Manage Your Life
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Working Mother 100 Best Companies for moms
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How about some good news for a change? Our 2009
Working mother 100 Best Companies are standing tough in their
support of working families.
Despite the layoffs,
cutbacks and general economic maladies the country is facing, these
work-life superstars continue to spend on health care, child care
and work/life benefits. In fact, spending has actually increased at
many of our winning companies, with about a third reporting that
added funds have gone to new and improved programs. Now that’s
change we can believe in!
We have learned that how, when and where you work aren’t as
important as the quality of the work you produce. A full 100
percent of this year’s winning companies offer telecommuting and
flextime schedules, 98 percent offer job-sharing, and 94 percent
offer compressed workweeks. These companies are also committed to
helping working parents with their child-care needs: 86 percent
provide backup care, and 62 percent provide sick-child care. But
perhaps even more important is the family-friendly culture they all
continually strive to create. We salute these winners and their
ongoing efforts to help employees manage their busy lives.
The 2009 top ten
Abbott
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Discovery Communications
Deloitte
Ernst & Young
General Mills
Grant Thornton
IBM
The McGraw-Hill Companies
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Read
more, including profiles of all 100 winners!
Photo: Veer
Related: work-life balance, career
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Posted by princess Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:21am PDT
OMG....So far every comment is someone trying sell something....Anyway, I've been employed w/ Abbott in the past and they are a very good company to work for.
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Posted by Richmond Native Tue Sep 22, 2009 9:35am PDT
I'd love to have the flexibility to work from both home and go into the office! I'm a multitasker and at the same time love my family and home. I wish more was out there to help working parents! Without the sales.
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Posted by Tue Sep 22, 2009 4:16pm PDT
I read this article to see which companies to avoid. I am tired to picking up the slack for parents with endless excuses for being somewhere else. If you are home doing laundry and taking care of a child, you are NOT doing the same quanity and quality as someone who is at work working on only one task. Of course parents love it, they get to come and go whenever they please and the rest of us pick up the slack.
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Posted by TAY Tue Sep 22, 2009 5:03pm PDT
I'd love to work from home. My last job could have been done from the beach, home or anywhere else, but the company wouldn't go for it. I wasn't looking to do it as a mom, but I was looking to cut a 2 hour commute to work a few days a week once gas prices reached over the $3 a gallon mark.
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Posted by Rachel Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:09pm PDT
The company I work for allows telecommuting and flex schedules, and even though I don't have kids, it really comes in handy. Who hasn't had to wait at home for a repair man to come? I also find I actually get more work done at home, then working in my cube. So even if you don't have kids, I'd recommend trying to find a company with these benefits.
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Posted by Txblondie Tue Sep 22, 2009 8:11pm PDT
Sorry to hear that you have had a bad time loretm. But most parents, and I can say that single parents value their jobs. I know because I am one. I have been a hard working single mom for 13 years. And I am usually the one that stays and works late when everyone else wants off early on Friday to go on dates or to the bars. Or when they come in late with that hang over... I am the one that covers for them.... Yes the single mom that is up getting her child up and ready for school and I am at work before they are. But yet when my child is sick or has a game and I want to have that occasional early day...All those days of me covering for them are forgotten. All those days of me staying late missing my child's play, rescheduling a teachers meeting to fit my co workers schedule is all forgotten.... Single parents value their jobs VERY HIGHLY. As it is most likely the only source of income that they have. So please remember that and don't put all of us in that bad image you were given. We are not all bad.
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Posted by DizzyEmu Thu Oct 1, 2009 11:11pm PDT
Wow, reading this article to see which companies to AVOID? In my experience, companies like General Mills are great to work for. They are flexible, understanding, and willing to work around the issues a parent often has. Loretm, you make it sound like parents are slacking off and using their children as an excuse to miss work. Obviously you don't have children or you would know that missing work to care for a sick child is TORTURE and not some pleasurable excuse to watch TV. Give me a break! Any parent I have met has valued their job since what would be the point of going to work, missing out on your child's day, just to say 'screw it' to your workload? Most of these family friendly companies probably wouldn't hire you anyway since your attitude would most likely turn them off. Oh, and some day when you have children, you will probably be at the HR offices of one of these companies. Hopefully with a bit more maturity and common sense.
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Posted by wags Fri Oct 2, 2009 9:44am PDT
Picking up the slack ???!!! You've got to be joking!!! Not doing the same quanitity and quality??? You obviously have no idea what it takes to raise a child! Clearly you don't have any of your own. With that kind of outlook, you're actually doing society a favor. Hopefully, if you ever dedcide to have children you are able to set a better example for them. Have a little bit of RESPECT for working parents and all that they do!!! Stop being so selfish - and thinking only of yourself!!! Geez, these are values that most children are taught... thanks to the people that raised them. Seems to me you missed something somewhere along the way. I'm sorry that you are so bitter, but don't take it out on your co-workers for living the kind of life you know nothing about. Otherwise, I wouldn't be surprised if your employer gave you the boot for not being a team player - and for lacking the values that most companies are built upon.
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Posted by sandra Fri Oct 2, 2009 3:20pm PDT
AHHHH, Loretm...Do you need a hug?
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