I know it surprises people to hear that hugging has been written into the culture of a large, publicly traded company. After meeting more people every day who’ve spent 20 years of their lives with Camden, I started to figure out there’s more to this hugging thing than I thought. Hear it from the mouths of my fellow Camdenites, company officers and more in this video.

At Camden, we have a defined set of values that each one of us commits to practicing every day from the first day we join the Camden family. I’d also like to point out that this is not ONLY Camden’s corporate office culture – this is our 156 community-wide (and growing), coast-to-coast, customer to CEO culture!

Every day in every season of business and life, we are united by our values as a family. We succeed as a family, knowing that one success is not achieved without working together. The foundation to our greatness is held together by hugs. It’s why we’re proud to be recognized by FORTUNE® Magazine as one of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 10 consecutive years, as one of “The Best Workplaces for Diversity” and as one of the “100 Best Workplaces for Women.”

Yours Truly,

A converted non-hugger.

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