SAFE Credit Union named Best Place to Work

FOLSOM, Calif. – (Oct. 11) – SAFE Credit Union was named the No. 1 Best Place to Work, Very Large Employer, in the Sacramento Business Journal’s 2018 Best Places to Work awards.

“I feel great pride, great satisfaction knowing that all the work we do is appreciated not only by the members we serve and the communities we serve, but also our employees,” said SAFE Credit Union President and CEO Dave Roughton.

Each year the Sacramento Business Journal surveys employees in the Greater Sacramento area about work-life balance, benefits, leadership, and culture at their companies. SAFE employees cited benefits such as the Baby at Work program that allows parents to bring babies up to 6 months old to work; generous benefits packages; and a commitment to work-life balance.

Employees also noted the credit union’s supportive and family-oriented culture as a highlight of working for the company. That culture has long been fostered at SAFE, Roughton said.

“What’s important about SAFE culture is it’s easy to understand what we do. There’s some secret sauce in how we do what we do, but I think why we do what we do is more important,” he said. “We do what we do because we want to help members make financial decisions in their best interests, not SAFE’s best interests. That makes you feel good all the time. You know you’re doing the right thing for the right reasons, every single day.”

SAFE has nearly 700 employees who work at its 22 service centers and headquarters in Folsom. This year’s honor comes after being named one of the Healthiest Employers by the Sacramento Business Journal in 2017.