100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009
Employer Profile
No. 62
Penn National Insurance
Harrisburg, Pa. [Middle Atlantic]
Why You Want to Work There
Every employee in the IT division at this Harrisburg, Pa., insurance firm, which does business in nine Eastern states, is eligible to earn payments through a bonus program that links employees directly to corporate objectives and results. IT employees are also well connected to their internal business customers in order to ensure that they are aware of corporate and divisional strategies and can see how their technology projects directly connect to divisional and corporate objectives.
| Rank by company size | Small, No. 8 |
| Employee Statistics | |
| Total employees | 830 |
| Total IT employees | 115 |
| IT employee turnover in 2008 | 6% |
| IT employee promotions in 2008 | 6% |
| Training | |
| Training days offered per IT employee in 2008 | 4 |
| Training budget per IT employee in 2008 | $667 |
| Women in IT | |
| Total percentage of women within IT | 41% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are women | 50% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are women | 41% |
| Minorities in IT | |
| Total percentage of minorities within IT | 5% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are minorities | 0% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are minorities | 6% |
