Top Perks

THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTINGEvery employee at Madico, which makes film for windows and solar panels, has the ear of president Robert Connelly.
He and Marcia Meltzer, the human resources manager, take all the new hires out to lunch, usually a few at a time, to Bertucci’s or Joe’s American Bar and Grill in Woburn to ask their opinions about the company and how the recruiting process went.
Connelly also makes a point to tell the employees about himself and ask them about their hobbies. That way, when he signs birthday cards for each of the company’s 150 employees, something he’s done for the past nine years, he knows what to say.
“We’re a very close company,’’ Meltzer said, and the employees love the personal attention. “One year,’’ she said, “it was the only birthday card I actually got.’’![]()
