Designing workplace solutions to fit the differing needs of clients in 120 countries has clearly taught the leaders of this management consulting, technology and outsourcing company to think outside the box. Just as they often recommend the use of flexible schedules to other organizations, so too do they trust their own people to work unorthodox hours or operate from locations of their own choice. Up to 80% of the company’s employees adjusted their hours and telecommuted at some point last year, and the availability of teleconferencing at nearly every office site does away with the need for excess travel. Moms may take eight fully paid weeks off to give birth, and many of them reduce their hours when they return to the office. If they need help with the kids, they can tap 40 hours of subsidized backup care annually, available in-home or at local centers.

CEO Pierre Nanterme

Chief HR Officer Jill Smart

Women managers/execs 33% 

Women among top earners 27% 

Women hires in 2010 32% 

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 8 

Allows new moms to “phase back” into work with reduced hours? Yes

Offers affinity group for new mothers? No

Offers backup childcare? Yes

Employees working flexibly 75%