When Chris Lloyd started working at Auburn beverage distribution company Atlas Distributing Inc., he was a young, single guy who didn't much care about the company's benefits. More than a decade later, he said, they're a big reason he wouldn't think of working anywhere else.
Walk into the Marlborough headquarters of the Davis Companies around 4:30 on any given afternoon, and you might find something surprising. Many of the staffing firm's workers will have left their desks and dropped to the ground, bodies stretched out like little benches around the office.
In order to get a baseball team like the Pawtucket Red Sox to make Central Massachusetts its home base, Worcester would have to find at least $50 million to invest in a stadium development as well as encourage businesses to become major supporters of the effort.
Tim Garvin, CEO of the United Way of Central Massachusetts, won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, at its annual conference. He was honored for his "thoughtful approach to philanthropy" in forging partnerships between nonprofits, government and communities, according to the organization's website.
Innovation, as a word, is massively overused. At this point, companies and job applicants that don't use the words “innovative” or “innovation” in their descriptions are the ones who are really breaking the mold.
At first glance, Eugene M. Bullis is making a curiously large amount of money to be the interim chief financial officer at The Hanover Insurance Group in Worcester.
Even though they may benefit financially, Central Massachusetts hospitals have joined together with their brethren from around the Bay State to oppose efforts to limit the pricing disparity between healthcare providers.