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Thursday, October 01, 2009

AGH Named Atlanta's Best Place to Work for Second Year in a Row!

Atlanta's Best Places to Work 2009 Winner!

We are thrilled to announce that AGH was named #1 on the list of The Best Places to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for the second year in a row!

We all feel a sense of pride as this award truly reflects the culture and work environment that permeates our offices. This wonderful recognition is earned through the passion of our people. Whether you have visited our offices in person or had the pleasure of working with our staff over the phone, you have probably witnessed it firsthand. People who care. People who want to know about you. People who are motivated by helping others. People who thrive by connecting. From the first year accounting staff to the Partners, from the tax department to assurance services expertise, we are one family. And because of the relationships cultivated over the years, we have been singled out as a leader and as a place where people are excited to come to work every day.

We not only want to share our excitement about the strength of our employee relations, but also to reinforce that our relationship with you, our clients and partners, functions in a similar manner. The working culture within the office is infectious, and spreads well beyond our walls. It is imparted in every phone conversation, every client meeting and every referral. Our passion, our teamwork and our interest in helping you succeed is genuine, and it's also something we don't take for granted.

Your partnership continues to provide us with the opportunity to grow, to establish lasting relationships and to help your business thrive. We sincerely thank you for choosing us and entrusting us with your success.

We hope you enjoy reading the following article featuring AGH in the Best Places to Work section of the September 25 edition of the Atlanta Business Chronicle:

By: Allison Shirreffs
Contributing Writer, Atlanta Business Chronicle

Paul Paris is not your run of the mill boss. For one, the managing Principal of the accounting firm Aarons Grant & Habif LLC (AGH) has an alter ego, Paulie P., who raps about AGH employees at occasions like the firm's holiday party.

Paris has a bit of camp in him, but he's serious about his employees' well-being. Every day, like a doctor doing rounds, he walks the halls of AGH's Buckhead office and checks in with the firm's 65 employees to see how they're doing and if there's anything they need.

According to the results of the Atlanta Business Chronicle's 2009 Atlanta's Best Places To Work survey, AGH employees are doing just fine, thank you. For the second year in a row, the company finished No. 1 in the small business category.

Randy Gold, principal and chief operating officer of AGH, isn't surprised. "It's ingrained in what we do every day," says Gold of AGH's culture. Employees have access to great technology, are well paid, and, notes Gold, "we take it one step further."

What he and his co-workers believe separates their firm from the rest is the emotional support they give each other. "It makes a big, big difference to an individual," Gold says. And being in an office filled with individuals who feel and contribute to that difference, "make for a wonderful environment to be in every day."

Emotional support doesn't always come in the form of help with a client project or getting through tax season; often times, it's personal. Last year, the son of Tamara Greenberg, AGH's director of career development, experienced a medical setback and Greenberg missed a lot of work while taking care of him. "The company was amazing. They supported me completely," says Greenberg, whose son is better now. "We don't leave our lives at the door."

The company's Web site makes a point to say "Life, Work Balance," rather than the other way around. It not only helps with recruiting, it helps the bottom line. "The company is very respecting and understanding of [life / work balance]," notes Ashley Nichols, AGH's director of human resources. If employees need time off to tend to family matters, explains Nichols, when they return, they're inclined to be more productive because they feel good about where they work.

While the firm did lose some business last year due to economic conditions, it ramped up business development efforts.

The company's financial strategy was communicated to all employees and employees responded. Wrote an AGH employee in a survey taken as part of the Atlanta's Best Places To Work program: "Everyone is always kept in the loop in regards to the company's current status and the future plans of the company. This is especially important in this tough economy because it makes everyone feel included and that we all make a difference."