The Michigan Business and Professional Association (MBPA) named Wade Trim as one of Metropolitan Detroit’s "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" for the fifth consecutive year. MBPA’s criteria includes diversity, work/life balance, communication and recognition, education, development, recruitment and retention, motivation, enthusiasm, compensation and benefits, community initiatives, and strategic planning and integration.

Wade Trim was also one of 60 southeast Michigan companies recognized as a Cool Place to Work by Crain’s Detroit Business. Firms are nominated by their employees who complete an online survey that is used to evaluate the firm’s policies, procedures and benefits. Firms receive a weighted score and are ranked in five divisions based on company size. Wade Trim ranked ninth in the category of 251-500 employees.

The firm’s Next Generation Committee and Wade Trim University contributed to the firm’s Cool Place to Work designation. The Next Generation Team is a standing committee whose mission is to develop and recommend policies for the Board to adopt and implement that retain and attract the next generation of inspirational and effective leaders. Wade Trim University provides in-house training opportunities along with external and web-based courses.

"Our programs, practices, and philosophy are structured to retain talented staff and attract new employees to support company growth," says Doug Watson, President and CEO of Wade Trim. "Key programs include recruiting knowledgeable, team-oriented people; providing training seminars and career planning to promote individual growth; conducting performance evaluations based on improving personal development; and offering incentives such as profit sharing, flex-time, family insurance, and top compensation. We actively promote diversity and use several programs to recognize employee performance."

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