Workin’ it

These Dallas-Fort Worth businesses punch in among Texas' best employers, report says

There are some great employers in DFW.

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Half of the state’s top 20 small and midsize employers to work for are right here in Dallas-Fort Worth, according to a new ranking.

Great Place to Work, which helps employers improve their workplace culture, and Fortune magazine teamed up to select the Best Companies to Work For in 2022 in two categories: small and midsize employers, and large employers.

In Texas, Addison-based Credera, a consulting firm for businesses, topped the list for small and midsize employers.

The Great Place to Work listing for Credera highlights a comment from one employee who praises the company’s culture. People at the company “are so smart yet so humble,” the employee says, and exhibit “positive can-do attitudes a real heart for making an impact on each other, on our clients, and on our communities.”

“There is an extremely high level of trust within the company and with our clients. It is an amazing place to work,” the reviewer adds.

Here’s the list of the top 20 small and midsize employers on the list of the Best Companies to Work For:

Credera, Addison
Bestow, life insurance company, Dallas
Publishing Concepts, collector of oral histories, Dallas
Pariveda Solutions, business and technology consulting firm, Dallas
49 Financial, financial planning provider, Austin
Highland Homes, homebuilder, Plano
AIM, provider of special education services, San Antonio
Republic State Mortgage, mortgage provider, Houston
Continued, provider of online continuing education, Houston
Freese and Nichols, engineering, planning, and consulting firm, Fort Worth
OJO Labs, home search platform, Austin
Dialexa, digital product consulting firm, Dallas
Granite Properties, commercial real estate developer, investor, and manager, Plano
E.A.G. Services, oil and gas consulting firm, Houston
Ontic Technologies, producer of “protective intelligence” software, Austin
PROS, provider of AI-based software for e-commerce, Houston
Scribe Media, book publisher, Austin
Embark, business advisory firm, Dallas
ProPath, operator of pathology practices, Dallas
CerpassRX, pharmacy benefits manager, The Colony

Here’s the list of the top 20 large employers in Texas, according to Great Place to Work and Fortune:

David Weekley Homes, homebuilder, Houston
Hewlett Packard Enterprise, provider of business IT, Spring
Camden Property Trust, apartment owner and operator, Houston
Texas Health Resources, healthcare system, Arlington
Vizient, healthcare consulting firm, Irving
Ryan LLC, tax services and consulting firm, Dallas
Hilcorp Energy, energy exploration and production company, Houston
PrimeLending, a Plains Capital Company, mortgage lender, Dallas
Cornerstone Home Lending, mortgage lender, Houston
Transwestern, commercial real estate company, Houston
Dell Technologies, seller of personal computers, network servers, data storage services, and software, Round Rock
NuStar Energy, pipeline and terminal operator, San Antonio
Mr. Cooper (Nationstar Mortgage), mortgage lender, Coppell
Lone Star College, community college system, Houston
USAA, financial services provider, San Antonio
Sailpoint, provider of identity security software, Austin
Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, home health and hospice provider, Dallas
Epicor Software, provider of software for business process management, Austin
Hilti, provider of tools and technology for construction companies, Plano
Alcon Laboratories, producer of eye care products, Fort Worth

Great Place to Work selected the Best Companies to Work For in 2022 based on feedback from employee surveys and data from Great Place to Work-certified employers.

“As workers struggle with the Great Resignation, burnout, and COVID disruptions, these exceptional companies offer workplace experiences as strong as prior to the pandemic,” says company CEO Michael Bush.

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Coworking News

New coworking space to open in Dallas' Oak Lawn neighborhood

Office Evolution

A coworking space is opening in Dallas in a central location: Office Evolution, a Louisville-based coworking chain, will open what a release says is a "state-of-the-art coworking space" at 3500 Oak Lawn Ave. #360 in Dallas at the southeast corner of Lemmon Avenue.

No details on what makes it state-of-the-art, but construction is ongoing and an opening is anticipated in mid-October.

Office Evolution was founded in 2003 as a shared workspace-coworking environment, cultivated on the principles of "Ohana," the Hawaiian tradition that references family working toward a common goal. (The founder was from Hawaii.)

The company started out in Boulder, Colorado, then relocated its headquarters to Louisville. It's an affiliated brand of United Franchise Group, and is part of The Vast Coworking Group, which specializes in franchising within the coworking industry. All of their locations are franchised.

The Dallas location is owned by franchisee Michael Pickering, a Dallas native who runs a family-owned indoor soccer facility in Dallas. (There are two other Office Evolution locations in the DFW area in McKinney and Southlake, owned by different franchisees.)

They're describing the Dallas location at 3500 Oak Lawn Ave. as "Turtle Creek," although its location at Oak Lawn and Lemmon really puts it at the epicenter of Oak Lawn. (To further complicate matters, the building previously and incorrectly described its address as "Uptown.")

It's a seven-story building in which the majority of tenants are doctor and medical offices.

Office Evolution rates include a coworking day pass for $25, plus "flex" office options starting at $200 a month for 20 hours, up to $550 a month for 80 hours.

Amenities of the building that are also accessible to Office Evolution customers include a front desk; a 1,000-square-foot fitness center; covered parking; and on-site security six days a week.

According to a spokesperson, Pickering and his team put $1.2 million into the renovation to transform the space, which occupies most of the fourth floor where it will span 9,240 square feet of space with 41 total offices — one of which is earmarked as an "on-demand office" for the professional on the go.

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