| | Booz Allen Hamilton,
Ernst & Young LLP, KPMG
LLP and
PricewaterhouseCoopers
have been named in the
Top 10 on Working Mother
magazine's annual list of
the "100 Best Companies
for Working Mothers”.
Accenture, The Boston
Consulting Group,
Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP, Grant Thornton LLP,
IBM and McKinsey &
Company were also named
on the list.
Leading a significant
and ongoing culture
shift, and cited for the
third year, Booz Allen
Hamilton is using
company-wide benefits and
programmes to ensure the
retention and advancement
of working mothers.
Benefits include flexible
scheduling, childcare,
paid parental leave, and
programmes for alumni and
children of working
mothers.
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Ernst & Young has
consistently been
included on the national
"100 Best" list; 2007
marks its 10th
consecutive year in the
rankings, and the 11th
year overall. This year,
Working Mother identified
four key areas where
companies that made the
list have excelled. These
areas include:
encouraging workers to
take personal time off,
leading to greater
employee satisfaction and
productivity; offering
unique benefits
regardless of rank;
accommodating the needs
of parents of children
with disabilities; and
melding the
communications styles of
different generations.
Since the list's
inception in 1986, KPMG
has appeared on Working
Mother's "100 Best
Companies" list 11 times. | |
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| | The magazine gave the
firm high marks for its
time-off and leave
policies, flexibility,
child care, company
culture, and
family-friendly
programmes and
initiatives.
At PwC birth mums and
primary adoptive
caregivers receive 12
weeks off, with nine
fully paid. And from
this year, the firm will
add two more weeks for
caregivers with twins,
triplets or other
multiple birth offspring.
According to Carol
Evans, CEO and president,
Working Mother Media,
“Accenture not only
offers essential benefits
like flexitime and
telecommuting, it goes
above and beyond with a
range of best practices
and policies to ease the
difficulties for working
parents and their | |
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| | families. The firm’s
supportive culture makes
a huge difference to
employees who want to be
great moms and great
workers."
New parents at The
Boston Consulting Group
may take an unlimited
amount of time off, with
managerial approval, for
the birth or adoption of
a child. Birth and
adoptive mothers are
fully paid for 12 weeks,
while fathers receive one
week of paid leave.
Deloitte & Touche USA
LLP has been named on the
list for the 14th
consecutive year.
Deloitte garnered its
highest ratings for
flexibility, company
culture and total
compensation.
IBM is concerned that
its many flexi-policies
won't be as effective if
employees are working too
many hours. So last year | |
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| | it put the power in the
hands of its people: a
new programme, People
Oriented Work Redesign
(POWR), teaches employees
how to cut the time they
spend on low-value tasks
and boost their
productivity, all in an
effort to help staffers
get home to their
families sooner.
Most of McKinsey &
Company's employees work
off-site, so an on-site
child-care centre
wouldn't meet their
needs. Instead, some
staffers receive backup
support during school
holidays and when regular
childcare falls through.
They can choose in-home
care or use a
company-sponsored
facility.
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