Family-Friendly Companies
Deloitte
Earlier this year, mom of two Cathy Engelbert was named the new Deloitte CEO—the first woman to run a Big Four company. The company boasts flexible work options, a women's network and development programs to support and empower women at Deloitte. Engelbert shares that the company "strive[s] to foster a culture where people have the confidence to ask for flexibility when they need it," which is essential for any working mom.
Ernst & Young
CEO Mark Weinberger has made headlines by advocating for greater workplace flexibility and employees' needs to make family time a priority. New moms and dads get six to 14 weeks of paid time off, and alternative work schedules that employ the use of modern technology like video-conferencing is highly encouraged. Ernst and Young goes so far as to tell employees to set dedicated blocks of time when they shouldn't be contacted about work and to let their teams know. According to the company, 95 percent of their employees took advantage of creating their own schedule in 2014.
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General Mills
At General Mills, new moms can gently transition back into their roles after maternity leave is over by reducing their work hours for eight weeks. And during the summers (aka when the kids are at home), employees can work more hours for four days to leave work early every Friday. Some 6 percent of its salaried workers job-share or work part-time, while 19 percent telecommute regularly and 33 percent flex their schedules.
IBM
Did you know the tech company has something called a Super Women Group with over 20,000 members that fosters relationships between female employees who get together over networking meals, virtual chats, mentoring sessions and a variety of other activities? In addition to discounts on child care, IBM also offers working moms lactation rooms, college coaching and test prep services. And earlier this year, IBM announced they would ship traveling working moms' breast milk back home for them.
KPMG
KPMG knows how to take care of its working moms. New moms at KPMG are offered 16 weeks of paid maternity leave or 12 weeks of paid adoption leave. The company also offers $10,000 in adoption aid per child, and parents can also take advantage of paid sabbaticals, flexible summer hours and 28 to 41 paid days off a year. Sounds pretty good to us!
McKinsey
The management consulting firm is on a mission to recruit and retain female employees through dedicated programs from "mini MBA" workshops to numerous mentoring and training events. The Take Time program allows employees to take a break between projects to do whatever they want, whether it's stay home with the kids, go on an extended family vacation or work on that novel you secretly dream of writing. The Pace program allows consultants to stay at their current role longer so that there's no pressure to quickly advance to the next level if you don't want to. There are even Flexibility Counselors who can offer advice on the best way to create a flexible work arrangement.
