This is the 14th year The Register has partnered with Philadelphia-based Energage to determine Orange County’s Top Workplaces. The results are based solely on a scientific employee survey process. Starting in late May, The Register welcomed anyone to nominate companies as Top Workplaces. Energage also reached out to companies. Any employer was eligible, as long…
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When David King sent his staff home during pandemic lockdowns, he didn’t fret about losing customers, he worried about disappointing his employees. The fast-paced pivot converted five offices, including the headquarters in Santa Ana, into 700, he said. That was no easy feat when you consider his employees handle the sensitive subject of tax debt.…
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For Joone Kim-Lopez the water business is something everyone can embrace. It’s also a place people from all walks of life can find a job. Lopez, general manager of the Moulton Niguel Water District, got her start in water after a stint as a Pasadena police officer, working in communications for a water company in…
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A phrase jumps out when Experian’s Craig Boundy explains how his company keeps its workers happy. Bring “your whole self” to work, the company tells employees. “It means be every bit of one’s self,” said Boundy, CEO of the credit report company’s North American division. “There’s complexity to everybody’s lives. There’s the subtlety in people’s…
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New American Funding was en route to another record-breaking business year in 2021, despite the pandemic and all of its challenges. The 18-year-old mortgage lender in Tustin has also grown, increasing its staff to more than 1,200 employees in Orange County and more than 4,000 employees at 200 offices in the U.S. This year, the…
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In the MemorialCare health system, each employee is considered part of “one big family,” says CEO Barry Arbuckle. And taking care of that family is job number one, he says. Because behind the hospital group’s network of doctors, hospitals and medical centers, its support staff is making the whole system run smoothly. More than 1,300…
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Cooking and serving food on a hot line with hungry, eager customers never was an easy job. Now imagine it with a face mask and gloves on. The family-owned Panda Restaurant Group employs nearly 800 people in Orange County and 40,000 worldwide. They work side by side under certain pressure every day, making fan-favorites such…
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The second year of the pandemic has been a new year of milestones for the team at Voit Real Estate Services. The broker-owned commercial real estate firm celebrated its 50th anniversary in a year that saw the economy whipsaw from bad to good. The team at Voit also earned its third time among Orange County’s…
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By MICHAEL R. SISAK NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general is seeking former President Donald Trump’s testimony in an ongoing civil investigation into his business practices, a person familiar with the matter said. Attorney General Letitia James’ office has requested that Trump sit for a deposition on Jan. 7, according to the person,…
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“Bubble Watch” digs into trends that may indicate economic and/or housing market troubles ahead. Buzz: California mortgage makers look “conservative” vs. national benchmarks. Source: My trusty spreadsheet reviewed Black Knight’s report with noteworthy details from purchase and refi mortgages locked in during October. That stats track the 20 most-active housing markets — including five in…
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