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 ...
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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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. ...
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 ...
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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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% ...
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 ...
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 ...
