100 Best Places to Work in IT 2009
Employer Profile
No. 100
Progressive Medical Inc.
Westerville, Ohio [North Central]
Why You Want to Work There
Last year, the IT team at this Westerville, Ohio-based medical products company got a lot accomplished. Tops on the list were developing new products to better help injured claimants, improving systems availability and performance, replacing legacy applications with new applications to improve patient care quality and operational efficiency, improving existing EDI connectivity stability, implementing a business intelligence system and increasing end-user satisfaction to 95%. The team has also increased opportunities for recognition and celebrations -- now on a monthly basis. Extraordinary accomplishments and contributions are recognized at the annual meeting in front of the entire company. Each worker has at least 16 documented training hours, and flextime schedules have been instituted.
| Rank by company size | Small, No. 17 |
| Employee Statistics | |
| Total employees | 500 |
| Total IT employees | 50 |
| IT employee turnover in 2008 | 10% |
| IT employee promotions in 2008 | 15% |
| Training | |
| Training days offered per IT employee in 2008 | 2 |
| Training budget per IT employee in 2008 | $1,100 |
| Women in IT | |
| Total percentage of women within IT | 36% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are women | 38% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are women | 32% |
| Minorities in IT | |
| Total percentage of minorities within IT | 28% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are minorities | 25% |
| Percentage of IT staff who are minorities | 26% |
