STATEWIDE -- Want to know where the best place is to work in Maine?

According to the Society for Human Resource Managements (SHRM) Maine State Council, Norway Savings Bank in Norway and Jotul North America in Gorham are the places to work.

The two were named at the council's Best Places to Work in Maine awards and recognition dinner in Augusta last night. The assessment process, administered by the Best Companies Group, evaluated each company's employee policies and procedures as well as responses from the company's employees. In August, a list of the 26 companies that made the overall Best Places to Work was released.

Last night, the top three rankings for the 26 companies on the list were announced to a packed house. They are:

• IN THE LARGE BUSINESS CATEGORY: (250 plus employees)
1. Norway Savings Bank, Norway
2. Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice, Lewiston
3. Unum, Portland

• IN THE SMALL/MEDIUM CATEGORY: (15 to 249 employees)
1. Jotul North America, Gorham
2. Manpower, Auburn
3. Memic (Maine Employer's Mutual Insurance Company), Portland

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