Fulfilling family obligations got a little easier after this secondary mortgage lender launched a formal flexible work arrangement policy in 2011. In addition to making flextime and compressed schedules official, it allowed workers to telecommute up to 40% of each week—and more than half now do so. In a recent employee survey, 82% of those who used flexibility said it had made them more satisfied and productive at work. That’s good news since women are moving up here, scoring 49% of all promotions and earning 45% more positions at the manager level and above than they did just a year ago. Tuition aid worth up to $5,250 annually helps them succeed, as do a free on-site master’s degree in finance, offered through American University, and a free master’s in technology management, taught at Georgetown.

CEO Donald H. Layton

Senior VP, HR Keith Green

Women managers/execs 44%

Women hires in 2011 49%

Average weeks of fully paid maternity leave offered 6

Offers paid paternity leave? No

Offers paid adoption leave? Yes

Women in affinity groups in 2011 34%

Offers backup child care? Yes

Employees working flexibly 14%