Are you looking for flexbility? Do you want to bring your Wheeton Terrior to work with you? Or, is an onsite gym what attracts you to a company?
Even during tough ecnomic times, employers act like they want to offer work life balance but in some instances, it's all talk.
Now, Glassdoor.com has released a new list of the top 25 employers for work-life balance. Glassdoor is a website that offers insight into careers and companies, as well as job listings. This is the first year it has produced such a list, which is based on survey results from more than 150,000 employees who work or have worked at 36,000 companies. Many of the companies on the list are hiring.
"A lot of companies talk about a good work-life balance," says Robert Hohman, CEO and co-founder of Glassdoor. "But not that many deliver. The [companies] on this list actually deliver."
Here's Glassdoor's full list of companies with the best work-life balance:
1. Nestlé Purina Petcare Company
2. MITRE
3. SAS Institute
4. FactSet
5. United Space Alliance
6. Slalom Consulting
7. Facebook
8. Morningstar
9. Susquehanna International Group
10. Colgate-Palmolive
11. Mentor Graphics
12. Autodesk
13. Sheetz
14. Agilent Technologies
15. Turner Broadcasting
16. Dupont
17. Southwest Airlines
18. General Mills
19. Biogen Idec
20. Scottrade
21. Chevron
22. Synopsys
23. MTV Networks
24. Intuit
25. National Instruments
Here’s what some employees are saying at the top rated companies for work-life balance:
“Purina trusts its employees to take business risks within reason, is flexible when people need time off for personal activities, such as kids’ schedules or events and the CEO is a down-to-earth guy who makes you feel like he’s one of your fellow team members.” – Nestle Purina Petcare Employee (Saint Louis, MO)
“The company provides a good balance of work and family, freedom to telecommute, good retirement plan, and good work place ethics.” – MITRE Lead Multi-Discipline Systems Engineer (location n/a)
“The commitment to work/life balance comes from the top down and they believe in it. As a result, employees treat each other fairly and well.“ – SAS Institute Employee (Cary, NC)
Readers, how important do you think this list is to new hires? Would someone turn down a job at a company that doesn't value work life balance?
I think people would love to work for a company that values work-life balance, but wouldn't be too hesitant about joining a company that doesn't offer the same perks and benefits as the ones listed above, especially since it seems that companies that offer great work-life balance are still a novelty.
Posted by: Eleanor | July 18, 2011 at 01:43 PM
Aspiring people can have ideas of which companies they would trust. Although people have different preferences, there could still be one similar company preference which they know they could entrust their services to: accreditation. If a company is accredited, it means it passed certain reliable standards.
Posted by: Clark Adams | August 12, 2011 at 08:49 AM