An emphasis on education, plus an unusually large higher education sector, ensures a technically-sophisticated and reliable workforce. New companies can take advantage of the exceptional local talent while enjoying low labor, land and real estate costs. All of these factors combined with an exceptional quality of life gives the Greater Rochester, NY Region a location advantage over competing U.S. metro areas.
Greater Rochester, NY Region has a number of businesses that have been nationally recognized for outstanding human resource and organizational development initiatives. Evidence of this fact can be found in Fortune Magazine's "2012 Top 100 Companies to Work for", which include Rochester-based Wegmans Food Market as the fourth best company. Additionally, Dixon Schwabl was ranked 3rd on the list of "Best Small Company to Work for in America" by Great Place to Work Institute. ESL Federal Credit Union ranked 16th on the Best Medium Workplaces list.
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New York is an Employment At Will state.
The Greater Rochester Region's private sector unionization rate is 7.1%
(source: Union Membership, Coverage, Density and Employment 2010, Hirsch & Macpherson)