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Armonk, NY
 
WHAT THEY DO
Provide a wide range of services, solutions and technologies
 
CHAIRMAN & CEO
Samuel J. Palmisano
 
VP, GLOBAL WORKFORCE DIVERSITY
Ronald C. Glover
 
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EMPLOYEES 131,150  WOMEN 40,854
WOMEN LEADERS 4,977
WOMEN IN TOP 20% BY PAY 5,517
WOMEN ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS 3

FLEX APPEAL This highly mom-friendly IT giant believes that an employee's presence in the office doesn't necessarily equal performance. To help staffers work when and where they want, IBM offers flextime, compressed work schedules, and part-time and telecommuting options, without penalizing employees who choose these benefits in terms of their career development or promotion opportunities.

CHILD-CARE KUDOS The company sponsors 71 on-site or near-site full-day child-care centers.

LEAVES WE LOVE Mothers receive eight weeks of fully paid maternity leave. Many take advantage of the Flexible Work Leave of Absence, which gives them the option of working a reduced schedule instead of taking a full leave. Interested in staying home with your baby for a few years? The company's generous leave policy allows new mothers to take up to three years of unpaid job-guaranteed time off.

ELDER CARE IBM's comprehensive Global Aging Workforce Strategy continues to be a road map for elder-care programs and services.

WHAT WORKS A pilot program conducted last year that allowed administrative employees to work from home when they had a work/life conflict received positive feedback.

WHAT'S NEW IBM has begun sponsoring the Junior Society of Women Engineers to improve the image that young female students have of engineering as a profession.

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  This work/life leader really gets the message out about flex: About 65% of employees use some form of alternative work arrangement, and most have been supplied with the computers, software and remote access they need to work from home. The firm encourages job-sharing or part-time options when staffers ...
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     Accenture

  About 60% of its staffers flex their hours or telecommute, and they only need to work an hour a week to earn health-care benefits. In response to recent staff surveys, the firm reduced overtime work, shortened business trips and added more opportunities for employees to adjust their daily schedules. ...
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     Aflac Inc.

  Renowned for its popular talking-duck commercials, this insurance leader is a favorite among working parents. Staffers are given lots of flexibility to adjust and compress their hours and to work off-site. In fact, employees in the customer call center regularly submit their "dream schedules" for approval. ...
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     Allstate Insurance Co.

  Employees are in good hands with this top financial services firm, where innovative work/life policies help them maintain balance in their lives. More than half of staffers flex their hours, a quarter telecommute, and a tenth compress their schedules. Job-shares and part-time work are also popular. ...
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  This family-friendly company allows employees to take advantage of flextime, compressed weeks, telecommuting and job-sharing. To ensure fairness, it provides managers with detailed selection criteria, user guides and a sample case study of successful flexible work arrangements so they can assess whether a flexible schedule is the right fit ...
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     Arnold & Porter LLP

  Role models for women abound, from the firm's female executive director to its part-time advisor, a partner and mom who counsels other employees who work part-time. Women also benefit from the firm's networking, mentoring and career development programs, which are open to all employees. ...
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     Astrazeneca

  An on-site day-care center at headquarters provides full-time and backup care to infants, toddlers and kindergartners. A summer camp is open to their school-age siblings. Discounts are available at regional and national child-care chains, and all employees get ten days of in-home or center-based backup care, subsidized at 90% ...
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     Avon Products Inc.

  Avon's long history of serving women has fostered a truly inclusive culture. Women make up 72% of the staff, and their career advancement is supported by a variety of mentoring, leadership training and executive succession programs. More than half (54%) of the firm's top-earning employees are women. ...
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  The company subsidizes 65% of the cost of care at its three on-site day-care centers at headquarters and in Jacksonville, FL. Employees in ten cities can take advantage of the Snowy Day backup-care program when nasty weather keeps their kids out of school, and staffers who earn less than ...
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     Baptist Health South Florida

  Staffers rave about the summer leave policy, which allows them to take off for 12 (unpaid) weeks. All new parents are eligible for at least 12 job-guaranteed weeks off after they adopt or give birth; four of those weeks are partially paid for birthmothers. Workers may also take ...
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