Edelman Financial Services Named One of the "Great Places to Work" by Washingtonian Magazine
For Immediate Release
October 27, 2003
Media Contact: Will Casserly
wcasserly@ricedelman.com
(703) 251-0110
Fairfax VA, Oct. 27 - Edelman Financial Services Inc. has been named one of the "50 Great Places to Work" by Washingtonian magazine.
"Our goal is to provide our clients with unparalleled service, and to do that, we hire the best and brightest people and treat them great," said Ric Edelman, founder and chairman of the firm. "Giving top-tier workers the best workplace leads to outstanding service for our clients."
Edelman balances the serious business of financial planning and investment management with a regular dose of stress relief. The staff regularly celebrate such off-the-wall holidays as National Play-Doh Day and National Yo-Yo Day, and take part in excursions to the bowling alley, cornfield mazes, baseball games, and the circus. Whatever the event, it all stems from Edelman's mantra, "We're not here to have fun, but we are to have fun while we're here!"
Washingtonian's list was compiled through questionnaires and interviews with hundreds of area employers. Top companies are chosen because of their interesting work, good benefits, collegial staff, stability, employee development, and community involvement.
Among other benefits, Edelman Financial Services was acknowledged for giving its employees four-week paid sabbaticals every six years, half-day Fridays off in the summer, and paid time off for community and charity work. The firm, founded in 1987, has won more than 50 professional, business, community service and philanthropic awards. Bloomberg Wealth Manager has twice ranked the company as one of the largest independent financial planning and investment management firms in the nation* managing $2 billion for more than 6,500 clients. Earlier this year Research Magazine named Ric Edelman as the #1 financial advisor in the nation for his focus on the individual client.
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