June 22, 2026
Horner & Shifrin Named a 2026 Greater St. Louis Top Workplace for the Tenth Consecutive Year
Horner & Shifrin has been named a 2026 Greater St. Louis Top Workplace by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. It is the tenth consecutive year the firm has earned the honor.
What makes the recognition meaningful is where it comes from. The Top Workplaces list is based entirely on confidential employee feedback, gathered through a third-party survey administered by Energage. There is no panel, no application. Just employees describing how they experience leadership, culture, connection, and alignment where they work.
For a 100% employee-owned firm, that means a great deal. The people who placed Horner & Shifrin on the list are the same people who own it.
A Decade Is a Different Achievement Than a Year
Most firms can point to a good year. Far fewer can stay on a list like this for ten of them, through growth, new offices, leadership changes, and a job market that has reshaped how people choose where to build a career.
Ten consecutive years takes sustained effort. It comes from doing the same things year after year: investing in people, keeping leadership close as the firm grows, and protecting the culture that made Horner & Shifrin worth joining in the first place. The award marks a moment. The consistency tells the real story.
The Ownership Behind the Streak
Horner & Shifrin is a 100% employee-owned firm, structured through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Ownership here goes beyond a benefit. It changes how people relate to the work.
Employee-owners share in what their time builds. A strong project, a lasting client relationship, a good year: the value flows back to the people who created it, through the ownership they hold.
That shows up in everyday ways. Owners tend to care about quality, deadlines, and earned trust, because the outcome is their own. Decisions lean toward long-term value. And the ESOP builds real financial security over the course of a career. When employee-owners rate their workplace highly year after year, they are speaking about something they have a genuine stake in.
“At Horner & Shifrin, we work hard to build a workplace where people want to stay and grow. Being recognized as a Top Workplace by our own employee-owners means everything, because it reflects the culture we’ve built together. We provide substantial benefits through our ESOP, and we invest in the people behind the work every single day.”
— Cindy Baumann, Human Resources Director, Horner & Shifrin
What Has Stayed True
The recognition has lasted because the fundamentals have.
Horner & Shifrin invests in its people on purpose, focused on building careers with the goal of being a place professionals choose for the long haul. As the firm has grown, it has worked to keep the small-company feel that lets people’s work be seen and keeps leadership within reach. And because employees are owners, the culture is built by the same people who benefit from it.
“Ten years on this list tells me something a single award never could. Our people keep choosing this firm, and as owners, they keep building it into a place worth choosing. That is the part I am proudest of.”
— Curt Peitzman, President, Horner & Shifrin
Built to Endure, Built to Grow
Recognition is a marker, not a finish line. Horner & Shifrin is growing, adding people, expanding services, and creating opportunity faster than much of the industry. For employee-owners, that growth is personal: more growth means more room to advance and more value created for the people who own the firm.
It is also an open door. Horner & Shifrin welcomes professionals at all career stages who want a real stake in their work and a place in a culture that has earned this recognition for ten years running.
If that sounds like the kind of place you want to build a career, explore careers at Horner & Shifrin.
