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Abbott
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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American Express Co.
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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
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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
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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.
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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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Bank of America
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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
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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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