Pawn America: Named one of the best places to work in Minnesota

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Pawn America on List of Star Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2011

Burnsville, MN (June 20, 2011) ― Pawn America has been named one of the Top Workplaces in Minnesota based on an employee survey project from the Star Tribune. The Star Tribune Top Workplaces special section was published in the Star Tribune on Sunday, June 19. The report can also be found at: http://www.StarTribune.com/topworkplaces2011.

Top Workplaces recognizes the most progressive companies in Minnesota based on employee opinions about company leadership, communication, career opportunities, workplace environment, managerial skills, pay and benefits. The analysis included responses from more than 60,500 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations.

To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. More than 1,200 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

“Among our top priorities here at Pawn America is to create a work environment that inspires our employees to reach their professional goals,” says Brad Rixmann, Chief Manager of Pawn America. “The Star Tribune honor is very important because it validates our ongoing efforts to make our employees feel welcomed, challenged, and part of a company that serves not only its customers, but the community as well.”

Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith says, “The companies in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies.”

About Pawn America

Pawn America has 22 locations including: Anoka, Bloomington, Burnsville, Coon Rapids, Duluth, Fridley, Hopkins, Mankato, St. Paul, Robbinsdale, Rochester, Roseville, St. Cloud, St. Louis Park, West St. Paul, Sioux Falls, SD, Fargo, ND, Appleton, Onalaska and Wausau, WI and the newest store in Madison, WI. For more information on Pawn America, its community initiatives and other store information, log onto: http://www.pawnamerica.com.