Bangor Savings Bank lauded

    BANGOR — For the fourth time in recent years, Bangor Savings Bank has been named as one of the top five companies for 2012’s Best Places to Work in Maine by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Maine Chapter. The Bank has made the top five every time it has participated.
    The Best Companies Group aims to recognize companies that have established and fostered an outstanding workplace environment through this assessment process. The group evaluates employee policies and procedures along with responses from the company’s employees.
    Jim Conlon, president and CEO of Bangor Savings Bank, commented on this news. “We are extremely proud to be recognized once again as an employer of choice to our more than 700 employees and to be the highest-ranked Maine-based large company in this year’s study. The spirit of Bangor Savings Bank’s culture shows in our employees’ loyalty, both to our company and to serving our 100,000-plus customers. Every individual associated with our Bank knows we are sincere about our brand – “You Matter More.”
    “At Bangor Savings Bank, we continually seek to create an environment that encourages many qualities – initiative and commitment, integrity, empowerment, open communications, and responsiveness to changing conditions. We believe these attributes are essential to retaining and attracting employees,” said Conlon. “We are pleased that even during this recession, we have been able to retain and reward our Maine workforce, provide good compensation and benefits, and continue to invest heavily in employee training and tuition reimbursement.”
    Bangor Savings Bank is Maine’s largest independent bank offering a comprehensive array of financial services statewide. From York County to Aroostook County, the Bank delivers innovative products such as the Bank’s Free ATMs Worldwide and charitable giving programs such as Community Matters More, which has involved tens of thousands of community members in helping Maine non-profits.
    About Bangor Savings Bank: Bangor Savings Bank, with more than $2.5 billion in assets, offers retail banking and investment management services to Maine consumers as well as comprehensive commercial, corporate, payroll administration, insurance, and small business banking services to Maine businesses. The Bank, founded in 1852, is in its 160th year of service to the people of Maine, with 56 branches and on the Web at www.bangor.com. The Bangor Savings Bank Foundation was created in 1997. Together the Bank and its Foundation invest more than a million dollars per year into the community in the form of nonprofit sponsorships, grants and partnership initiatives.