Earnest Machine was awarded the NorthCoast 99 award for the ninth time in 10 years. The annual award honors 99 Northeast Ohio workplaces for work culture and talented people. Earnest also received recognition as 2021’s NorthCoast winner for organizational strategy, policies, and benefits.

Elise Bastian, director of culture and talent development said Earnest recognizes “that it is our employees that make this, and all of our other successes, possible! Earnest employees are encouraged to engage and lead, which fosters our creative and passionate environment. We’re enthusiastic about employee wellness, fulfillment, and recognition – which is why awards like this mean so much to us!”

Earnest emphasizes its organization structure, which it describes as a ‘jungle gym’. The company’s “flat structure” gives all employees “opportunities to get involved at each level and across departments, as opposed to a typical corporate ladder which sees employees strictly move in one direction.”

“We recognize that it is our employees that make this, and all of our other successes, possible,” Bastian said.  “Earnest employees are encouraged to engage and lead, which fosters our creative and passionate environment. We’re enthusiastic about employee wellness, fulfilment, and recognition – which is why awards like this mean so much to us. Just like our customers need good parts to make machines, we need great parts, people, to make the Earnest Machine.”

Earnest previously won Crain’s excellence awards in HR 2019 & 2020 and as a Smart Culture 2017 honoree.

Founded in 1948, Earnest Machine is a manufacturer and master distributor of fasteners. Earnest has facilities in Indiana, Georgia, the UK and is headquartered at 1250 Linda St., Rocky River, OH 44116-1853.  Tel:  800 327-6378   Web: EarnestMachine.com