The Best Companies for Working Moms

Thanks , I have recently been looking for info about this subject for ages and yours is the greatest I've discovered till now. But, what about the bottom line? Are you sure about the source?

I have to agree, at least for me, EY was great. I got a five month leave with both of my kids and three months of it was paid. I was not treated badly for taking my leave either. I kept that job until I quit, I was not laid off either. Great company perks wise!

Equal opportunities demand equal responsibility except, apparently, if you're a woman and have been coddled by big gov't by way of gender biased 'affirmative action' in education and employment lo these last 30 + years.

Deny it all you want but:

There is a price to be paid for the legions of men out of work in this latest downturn: socio-economicall, family support, self-esteem, crime rates and the list goes on.

I have 3 college degrees, have been out of even a part-time, low-skilled job for 18+ months.

I conducted an experiment some 7-8 years ago: sent 2 identical resumes in to a job opening ad. They were identical except for the name on the resume: One was my name and the other was a femal first name w/ my last name.

Guess who got the phone call response to the resume? Wasn't me!

affirmative action/ quotas work if you aren't a white male. Thy ask on job apps so they can fill quotas in edu and employment.

The title of this article alienates single working fathers like myself. Juggling a pre-teen (11 yr old) with work and the rest of life is just as hard on us guys.

It is the unpopular thing to say but the problems with kids today and for years to come will be all because of the working mom. There just is no replacement for a mother being with her child rather than the mother working. The name for that is "half assed". Yeah, I'm sure I'll be pointed to as a neanderthal and all but it is what it is. I also am an employer who sees that working moms also do a half-assed job of the job they are giving up the kids for, too. I think the entire concept of a "working mom" is a disaster. My mom worked but she only did so when we really needed extra money and only on shifts that allowed my Dad to be with us when she was working. I mean, why have children at all if you are going to be absent at the most critical time of raising a child because of some naive notion of importance in your job/career. That is what is truly pathetic about the "career women" out there. NO one gives a crap about your accomplishments in a job. I can see the necessity of working if you are a single mom but it is stil just as sad because your kid is missing out.............no two ways to slice it.

Hellow

Is ok..

see the above article about working moms, In the picture the lady little baby looks like a baby doll

You asked for it, you got it, now quit cherbellyaching and get back to work!!!

You asked for it, you got it, now quitb cherbellyaching and get back to work!!!
R W

Has anybody ever thought of writing an article about the best companies for working fathers?

The big four; Deloitte, PWC, KPMG, E&Y should NOT be on the list at all. Each of these companies are designed with an 'up or out' model that requires you to grind it out 24 hours a day or else. Look at their turn-over rates each year; 30%+. I've worked for both KPMG and Deloitte and I know what goes on at each of these firms. REVENUE first, second, and LASTLY, or else. Whatever the evaluation criteria was to get on this list, it sure didn't consider work-life balance. Find a member of these firms who routinely has the opportunity to sit down to dinner with their families at 5:30/6pm and I will call them a slacker by their firm standards. You know something is wrong when these firms tee up 'after-hour' day care facilities to assist (at the employee expense). Do the math; these companies are upper successful with generating revenue and offering the financial rewards at a super heafty price on your personal life.

Its so great to hear that companies are making an effort towards helping working moms balance their lives. I am fortunate enough to work for myself and be able to set my own hours --I never found a company that was flexible enough for the family lifestyle I wanted. I hope we will see more flexible work arrangements for both men and women -- with the Internet and today's technology, it makes so much sense. People can be efficient at their jobs without being tied to a desk from 9-5.

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I think it's smarter that women are taking the time in their 20s to work and develop some career-related skills and then having children when they are older. Add to the list of things to consider when choosing a job--options/flexibility for working parents.

Is there information on the methodology that was used to determine which companies would make the list? For example, was any analysis done of actual usage and application of the policies? Was a valid statistical sample conducted of actual current and former women employees of the companies who either already were or who became working mothers while employed?

Based on stories about such "Best Places" listings on business related sites, many of these surveys appear to be little more than self-reported beauty contests in which the PR departments of the companies completed survey sheets with little or no effort done to verify the accuracy of the responses.

The companies probably have exemplary formal policies established at the corporate level. However, based on annecdotal evidence about actual employee relations practices at the business unit level at several of the companies listed in the Top 10 that I've seen posted on various business blogs, there is a possibly a big difference between policy and reality.

The postings I've seen include examples of women being selected for termination shortly after becoming pregnant or returning to work after giving birth, mothers being marginalized in responsibility and pay as a result of having to take any time to fulfill parental responsibilities, mothers being passed over for promotion, etc. I won't mention the names of the companies that I've seen represented in the blog postings, because I the blog posting presents only one side of the issues. However, if the blog postings are true, when it comes to actual application of the policies in the operations of some of these Top 10 companies, there is a huge gap between the image of being a good place for mothers to work and the reality of what mothers face in the work place.

These surveys should be taken with a huge grain of salt. Before assuming that a place a "mother friendly" because it is high on any magazine's list, do some background research. Talk with current anf former employees who are mothers. Find out what the reality is at the unit where you are considering working.

Ok.. geez guys.. its saturday morning..why post an article about careers and jobs.. I think we need to not think about that on Saturday and try to cheer up a bit.. i know just the thing.. a friend of mine sent me this hilarious site yesterday.. it's a website for a politically incorrect cookbook.. cracked me up.. I can't tell you the name of it.. cause some of you will freak out.. but if you google "whipped and beaten culinary works" you can find it.. but don't go if you can't take a joke and are uptight.. seriously.. and cheer the heck up! you'll give yourselves heart attacks!

I work for one of these Top Ten companies as a working mother, and I can tell you that it's a joke. First, companies self-nominate to make it onto these lists, and implement programs to make it appear they're parent-friendly (e.g., flex time, leave policies, etc.). What they don't tell you is that if you take advantage of any of these programs, you will be making a career-limiting move. If your first priority is your family rather than your firm, you will be at a career disadvantage, reflected in your pay, promotions, and opportunities made available to you (special projects, assignments, etc.). The working mother programs do not level the playing field one bit. Second, unlike other "best place to work" surveys, this one doesn't actually poll the working mothers at the organizations. Not a very reliable survey. You'd hear a very different story if you spoke to the working mothers at these organizations. If you look at the very top leadership positions, you will find that it's still male-dominated; the few women at or near the top are typically not mothers, or have "stay at home" husbands, which makes them the primary breadwinners -- not how I would characterize most "working mothers". Everytime I see an article like this, and my company appears on the list, the list loses most of its credibility.

Although it may sound very ridiculous, arranging the EDUCATIONAL-TRAINING/SYSTEM in a way (sth like the A/O levels, but not exactly) that school years get over as fast as possible with approx 6 MONTHS PER PRESENT GRADE/STANDARD (eg, by puberty, viz, around 9-12 years old), followed by community-supportive-supported WORK-STUDY-MARRIAGES SOLUTION, followed by essential higher-working-FUNCTIONALITY-BASIS college (initial) years finish off by 15-19 years old ALONGWITH the simultaneous processes of maturity-responsibility-enduring, multi-tasking, family-building, young-age-RIGHT-multiple-socializing, NET IN-TOTO PRODUCTIVITY BETTER THAN IF OTHERWISE. MANY INTELLECTUALS PROBABLY AGREE. OTHERS DRIVEN BY INDUCED POPULAR BIAS MAY NEVER EVEN BOTHER. CO-WIVES R A BLESSING IN THAT IT PREVENTS PROBLEMS LIKE RAPE, PROSTITUTION, ETC, PLUS U CAN TAKE “SHIFTS” OR “ALTERNATIONS” OR EVEN COMPANY FOR SHOPPING, KID-CARE, SECURITY, ETC, INSTEAD OF BEING TOO FAMILIAR &TIRED OF UR DAILY MONOTONOUS SCHEDULES & UR HUSSIES. TAKES THE LOAD OFF HIM AS WELL. JUST DO IT THE RIGHT WAY, THAT’S ALL. ALSO THE KIDS GET TO LEARN VARIOUS “SOCIETY” STARTING AT HOME WITH FAMILY ITSELF, & BETTER, WITH COMPANY & EARLY-AGE-MULTI-VALUE-FORMATION, INSTEAD OF POPULAR NUCLEAR & JOINT FAMILY CONSIDERATIONS BUT ENDING UP PURPOSELESS/USELESS REBELS/LONERS/ANTI-SOCIALS/ADDICTS OF MANY SORTS.

With equal opportunity and all it's good that women are able to work in the corporate environment; however, in an ideal environment the parents should not have to compromise the time with their kids. Flexibility is what is lacking in the job market. With the added pressure of the lousy economy, corporate jobs are a lot more stressful these days.

Everybody has some useful skill or experience. However, they are unable to capitalize on it due to lack of time, confidence, and money for initial investment. However, hope is still there. For example, Common People Services (http://www.commonpeopleservices.com) is a company that is enabling several new job opportunities for people across the US, and are even empowering people with free solutions and training so that they can create their own job without compromising on their current schedule or investing a single additional penny. There's bound to be other such companies that will crop up in the recent future to empower the people to have a more balanced life.