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www.HartfordBusiness.com March 28, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 27 www.HartfordBusiness.com March 28, 2016 • Hartford Business Journal 27 BEST PL ACES TO WORK IN CT 2016 #17 Travel Insured International T ravel Insured International is a travel insurance provider offering worldwide travel insur- ance protection. The company offers an array of benefits including emergency assistance and evacuation, trip cancellation, trip interruption and airline-ticket protection, medical insurance and bag- gage coverage. Employee Recognition: Electronic badging allows employees to recognize each other for going above and beyond and announce posi- tive feedback from customers. Fun & Relaxation: Hosts holiday dinner party with photo booth. Community Service: Sponsors the Glastonbury 5K American Liver Foundation road race and raised money through community partici- pants, corporate sponsors and employee fundraising efforts. Healthy Living: Sponsors in-house Weight Watchers at Work program and provides cost- reduction incentives to participants. Sounding Board: Electronic ideas board allows employees to post ideas and other employ- ees to promote the ideas and add additional comments. Status updates allow employees to monitor progress. #18 IMCORP I MCORP is a technology company involved in underground power cable reliability. It pro- vides diagnostic services for medium- and high-voltage power cable systems and technol- ogy locates existing cable system defects and determines future cable reliability. Employee Bonuses: Power-Up program motivates associates to meet specific, significant goals and provides fun, varied and meaningful spot rewards including celebrations and time off. Fun & Relaxation: Hosts take your dog to work days. Community Service: IMCORP is a major corporate sponsor of the Manchester Area Conference of Churches, which provides food, shelter, clothing and advocacy for unmet basic community needs. Healthy Living: Billiards tables, ping-pong table, basketball hoop, inversion table and medicine ball used throughout day for exercise, relax- ation and team building. Sounding Board: Company president meets periodically with small groups of employees for breakfast and dinner to talk informally about life at IMCORP, the current goals of the company and his vision for the future. Training: GREAT (Growth / Results / Excellence / Accountability / Team) program launched in 2015 to promote business-based career and talent development. #19 Qualidigm Q u a l i d i g m ' s mission is to improve the qual- ity, safety and cost- effectiveness of health care through t r a n s f o r m a t i o n - al change. The Wethersfield-based company provides consulting services to public- and pri- vate-sector clients nationwide includ- ing data analysis, h e a l t h - i n f o r m a - tion technology, patient safety, qual- ity improvement and utilization review. Employee Bonuses: Provides gift cards or other awards for extraordinary contributions, results, assistance, etc. Anyone can nominate another employee for this award. Employee Recognition: New performance- monitoring software includes a "shout out" feature, where any employee can give a public shout-out to someone else for something well done or appreciated. Fun & Relaxation: Hosts employee potluck lunches — often themed. Community Service: Support's American Heart Association's Annual Go Red for Women Campaign. Recent Awards/Recognitions: Best Places to Work in CT, 2013, 2014 and 2015. Sounding Board: Uses a suggestion box on intranet for any and all thoughts, ideas and questions. Training: Annual goals for each employee include a personal development component — something they must do to increase/enhance their skills. SMALL / MEDIUM COMPANY CATEGORY #20 Core Informatics C ore Informatics is a software company focused on delivering scientific data management to customers in a variety of industries. Core's software can be delivered on premises, or in Amazon Web Services (AWS) via Software as a Service (SaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS) models. Employee Bonuses: If an employee refers a can- didate that ends up getting hired, they receive a $1,000 referral bonus. Employee Recognition: Bi-weekly a team member is selected by upper management to receive an MVP award for outstanding work. Also uses an electronic, live shout-out board displayed on a TV in the company's main lobby to recognize employees for their help with a project, great work, etc. Fun & Relaxation: Core has small golf greens, golf balls and putters for people to utilize in the office if they need to get away from their desk and take a break for a few minutes. Being Green: Encourages a paperless office. Training: Each employee is given a $1,500 training allowance they can use throughout the year to register for conferences, trainings, buy books, etc.