What Are Working Mother Best Companies?:
With the Working Mother Best Companies for 2011 list, you can vet potential employers for the family-friendly benefits included in their human resources policies. Ultimately, your experience of work-life balance and flexibility will differ based on your position, work group and supervisor. Still, the Working Mother Best Companies for 2011 list at least gives a starting point to find a job with the work-life fit you want.
For 2011, these are the Working Mother Best Companies, according to policies for paid parental leave, back-up child care, flexible work, elder care, on-site gyms and other work-life benefits.
Top 10 Working Mother Best Companies for 2011:
Two companies dropped out of the top 10 Working Mother best companies between 2010 and 2011: IBM Corporation and the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics. The new entrants were Prudential Financial and TriHealth
In 2011, the top 10 Working Mother Best Companies are:
Bank of America
Deloitte
Discovery Communications
Ernst & Young
General Mills
KPMG LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Prudential Financial
TriHealth
WellStar Health SystemWorking Mother Best Companies for 2011, A and B:
Looking at the full list of Working Mother Best Companies for 2011, those starting with A and B are:
Abbott
Accenture
American Electric Power
American Express Company
AOL
AON
Arnold & Porter
AstraZeneca
Bain & Company, Inc.
Bank of America*
Baptist Health South Florida
Bayer
BDO USA
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina
Bon Secours Richmond Health System
Booz Allen Hamilton
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bronson Healthcare Group, Inc.Working Mother Best Companies for 2011, C through F:
Continuing the full list of Working Mother Best Companies, those starting with C through F are:
Capital One Financial Corporation
Carlson Companies
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta
Children's Memorial Hospital
Cisco Systems
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Cornell University
Covington & Burling LLP
Credit Suisse
Dell Inc.
Deloitte*
Deutsche Bank
Diageo North America
Discovery Communications*
Dow Corning Corporation
DuPont
EMD Serono
Ernst & Young*
FINRA
First Horizon National CorporationWorking Mother Best Companies for 2011, G through L:
The Working Mother Best Companies, starting with G through L, are:
Genentech
General Electric Company
General Mills*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Grant Thornton
Hallmark Cards, Inc.
HCA Virginia Health System - Richmond Market
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
HP
IBM Corporation
Intel Corporation
Johnson & Johnson
JPMorgan Chase
Katten Muchin Rosenman
KPMG LLP*
Kraft Foods, Inc.
LEGO Systems, Inc.Working Mother Best Companies for 2011, M through N:
The Working Mother Best Companies, starting with M through N, are:
March of Dimes Foundation
Marriott International, Inc.
MassMutual Financial Group
MasterCard Worldwide
McGladrey
The McGraw-Hill Companies*
McKinsey & Company
Merck & Co., Inc.
Mercy Health System
MetLife, Inc.
Moffitt Cancer Center
Morgan Stanley
Moss Adams
MTV Networks
National Education Association
New York Life Insurance Company
Northern Trust Corporation
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Working Mother Best Companies for 2011, P through Z
The Working Mother Best Companies, starting with P through Z, are:
Patagonia, Inc.
Pearson Inc
Pfizer Inc
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
The PNC Financial Services Group
The Principal Financial Group
The Principal Financial Group
Procter & Gamble
Prudential Financial, Inc.*
PwC - PricewaterhouseCoopers*
SC Johnson
Scripps Health
Texas Instruments Incorporated
TIAA-CREF
TriHealth, A Partnership of Bethesda and Good Samaritan*
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
University at Buffalo
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics
Valassis Communications
VCU Health System
Verizon Communications Inc
WellPoint, Inc
WellStar Health System*
Wyndham Worldwide
Yale University
Yale-New Haven Hospital
In past years, many of the same companies appeared on the Working Mother 100 Best Companies list. To view previous lists and the top 10 companies for each year, see:
Working Mother Best Companies for 2010
Working Mother Best Companies for 2009
Source: Working Mother
