No surprise here; Chesapeake Energy has been named to FORTUNE Magazine’s Best Companies to Work For list for the sixth consecutive year.  After an incredible 2012, the company ranked #26 in the nation, improving from #32 last year.  Chesapeake has been a vital part of Ohio’s shale development, and the economic and community benefits putting the state back on track.  EID has met countless Chesapeake employees and featured many on our blog.  Visiting their Operation Blue program this summer and after meetings with their landowners, it’s easy to see why they were featured on the list.

Martha A. Burger, Chesapeake’s Senior Vice President – Human & Corporate Resources echoed the positive recognition:

We believe our workplace culture allows Chesapeake to recruit and retain some of the industry’s best talent. We are extremely proud of our nearly 12,000 employees who consistently deliver outstanding performance, quality, innovation and collaboration, even when faced with the cyclical nature of our industry—Martha A. Burger

Archie W. Dunham, Chesapeake’s Non-Executive Chairman of the Board, notes the meaning behind being ranked on FORTUNE:

In addition to our extraordinarily high quality assets below ground, Chesapeake has built an asset base of tremendous breadth, value and energy above ground – our employees. It is a tribute to our management team for their excellence and efforts that Chesapeake has now been recognized among the 100 Best Companies to Work For six years running—Archie W. Dunham

EID has recounted their efforts above and below ground.  Back in November, we noted their encouraging production results in Harrison and Carroll Counties.  Chesapeake has spent $3.3 billion in Ohio, and been a good neighbor throughout their time in the Buckeye State. Leasing with Chesapeake has even allowed one landowner to reinvest in his dairy farm.  We’ve sat down with several landowners that have contracts with Chesapeake, and have all had good things to say.

It’s been my experience that life is a series of trade-offs, and about another ten years, it was about to be real quiet around Carrollton.  Any time you have industry, you have coal mining, you have oil wells, you’re going to have some inconvenience.  But so far, Chesapeake has done everything they said they would, and it’s certainly better than watching the community die on the vine—Jim Long (1:31)

Aside from developing the shale beneath our feet, Chesapeake gives back to eastern Ohio through community involvement.  With Operation Blue, an annual summer program, Chesapeake employees give a minimum of four hours of company time to conduct community service.  EID visited two of their sites in eastern Ohio this summer to talk to some of the employees about their experiences.

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