Mary Jo Tomasini and her sister Paula Wygonik have crafted a pretty special place over the years, and their hard work continues to be paid off handsomely through national recognition. They lead a tight knit team of employees at Competitive Edge along Red Arrow Highway in Stevensville, and tell us today that they have been named one of the promotional products industry’s 2017 Greatest Companies To Work For by PPB (Promotional Products Business) magazine.
PPB is the industry’s flagship publication published by Promotional Products Association International (PPAI; ppai.org), the not-for-profit association for more than 14,300 corporate member companies and more than 510,000 industry professionals who lead the $21 billion industry.
Their annual search to find the best industry employers turned up more than 100 companies nominated by their highly satisfied employees. Competitive Edge was one of 60 selected for its ability to emulate best practices that keep workers happy, satisfied and engaged. The recognition is based on employee responses to an online survey exploring several key areas, including engagement, effectiveness, leadership, ethics, pay, benefits, training and work/life balance.
Mary Jo Tomasini is the CEO at Competitive Edge. She was ecstatic saying, “What an honor to be recognized as one of the ‘Greatest’ companies to work for by both PPB and our employees.” She notes, “We take employee satisfaction to heart and are dedicated to making sure that our employees benefit from a culture that promotes creativity and supports personal growth. In fact, we encourage all Competitive Edge employees to take an active role in making our work environment highly productive, collaborative and constantly evolving to keep pace with this exciting industry and the clients we serve.”
Of those industry companies with winning scores, 19 were suppliers, 39 were distributors and two were business services companies. The size of the winning companies, categorized by numbers of employees, was diverse ranging from five to more than 600 and company history was varied too. The oldest company was founded in 1878; the newest is just four years old.
You can learn more about these outstanding workplaces and see what their employees say about working there in the June issue of PPB available later this month.
For more information about Competitive Edge, click this link:
http://www.competitive-edge.net
Competitive Edge, one of the largest full-service promotional product distributors in the United States was started in a basement by Mary Jo Tomasini. Today, Competitive Edge employs 22 people. Always mindful of developing a successful business within the promotional product industry, Ms. Tomasini and Competitive Edge has been the recipient of many awards locally, regionally and nationally, including the Outstanding Women Business Enterprise of the Year.
