Testimonials

Having a reputation in the community for being a family friendly employer helps us to attract talent to our organization. It also helps us compete with other employers and thus retain our employees. We have had employees leave our organization only to come back within months after realizing that we are an employer who provides excellence in care and service for our patients and our employees. Our employees can't focus on the needs of their patients if they are concerned about their own families. Having family friendly policies helps our employees to have comfort in their employment.

– Helen Villarreal Nielsen, UNM Medical Group

Sunny505 decided to have family friendly workplace policies because work-life balance and supporting our employees is our top priority. Sunny505 staff members rarely leave. Our family friendly policies definitely have a positive impact on employee retention. The Family Friendly Award has helped us attract and retain employees, our average tenure is 10+ years, which is unheard of in the industry.

– Joanie Griffin, Sunny505

Family Friendly workplace policies embody everything Flyby Provisions believes and stands for when it comes to building a business and taking care of our employees. We believe that owning a sustainable business means acknowledging the needs of the people who work for the company. If my employees have to worry about fulfilling their basic needs or don't have the time or resources to tend to what matters to them, they cannot be present to do the work necessary for this business to grow.

– Gina Riccobono, Flyby Provisions

First off, thank you for such a wonderfully organized event. I manage a lot of communications and organization of events that we sponsor and you were by far the most organized and the communication about updates, tickets, tabling, etc. was so wonderful. There was never a question where I needed to be or what we should be doing. So, thank you!

– Matt Boness, Nusenda Credit Union

Being a Family Friendly Business has helped promote local relations as an awardee. It has been a "touting" point as a local business. We are very diverse here locally employee wise. We display the awards in our lobby.

– Adam Williams, Horizon Auto Glass and Tint

Our family friendly policies have helped us recruit and retain a highly skilled technical work force in New Mexico. As a company, we wanted ensured that Rebellis offered a benefits package that became the foundation of how we treat and respect our team members. We believe that taking care of our team by supplying first class health, dental, and vision, as well as a generous paid vacation and education benefits, that each member can focus on doing a great job, knowing their families are provided for. At Rebellis, we believe “If we take care of our team, our team will take care of us.”

– Darrell DeMotta, Rebellis Development Group, LLC

Being awarded the Family Friendly Business Award has done great things for our organization. As a family owned business, we recognize the importance of family and pride ourselves on creating a family friendly environment work environment. The award highlights our commitment to providing family friendly benefits for our current and prospective employees.

– Gene Baca, Bueno Foods

We strongly believe in the importance of having a balance between work and home life. Our employees have often stated that one of the things they appreciate most about our firm is the generous P.T.O. package and having paid federal holidays off. Those same incentives were also one of the main reasons why our two new associate attorneys chose our firm over some of the bigger firms in the city. When you take care of your employees and make their needs a priority, we have found that your business is able to attract and retain the A+ team that will help your business thrive. Being an awardee for the past three years, we are very proud to have maintained that status and review our policies annually to make sure that we make the list every year.

– Denise DeBlassie-Gallegos, Giddens & Gatton Law, P.C.

The ability to give employees PTO, paid maternity/paternity leave, paid sick leave, and work schedule support has benefited our company on a professional level, and has also been a rewarding experience on a personal level. It benefits the company when employees can take personal time to make sure they are doing well as individuals, then come back feeling fulfilled and able to give their all at work.

– Heather Larson, Mama’s Minerals, Inc.

Nusenda believes that our employees bring the greater mission of our credit union to life. We are committed to a culture of shared success and employee development through well-being, opportunities for education, career mobility, and community involvement. Invest in a holistic and family-friendly benefits portfolio that prioritizes the health and happiness of your employees and their loved ones. We know that when our team is taken care of, they can better care for our members and local communities.

– Nusenda

TLC Plumbing & Utility is a people company that seeks to improve the quality of life for our employees and the community as a whole. We believe that the ripple effects of improving employee’s lives has impacts at home, in each employee’s neighborhood, and continues outward across the State of New Mexico. Providing family friendly benefits to our employees allows our work family to be the most healthy and productive it can be, it also allows our employees to focus on those that they show up to work for. We would encourage all companies to focus on people over profits.

– Karl Brotton, TLC Plumbing & Utility

Enlace appreciates being awarded the family friendly awardee designation—as it helps us underscore our focus on supporting staffers’ holistic health and wellness, as well as our commitment to supporting our staffers’ healthy work-life balance. Enlace is deeply committed to staff health and wellness, which is why we frame our internal policies to be household/family friendly.

– Mayra Olivas, Enlace Communitario

The Family Friendly Business Award has impacted my business by teaching me what it truly means to be Family Friendly. Being a Family Friendly Business just can’t be something that we say that we are. We must put into action the tools and policies that really center around being family friendly. When someone is born, they are immediately part of a family, so these policies affect every person in New Mexico. Making sure that my employees have a good work and life balance is important for my company and my community to thrive.

– Kristen Briggs, General Mailing and Shipping Systems Inc.

We like the framework that helps us benchmark our policies compared to other local businesses. Being family friendly is good business

– Jill Beets, Adelante Development Center

CNM is committed to supporting our employees through policies that honor our Values – Be Caring, Be Connected, Be Courageous, Be Ethical, Be Exceptional, and Be Inspiring. We strive to provide opportunities for faculty and staff to support our Vision of “Changing Lives, Building Community” with compensation and benefit programs that promote equity and financial stability, as well as providing resources for personal and professional growth. We are very honored to be acknowledged with the Platinum Family Friendly Business Award as a result of our initiatives.

– Rene S. Yoder, Central New Mexico Community College

AppleTree values and prioritizes policies that support the family because it is the mission of our organization to "meet the needs of the whole child," which includes the child's family and community. AppleTree exists to grow children into whole persons who will one day lead whole families that create a whole community - healthy, strong, and thriving. Family Friendly policies honor our mission.

– Laura Dow, AppleTree Educational Center

Providing a 16% Flexible Spending account on top of employee's base salary is our greatest benefit and benefits us mostly when hiring new employees. Most employee's 16% covers all their selected benefits, and sometimes covers some of their dependents as well. Utilizing the Family Friendly logo on our website and recruitment sites sets HSC apart from the rest.

– Lori Griego, Hospital Services Corporation

Kei & Molly Textiles is honored to be recognized with a Gold Level Family Friendly Business Award. We are dedicated to supporting policies that encourage healthy living for our employees and their families. We appreciate Family Friendly New Mexico's efforts to spread these values throughout our business community!

– Kei & Molly Textiles, LLC