated companies. Each nominee had to have at least half of their workforce complete the survey to be eligible. Employees were asked to rate their company on the following categories:
- Work environment
- Personal growth
- Professional development
- People
- Embracing change/new ideas
Green Pest Solutions and Green Lawn Fertilizing is an independent lawn and pest control company that was founded in 2004. Under the leadership of Matt Jesson, President and Owner of Green Lawn Fertilizing / Green Pest Solutions, the company has grown to over 170 team members and over 100 service vehicles in its fleet. They have a mission to become the leader in the lawn and pest industry by providing superior customer service. Over the last several years, highly reputable publications have taken notice of the company succeeding in that mission. For seven of the last eight years the company received the Inc. 5000 award for being recognized as one of the 5,000 fastest growing private companies in the America. In 2018, Green Pest Solutions was named "Best of Philly Earth-Friendly Exterminator" by Philadelphia Magazine and in 2017 they were named "Best Pest Control" by Philly.com. In 2017, the company received the "Customer Service Excellence" Award by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
SOURCE Green Lawn Fertilizing/ Green Pest Solutions
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