| Focus on the 100 Best - About the 2008 Winners | |
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| When it comes to supporting working mothers, these leaders know that actions speak louder than words. |
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Edited By: Jennifer Owens and Suzanne Riss , Photo: John-Francis Bourke/Getty Images We’ve hit the working-mother lode this year with our 100 Best Companies. From flextime and telecommuting to backup child care and parental leave, these winners are expanding the concept of family-friendly benefits to make sure they cover adoptive parents, fathers and grandparents as well as working mothers—even as the economy stumbles. “It is particularly important to continue enhancing benefits precisely when families are getting squeezed the hardest,” says James Rishwain, firm chair at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, one of this year’s Top 10 companies. We couldn’t agree more.
A closer look
The numbers we compiled tell more than just the story of 100 great companies. They show how millions of people make their lives work each day thanks to the work/life benefits these progressive employers provide. We congratulate all our winners as we welcome four newcomers—Bain & Co., Dell, FINRA and Moffitt Cancer Center. We also salute our two newest Hall of Fame inductees—Deloitte and Fannie Mae—who have been on our list for 15 years. We invite you to compare our winners’ programs side by side.
Click here to download the winner's chart that appeared in Working Mother magazine.
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| ksworkingmom |
2008-09-29 |
Just to clear things up...when Bayer makes the list, it's not the Bayer corporation as a whole. They specifically mean Bayer in Pittsburgh. I work for another Bayer site and I (as well as most of the working mothers here) would have to disagree that it is a top place ... |
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| LAworkingmom |
2008-09-26 |
Coming back to work with a small child several years ago, I paid close attention to the Working Mother?s list in choosing my employer. I am sure the Working Mother Magazine tried its best to objectively evaluate the applicants. Unfortunately, while the firms can adopt formal family-friendly programs, allow flexible ... |
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| afriend |
2008-09-25 |
OK, there's a certain pharma company headquartered in france that made this list. Under flexiblity, telecommuting is mentioned. The reality is that it's greatly frowned upon and security makes it technically difficult. And the number of female executives may be 60%, but ask how many are in the US, and ... |
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