Retail & Commercial

Popular with employees: Management has an open-door policy and regularly visits branches to solicit input. Employees are encouraged to call or drop in on senior executives.

Popular with employees: Branches that win a monthly trivia contest get a catered lunch.

Popular with employees: Winners of a wellness challenge get cash and prizes. Last year 87 employees split $10,000.

Popular with employees: A discretionary profit-sharing program typically doubles the regular 401K match for all employees.

Popular with employees: Free soda, coffee and hot chocolate are always available, and there's popcorn on Fridays.

Popular with employees: The CEO sends employees hand-written birthday cards with a small cash gift.

Popular with employees: More than half of First Horizon's employees take advantage of flexible-scheduling options, such as telecommuting, compressed workweeks or job sharing.

Popular with employees: Each spring and fall, full-time employees can request a 60% reimbursement on up to $600 worth of new clothes.

Bonus/incentive program: 1st National distributes 5% of its quarterly profits to employees, with all full-timers getting an equal share and part-timers receiving half a share. The bank also puts 10% of its profits in a pool that's used to reward employees for things like achieving goals and showing ingenuity.

Popular with employees: The fitness room is always open, and free pedometers are supplied to everyone.