Origin Bank Named One Of The Best Banks to Work For by American Banker of the 12th Consecutive Year

Origin Bank has been named one of American Banker’s 2024 Best Banks to Work For, marking its 12th consecutive year of being recognized by the program. Initiated in 2013 by American Banker and Best Companies Group, the program identifies and honors banks that excel at creating positive and supportive workplaces for employees.

“Creating an environment where our employees feel empowered and supported is key to our success,” said Drake Mills, chairman, president and CEO of Origin Bancorp. “We’re proud to provide benefits and programs that make a meaningful difference in the lives of our employees and are honored that the Origin employee experience has earned us a place on American Banker’s Best Banks to Work For lists for 12 straight years.”

On the 2024 list, Origin was ranked No. 3 overall and No. 1 in the category for banks with assets between $3 billion and $10 billion. 90 banks earned a spot in the ranking based on an anonymous employee survey and a thorough review of the benefits and perks offered by the company. The survey and awards program is designed to identify and honor banks with the best cultures for helping employees thrive. The full 2024 Best Banks to Work For list is featured at www.americanbanker.com.

“It’s an honor to be recognized as a leader of workplace culture within our industry,” said Lance Hall, president and CEO of Origin Bank. “Our culture defines who we are and creates an environment people want to be a part of and do business with. By supporting our employees to become the best versions of themselves, we are able to consistently perform at a high level and deliver an extraordinary experience to our customers.”

Determining the Best Banks to Work For involved a two-step process. The first consisted of evaluating each participating bank’s workplace policies, practices, and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second consisted of employee surveys aimed at assessing the experiences and attitudes of individual employees with respect to their workplace. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the final ranking.

To be considered for participation, banks had to have at least 50 employees working in the U.S. and been in business for a minimum of one year. Best Companies Group managed the registration and survey process and also analyzed the data to determine the final ranking.

"The Best Banks to Work For represent institutions helping employees achieve their goals," said Chana Schoenberger, editor-in-chief of American Banker. "These banks recognize how important it is for their staffers to be happy about the work they do and the environment in which they spend their days."

For more information, please visit www.americanbanker.com.

About Origin

Origin Bancorp, Inc. is a financial holding company headquartered in Ruston, Louisiana. Origin’s wholly owned bank subsidiary, Origin Bank, was founded in 1912 in Choudrant, Louisiana. Deeply rooted in Origin’s history is a culture committed to providing personalized relationship banking to businesses, municipalities, and personal clients to enrich the lives of the people in the communities it serves. Origin provides a broad range of financial services and currently operates more than 60 banking centers located in Dallas/Fort Worth, East Texas, Houston, North Louisiana and Mississippi. For more information, visit www.origin.bank. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender.

About American Banker

American Banker empowers banking professionals with unique analysis and insight into the ideas transforming their business and industry. Across its journalism, events, research and benchmarking, it helps drive the way forward through the complexity of business innovation, retail and commercial disruption, technology, regulation and reform. With a banking community 850k strong, American Banker’s content connects leaders online, in person and in print every day.

About Best Companies Group

Since 2004, Best Companies Group has specialized in identifying and recognizing great employers to work for. We are an independent research firm that ranks companies based on our established research methodology. Our surveys provide actionable, hard-to-obtain data that companies use to improve employee recruitment and retention.