Few offer what working moms really want: flexible work arrangements
- Only 18% offer flexibility to all employees;
- A mere 2% allow any employee to telecommute
- 27% of companies that permit telecommuting say 75-100% ‘have access’
to this benefit
- At 66 of the 100 companies on the list where ‘working from home’ is permitted,
fewer than half of the employees at those companies avail themselves of the benefit
What do employees say?
Working Mother Magazine’s “100 Best Companies 2009” list is out. Every year many of the companies on the list rightfully use their inclusion as a recruiting tool for top women executives. And many of their policies indeed make life easier for working moms.
But many of the perks offered focus on childcare and paid leave, and there is less focus on what we believe really counts: flexible work arrangements.
By flexible work arrangements, we mean the ability of work both in and out of the office, from home or any remote location, judging the employee’s performance on results instead of face-time.
