The November 2015 issue of Washingtonian features the 50 best places to work in the DC region, which means the “generous pay and benefits, flexible schedules, interesting work, and happy colleagues.”  According to the employees surveyed, they not only value good pay and benefits, but also a sane work/life balance, trust and automony, flexible hours, and opportunities to learn and grow.  And four of the companies that meet these values are based in Rockville:

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, a nonprofit organization that supports audiologists and speech-language pathologists headquartered at 2200 Research Boulevard with 200 employees.
• EASC (Enterprise Science and Computing), a 14-year old scientific and technical research and management firm at 11 North Washington Street with 45 employees.
• Raffa Financial Services, a 15-year old consulting firm that focuses on finances and management at 1201 Seven Locks Road with 26 employees.
• Redfin, a national real estate company based in Seattle with a local office at 1375 Piccard Drive in Rockville.

Think your office is a great place to work?  You can nominate it by emailing sdalphonse@washingtonian.com with the subject line”great place to work.”

This issue also includes a lengthy feature on Sophia Parker, a Rockville woman who has turned DSFederal at 11900 Parklawn Drive, her “young IT company into a contracting powerhouse–all while running it like a charity.”  They call her “one of Washington’s most altruistic CEOs.”

Wow! So happy to have people and companies like this in our community.