No. 15: Guaranty Bank & Trust

Location: Mount Pleasant, Texas
Assets: $1.8 billion
Employees: 412
Chairman and CEO: Ty Abston
www.gnty.com

Popular with employees: Employees submit ideas to improve the bank through an intranet site. The reward for ideas that get implemented is a cash prize ranging from $25 to $1,000.

Family-friendly benefit/practice: When an employee gets married, Guaranty's wedding gift is a week of paid time off to be used for a honeymoon.

Employee recognition/appreciation program: Guaranty hosts quarterly special events, such as ice cream sundae parties and pizza lunches, where it recognizes employees for a job well done.

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