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title: Fire-Dex Honored as 2023 Smart Culture Award Recipient
description: We're being honored with the Smart Culture Award from Smart Business for the third time!
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# [Fire-Dex Honored as 2023 Smart Culture Award Recipient](https://blog.firedex.com/blog/2023-smart-culture-award)

 Written by [Fire-Dex](https://blog.firedex.com/blog/author/fire-dex) | Apr 13, 2023 12:45:00 PM

We're being honored this evening at the 2023 Smart Culture Conference & Awards at The Westin Cleveland Downtown. This is our third time receiving this award! 🙌

Since 2017, the [Smart Culture Conference & Awards](https://sbnonline.com/events/smartculture/) explores how culture can become an asset to drive performance, transform an organization into an employer-of-choice, and ultimately impact the bottom line. The award honors local organizations that have demonstrated cutting-edge practices in sustaining a Smart Culture. 

Over the past several years of rapid growth, we have continued to place importance on a thriving culture. Our award-winning culture has driven us to onboard more than 100 new associates in just one year. As a family-owned and operated business, we strongly emphasizes our mission, vision, and values. We strive to work together to create a community that thrives on fun, integrity, respect, and excellence (FIRE) by supporting an environment of continuous improvement.

Initiatives to further develop a sought-after culture include a remote-first work environment for salaried employees, core meeting hours and a no meeting day, a progressive paid maternity and paternity leave policy, monthly town hall meetings for increased transparency, becoming a women-led business, and more. 

“We’re thrilled to once again be honored as a Smart Culture Award recipient,” states Jamie Marks, Director of Human Resources. “This honor confirms all the work we’re doing to foster a Smart Culture has paid off and it means a lot to Fire-Dex to be recognized again this year.” 

[View full post](https://blog.firedex.com/blog/2023-smart-culture-award)

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