Pinnacle is One of the Best Places to Work in the Triangle

Pinnacle Financial Partners is the No. 2 Best Place to Work in the Triangle region of North Carolina. The Triangle Business Journal announced the ranking today with Pinnacle placing in the large companies category. This is the third consecutive year the firm has earned a place on the list.

“It’s rewarding to receive this recognition in the Triangle,” said Mark Carlton, Pinnacle’s regional president in Eastern North Carolina. “Awards and recognition like these are a validation of one of the cornerstones of our business model and success story. Our associates continue to make Pinnacle a place everyone looks forward to working every day, which the optimal environment for our clients to get the service and advice they deserve.”

Pinnacle associates in the Triangle have consistently given their workplace culture high marks. Associates had this to say in an anonymous survey in 2022:

“It's a great joy to come to a job everyday happy and excited to work with my clients! I enjoy working with my awesome group of dedicated teammates.”

“Our senior leadership always explains the ‘why’ in decisions made within the organization. I have never felt like anyone outside the organization knows more about what's going on at Pinnacle than I do. My direct manager supports the decisions I make and always has time to help make sure I have considered all options. I love working here and am proud to work at Pinnacle.”

“Pinnacle operates as one big team. We win or lose together. Each and every employee is an owner in the company and our company culture reflects that ownership and teamwork! Communication is clear and regular throughout our company, which is an effective way to maintain teamwork, focus and the ethos of team.”

“Pinnacle strives to be the best for both clients and associates, and the feedback we hear time after time tells us we're living up to that vision,” said Natanya Chadwick, area manager for retail and small business banking. “Awards like this can’t happen if we don’t have the very best associates in our offices and make sure that they love coming to work every day. The top banking talent want to work here because of who we are and how we treat our people. The fact that it is so consistently recognized in our markets and in the nation shows that we’re doing it right.”

The Best Places to Work list is based on third-party research from Quantum Workplace, a leading employee engagement firm. Quantum sends anonymous surveys to employees with closed and open-ended questions on culture, camaraderie, leadership transparency and other criteria. Scores from these surveys determine the final rankings and awards.

Pinnacle Financial Partners provides a full range of banking, investment, trust, mortgage and insurance products and services designed for businesses and their owners and individuals interested in a comprehensive relationship with their financial institution. The firm is the No. 1 bank in the Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin MSA, according to 2022 deposit data from the FDIC, is listed by Forbes as No. 27 among America’s Best Banks, higher than any other bank headquartered in Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina or Georgia. Pinnacle also earned a spot on the 2023 list of 100 Best Companies to Work For® in the U.S., its seventh consecutive appearance and was recognized by American Banker as one of America’s Best Banks to Work For 10 years in a row and No. 1 among banks with more than $11 billion in assets in 2022.

Pinnacle entered the North Carolina market in 2017 when it acquired BNC Bancorp, offering community bank service with the resources and sophistication of a larger firm. Pinnacle is ranked as the No. 1 workplace in the Triad, Triangle and Charlotte markets, as listed by the Triad Business Journal, Triangle Business Journal and Charlotte Observer.

The firm began operations in a single location in downtown Nashville, TN, in October 2000 and has since grown to approximately $46.9 billion in assets as of June 30, 2023. As the second-largest bank holding company headquartered in Tennessee, Pinnacle operates in 17 primarily urban markets across the Southeast.

Additional information concerning Pinnacle, which is included in the Nasdaq Financial-100 Index, can be accessed at www.pnfp.com.