On the main campus of this pharmaceutical company, you might spot workers in one particular building lounging on comfy couches, playing Ping-Pong and foosball, whipping up meals in a kitchen and batting around ideas in relaxed, low-lit conference spaces. Management calls this venue the “Workplace of the Future”; it’s an experiment in a more fluid way of doing business, decorated with unassigned workstations available for use at a moment’s notice by employees from other sites or home offices. Flexible ways of working are sought-after here, with nearly everyone adjusting their hours or completing assignments from an off-site location at some point last year, and 10% of the workforce compressing weeks; other employees share or split jobs, and anyone who works 20 hours per week earns full benefits. Myriad leadership, mentoring and development programs help employees rise.

President & CEO Paul Fonteyne

SVP, HR Mary Borba

Women managers/execs 43%

Women hires in 2011 48%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 4

Offers paid paternity leave? No

Offers paid adoption leave? No

Women in affinity groups in 2011 13%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 90%