The Baltimore Sun lists Samuel Shapiro & Company, Inc., a 97-year old logistics provider, as one of the top places to work in Baltimore, MD

The Baltimore Sun, in collaboration with Workplace Dynamics, LLP, a leading research firm on organizational health and employee engagement, has recently released a listing of the Top Workplaces 2012 in the region. Workplace Dynamics conducts regional Top Workplaces programs with more than 30 major publishing partners and recognizes a national list of Top Workplaces. Over the past year, more than 4,500 organizations in the U.S. have turned to Workplace Dynamics to better understand what is on the minds of their employees.

Firms were nominated for consideration by their own employees and then evaluated using confidential surveys focused on corporate direction, execution, career opportunities, conditions, managers, pay/benefits, and engagement. After collecting and analyzing all surveys, Workplace Dynamics ranked the participants against companies of similar size.

Samuel Shapiro & Company, Inc., a Baltimore-based, 97-year old Customhouse broker and freight forwarder, was recognized as one of the top workplaces in the Baltimore region for the second year in a row. Shapiro serves the international trade community, offering a full suite of logistics products such as P.O. management, cargo insurance, compliance consulting, and domestic forwarding. Samuel Shapiro & Company was founded in Baltimore in 1915 by Samuel Shapiro and is now in its third generation of family ownership and management, under Margie Shapiro, the company’s President and CEO.

“Samuel Shapiro & Company is very honored to be selected as a “Top Workplace” for a second consecutive year by the Baltimore Sun and, most importantly, by our family of employees,” said Shapiro. “Our mission statement is ‘We Deliver. Problem Solved.’ This promise to our customers continues to be delivered by passionate, creative people with the fire and commitment to design the best logistics solutions in the business.”

The Baltimore Sun published the complete list of Top Workplaces on Sunday, December 2nd. For more information about the Top Workplaces lists and Workplace Dynamics, please visit www.topworkplaces. comvoc and www.workplacedynamics.com.