Auto/Mate Wins 10th Straight Best Places to Work Award
Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has been listed among Albany Business Review’s 48 Best Places to Work for the 10th consecutive year.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Auto/Mate Dealership Systems has been recognized as one of the 48 Best Places to Work in New York State’s Capital region by the Albany Business Review. Auto/Mate is one of 12 companies honored in the “large companies” category with more than 150 employees. This marks the 10th straight year that Auto/Mate has won the award.
“The first few years we won this award we ranked in the small-business category, but as our company has grown we have kept the focus on employee satisfaction,” Auto/Mate President and CEO Mike Esposito said in a release. “If you have happy employees you have happy customers, so it’s no coincidence that our customer retention rate is 99%.”
“A great company culture doesn’t happen by accident; we focus a lot of our resources into creating an environment where people want to come to work every day,” said David Druzynski, Auto/Mate’s chief people officer. “The effort is worthwhile as we continue to attract highly-qualified job candidates and our employee turnover rate is very low.”
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