Case Studies
Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams
Location: Taylorsville • Year Founded: 1989 • Number of Employees: Over 900The Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams corporate headquarters and manufacturing plant in Taylorsville, a rural town in Alexander county just north of Charlotte, may be one of the…
YWCA Lower Cape Fear
Location: Wilmington • Year Founded: 1914 • Number of Employees: 75For anyone who thinks having child care at work would be a tempting distraction, Katie Tate, chief program officer for the YWCA Lower Cape Fear, disagrees. “I usually try…
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Location: Durham • Year Founded: 1933 • Number of Employees: 4,700At Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, employees don’t have to miss a day of work when their regular child care falls through. Blue Cross NC offers…
N2 Publishing
Location: Wilmington • Year Founded: 2004 • Number of Employees: 262When N2 Publishing (N2) began searching for new office space in Wilmington, they took an unusual approach: they first polled their local team members to find out where everyone…
Forrest Firm
Location: Statewide • Year Founded: 2011 • Number of Employees: 45When real estate paralegal and mother of two Christina McComas decided to leave the large corporate law firm she had been with for 17 years to join Forrest Firm,…
SEPI Engineering and Construction
Location: Raleigh • Year Founded: 2001 • Number of Employees: 325Founded by Sepideh Saidi, SEPI Engineering and Construction is a multi-disciplinary engineering firm based in Raleigh with branch offices in Charlotte and Wilmington. The firm provides a range of…
R. Riveter
Location: Southern Pines, NC and Wauchula, FL (with contractors and employees located across the country) • Year Founded: 2011 • Number of Employees: 38 FT employees; 39 contractors (known as Riveters)Military spouses provide strength and support to their service…Starbucks
Location: Statewide • Year Founded: 1971 • Number of US Employees: 160,000With more than 300 locations across the state, North Carolinians are never too far from their favorite Starbucks latte. And with a predictable scheduling policy launched in 2016,…
The Mulberry Partners
Location: Durham and Chapel Hill • Year Founded: 2003 • Number of Employees: 4As teenagers, Betsy Polk and Maggie Ellis Chotas made a pact. After working together on a high school English project, the two vowed to work together…
Lulu Press
Location: Morrisville • Year Founded: 2005 • Number of Employees: 60-65Lulu Press’ offices are enlivened with floor-to ceiling graphics and brightly colored conference rooms decorated by different departments. Although online customers may not see the space, they undoubtedly benefit…
North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation
Location: Raleigh • Year Founded: 2013 • Number of Employees: 4Every day, the staff of the North Carolina Early Childhood Foundation (NCECF) works to fulfill the Raleigh-based nonprofit’s mission to build a foundation of opportunity and success for every…Deloitte
Location: Offices in Charlotte, Raleigh, Morrisville • Year Founded: 1845 • Number of Employees: Over 84,000Consulting firm Deloitte, with offices in Raleigh, Charlotte and Morrisville, recruits approximately 20,000 employees each year.That means Deloitte is constantly evaluating ways to…