2012 Working Mother 100 Best Companies List

Industry

State

Learning how to direct a team, speak with authority and manifest an executive presence are skills that come naturally to few people. Women at this bank benefit from programs that show them how to...

Deloitte

This professional services firm has long endorsed the idea that employees’ careers can be tailored to accommodate changes in their personal lives. To support these aims, its Women’s Initiative...

Ernst & Young

Workers at this professional services firm need to be available to their clients around the clock, and corporate policies address that. Breastfeeding moms may rely on lactation rooms at most sites,...

General Mills

Generating lively discussions about everything from kids’ weight issues to discipline and cell phone privacy, the Parenting Club at this food manufacturing company prepares members to handle any...

Grant Thornton

Parents occupy more than 40% of all jobs at this professional services firm, so many people were thankful when it introduced its new backup dependent care program in 2011. The program, which is also...

IBM

Women are 23% of all corporate executives at this technology company, and two thirds of those who hold these positions worldwide are mothers. Among their ranks is Jeanette Horan, the company’s first...

KPMG

Sifting through the details of a corporate benefits program while tending to newborns or young kids would drive anybody crazy. With its “Becoming a Parent” website, this audit, tax and advisory...

Procter & Gamble

Winning a job at this consumer products company can really enhance caregivers’ quality of life, since it garners them family health insurance with full coverage for preexisting conditions and extends...

PwC

Long hours and time away from family are expected when you work for an audit, tax and advisory services firm, but management here makes a conscious effort to help employees juggle their jobs and...

WellStar Health System

Mothers at this health care organization have long enjoyed ample time off after the birth of a child, taking up to nine job-guaranteed months to bond with their new arrivals, including six weeks...