For the seventh year in a row, Purdue Federal Credit Union (Purdue Federal) has been recognized by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce as a Best Place to Work in Indiana. Purdue Federal ranked second of 21 medium-sized companies in the 2017 Best Places to Work in Indiana competition.
“It gives us a great sense of pride and it really comes from our employees who are the ones that have gotten us there every year since 2011,” said Purdue Federal Credit Union VP of HR & Marketing, Jackie Hofman.
“The employees are the ones providing the feedback and they’re the ones truly creating the culture of the organization,” Hofman continued. “It’s very much a family-oriented culture.”
The top companies in the state are determined through employer reports and comprehensive employee surveys. Among the things that make Purdue Federal a best place to work are eight hours of paid volunteer time off (VTO); a children’s Christmas Party for employees’ children; birthday and anniversary cards for each employee personally delivered by the executive leadership team; and employee recognition through monthly, quarterly and annual awards.
“It’s a highly complex industry that we’re in and we continue to grow,” Hofman said. “That growth has not changed our culture or our ultimate goal of better serving our members. Not only are our employees there with us facing every challenge, they are developing personally and professionally.”
“It’s the culture that we’ve created and the level of service that we provide that brings new members through the door. It is the efforts of our staff wanting to reach out to current members to deepen relationships. The fact that we’ve made Best Places means the primary result of that is who we are as an employer, and the secondary effect is who we are as a credit union. It’s all part of the reputation that you build. Happy employees means happy members, and I think the two go hand in hand,” Hofman concluded.
Winners were selected in four categories: small companies between 15 and 74 U.S. employees, medium companies between 75 and 249 U.S. employees, large companies between 250 and 999 U.S. employees, and major companies with 1,000 or more U.S. employees. The 2017 Best Places to work in Indiana list includes 100 companies from throughout the state. Purdue Federal was one of two companies in the Greater Lafayette area that made this list.
More information about Purdue Federal is available at purduefed.com, and details about all the Best Places to work in Indiana companies will be available in the Indiana Chamber of Commerce’s May/June issue of BizVoice magazine, a statewide publication accessible at www.bizvoicemagazine.com.
About Purdue Federal
Purdue Federal Credit Union (Purdue Federal) was founded as Purdue Employees Federal Credit Union (PEFCU) on the Purdue University campus in 1969. In December 2010, PEFCU acquired Members United Federal Credit Union through a merger. At the time of merger, the credit union changed its name to Purdue Federal to better reflect its membership base, which includes students, faculty and staff, and communities where Purdue University and its regional campuses operate. Purdue Federal is a member-owned financial cooperative with more than 71,000 members nationwide and assets at more than $1 billion.
