{"id":18880,"date":"2019-06-17T14:33:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/?p=18880"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T17:34:47","slug":"blains-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-in-state-employers-by-forbes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/blains-recognized-as-one-of-the-best-in-state-employers-by-forbes\/","title":{"rendered":"Blain&#8217;s Recognized as One of the Best In-State Employers by Forbes"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_18887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18887\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-18887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/BFF-Forbes-Best-In-State_Employer-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Blain's Farm &amp; Fleet named one of 2019's best-in-state employers by Forbes\" width=\"335\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet in Illinois was named one of the Best-In-State Employers by Forbes magazine.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet<\/a> is honored to be recognized as one of the Best-In-State Employers in 2019 according to a recent Forbes poll. This was the first year that Forbes created a ranking of America&#8217;s best employers by state. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/stores\/state\/illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet of Illinois<\/a> ranked number 93 out of 2,500 employers. The rankings were identified based on an independent survey from a vast sample of more than 80,000 U.S. employees working for companies employing at least 500 people in their U.S. operations. The employees were asked to rank their willingness to recommend their own employers to friends and family, as well as how they feel about the other employers in their respective industries. Furthermore, the employees were asked to give their opinions on work-related topics such as working conditions, salary, the potential for development, and company image. The number of employers awarded in each state differed based on the number of relevant employers and the size of the states&#8217; workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so proud that Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet in Illinois was named Best-In-State Employers. For more than half a century, we&#8217;ve been privileged to serve our friends, neighbors, and the Midwest community and there&#8217;s a reason why our neighbors are lifetime Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet employees and customers; we treat our employees like family and our customers like neighbors. Blain&#8217;s attracts and retains top talent. Multiple generations of families have been with us for over 40 years,&#8221; says Jane Blain Gilbertson, President and CEO of Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet.<\/p>\n<p>While retail stores around the country are struggling, Blain&#8217;s Farm &amp; Fleet is pleased to remain a thriving business, employing over 4,400 associates across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/stores\/state\/wisconsin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wisconsin<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/stores\/state\/illinois\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Illinois<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/stores\/state\/iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Iowa<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmandfleet.com\/stores\/state\/michigan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michigan<\/a>. This number only continues to grow as Blain&#8217;s continues its expansion into the state of Michigan. So far, Blain&#8217;s has opened 3 stores in the state of Michigan, and they&#8217;re set to open another store in Holland, MI before the end of October. Blain&#8217;s was also recently <a href=\"\/blog\/forbes-recognizes-blains-for-a-second-year-in-a-row\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recognized on Forbe&#8217;s 2019 list of America&#8217;s Best Mid-Sized Employers for the second year in a row<\/a>! Blain&#8217;s takes pride in treating their employees like family and their customers like neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blain&#8217;s Farm &#038; Fleet of Illinois is honored to be recognized as one of the Best-In-State Employers in 2019 by Forbes magazine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":31505,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1512],"tags":[1501],"content_type":[1373],"class_list":["post-18880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events-news","tag-blains-updates","content_type-article"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blain\u2019s is Proudly Recognized by Forbes | Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; Fleet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Blain&#039;s Farm &amp; 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