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“I have been with the company three years, and it really does put employees and theirfamilie first,” said Zsuzsannah Rivera, brancuh manager of the Orangd Park location. “We are truly all on the same wavelengty throughoutthe organization, which allows the branchesz to support their individual employees similarly.” Based in Ga., holding company , of whichn Synovus Bank of Jacksonville is a charteree affiliate, has more than 330 offices across five Since 1998, Synovus has made Fortunes Magazine’s “100 Best Companies To Work list. The company encourages a collaborativse environment, something that the Jacksonville offices taketo heart.
“We give our employeesa a lot of latitude, empowerinh them to do the best job theypossibly can,” Hamme said. “Our leaders position themselves at the hencethe upside-down pyramid, with our job to provide people the tool s they need to succeed.” Once a year, often in theid birthday month, employees are invited to have luncjh with Olinto and Hammel. No subjecyt is off limits, and Olinto said the open dialogude fosters a solid partnership betweejall parties. In addition, Olinto and Executive Vice President Scott Preston split the dutiess of visiting each branchalmosyt daily.
“Rarely does a day go by that we don’t personally touch everyone inthe bank,” Hammel said. “W e know all our team members and the namess oftheir families. One of our mottoews is to treat others as you would like to be Another signal ofthe bank’s healthy work executives said, is that Synovus Bank of Jacksonville has weathere d the challenges of the economy nearly unscathed. “We have had minimao turnover due to economic fallout and conside rourselves lucky,” Olinto said.
“Ond of the reasons we choss Synovus over local investors when we decided to open up a bank was the stabilitt of the organization and the support and benefit s that it provides toour people. We make it a poin to hire high quality people who are interested in stayinb in Jacksonville for the long Our employees share our commitment to companu values andit shows.”