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| 1143.1 | criteria and top 10 | TIPTOE::STOLICNY | | Mon Sep 23 1991 08:12 | 35 |
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You beat me to it, Pat! I brought in the magazine this morning
intent on starting a note on the topic. I was slightly surprised
as well but only from the standpoint that DIGITAL wasn't there _and_
always had been. I never felt that DIGITAL was outstanding in
this area (personal situation aside - I received fairly good treatment
with respect to working parttime), however, so am pleased to see the
magazine's survey "tell it like it is".
The criteria were (rated from 1 to 5):
1.) Pay compared with competition: high, avg, or low
2.) Opportunities for woman to advance
3.) Support for child care
4.) Family-friendly benefits: job-protected leave for childbirth, flextime,
part-time, job-sharing, elder care, etc.
The top 10 companies were:
Beth Israel ****
DuPont ***
Fel-Pro ***
Hewitt *
HBO **
IBM ****
Merck *****
Patagonia *
SAS ***
UNUM *
* = no. of years on Working Mother's top 10.
Carol
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| 1143.2 | It's about time! | CLUSTA::BINNS | | Mon Sep 23 1991 08:18 | 11 |
| I think it's about time DEC's self-congratulatory balloon was
punctured. As I recall, Digital was usually the only one on that list
that made no provision of any sort for child care.
Digital's benefits are mediocre, including those geared toward working
parents -- neither the best nor the worst. Moreover, this long overdue
fall from the grace of the famous Working Mother list is probably due
mostly to the growth in numbers of companies who recognize the need for
family oriented benefits.
Kit
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| 1143.3 | a few other tidbits | TIPTOE::STOLICNY | | Mon Sep 23 1991 08:23 | 26 |
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I found the following entries in this survey interesting.
Computer/software companies in the top 85:
Apple Computer
IBM
Hewlett-Packard
Honeywell
Lotus Development
New England-based companies in the top 85:
Aetna - Hartford, Ct.
Ben & Jerry's - Waterbury, VT.
Bright Horizons Children's Centers - Cambridge, MA
John Hancock Financial Services - Boston, MA
Lotus - Cambridge, MA
Mass Mutual Life Insurance - Springfield, MA
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance - Hartford, CT.
Traveler's Insurance - Hartford, Ct.
Stride Rite - Cambridge, MA
Oh, to be in the insurance business and live in Connecticut!
Carol
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| 1143.4 | | TIPTOE::STOLICNY | | Mon Sep 23 1991 08:29 | 11 |
| re: .2
Interesting to note that a few of the companies in the top 10 (IBM and
Merck) as well as some of those in the top 85 (Procter & Gamble) make
it clear that the do "not want to be in the child care business". This
has always been Digital's stand as well, I think. However, these "top"
companies do make a commitment to the child care business by FUNDING
community centers in return for having employee's children given
priority for available spaces.
Carol
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| 1143.5 | other countries? | KAOFS::M_FETT | alias Mrs.Barney | Mon Sep 23 1991 08:43 | 9 |
| Just thinking aloud here, I wonder if these lists would change
in other countries, depending on how the local administration of any
international company decides to implement the federal laws of the
country they are in. i.e. in Canada, most of the benefits we get
at DEC are because of federal and provincial legislation in that area.
DEC is not ALLOWED to do less. However, would the list still be
the same?
Monica
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| 1143.6 | | CLUSTA::BINNS | | Mon Sep 23 1991 10:33 | 5 |
| re:. 5
Precisely. Digital does the minimum it can get away with.
Kit
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| 1143.7 | Fall from Grace ... | KUZZY::KOCZWARA | | Mon Sep 23 1991 12:37 | 20 |
| The Working Mother's list is ONLY based on U.S. companies.
Now, what I'd like to suggest is some recommendation to Digital by
us the working parents that would help get DEC back on being a
progressive company that values and recognizes the work/life styles of
its diverse employees.
The other Big computer companies, going through the same hardships yet
are still moving ahead and providing a conducive working environments
for the two (single) working parent(s).
Gotta go listen to DVN broadcast,
Pat K.
Should this be a separate note in Parenting?
Pat K.
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| 1143.8 | | SRATGA::SCARBERRY_CI | | Mon Sep 23 1991 13:26 | 2 |
| Maybe the companies offering the best benefits to working parents
are the ones opting to keep or employ the best employees!
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| 1143.9 | flextime, my foot... | ICS::NELSONK | | Mon Sep 23 1991 15:26 | 4 |
| Child care? Flextime? I'd just settle for not feeling guilty
when I come dashing in at 9 because I've coped with a tantrum,
a potty accident, a run in my hose, a lost contact lens, and a
traffic jam on Rt. 128, all between 6:30 and 7:30 a.m....:-) :-)
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| 1143.10 | Awareness? | MCIS5::CORMIER | | Tue Sep 24 1991 08:59 | 5 |
| I'm with you, .9 The look on "their" faces when I show up at 8:30! I
know "they" are thinking "Why didn't you get up a little earlier?". If
I got up any earlier, I wouldn't bother to go to bed at all! A little
consideration, a little sympathy, goes a long way.
Sarah
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