METHODOLOGY
The Application The 2020 Working Mother 100 Best Companies application includes more than 400 questions on leave policies, workforce representation, benefits, childcare, advancement programs, flexibility policies and more. It surveys the availability and usage of these programs, as well as the accountability of the many managers who oversee them.
All applicants receive feedback showing how they compare with other applicants; however, the names of applicants that do not make the list are kept confidential. Company profiles and data come from submitted applications and reflect 2019 data.
How to Apply The online application for the 2021 Working Mother 100 Best Companies will be available in December and is due for submission in March, as part of the Working Mother Media Annual Application. Register today for the application at workingmother.com/surveys.
We invite applications from private or public companies in any industry, with the exception of government agencies. Contact Crystal Vagnier at crystal.vagnier@workingmother.com for more information.
Reprints For custom reprints of the 2020 Working Mother 100 Best Companies, contact Stephanie Martinez of PARS International Corp. at 212-221-9595, ext. 333, or at stephanie.martinez@parsintl.com.
Abbott
HALL OF FAME
Abbott Park, Illinois
President and CEO Robert B. Ford
Executive VP, HR Mary Moreland
Flex Network, an employee-resource group at the healthcare company, fosters awareness of workplace flexibility and helps maximize technology, tools and resources. In 2019, its membership grew by more than 12 percent to nearly 520 members. Flex also has manager-training webinars to provide best practices on supervising remote workers.
Accenture
HALL OF FAME
New York, New York
CEO Julie Sweet
Chief Leadership and HR Officer Ellyn Shook
During the COVID-19 pandemic, this professional-services firm transitioned nearly all roles to remote, tripled its dependent-care hours and offered caregivers reimbursement for in-home care (up to $100 per day for up to 30 days). It also provided the Thriving Mind course, a holistic mental well-being program to all 500,000 global employees. So far, 100,000 have participated.
Adobe Inc.
San Jose, California
Chairman, President and CEO Shantanu Narayen
Chief People Officer and Executive VP, Employee Experience Gloria Chen
The Learning Fund provides all employees with up to $10,000 per year for academic degrees, credential programs, advanced specializations and certain technical certifications; and up to $1,000 per year for business courses, conferences, workshops, books and professional memberships. In 2019, the software company launched the Graduate Education Reimbursement benefit for all new US hires who graduated within the past 12 months, reimbursing them up to $10,000 for tuition.
ADP
Roseland, New Jersey
President and CEO Carlos Rodriguez
Chief HR Officer Sreeni Kutam
The human-capital management company launched a technologydriven mentoring program with more than 700 mentoring pairs; more than 60 percent of participants are female.
American Express
New York, New York
Chairman and CEO Stephen J. Squeri
Chief Colleague Experience Officer Monique Herrera
The financial-services firm reimburses adoption and surrogacy expenses up to $35,000, up to two events per employee. The funds can be applied toward application, legal, medical and surrogate’s fees. Barriers to accessing infertility coverage, such as an infertility-diagnosis requirement, have been eliminated.
Since 2015, the percentage of women in the workforce and managerial roles at 100 Best Companies has increased by about 3%.
AON
Chicago, Illinois
CEO Greg Case
Chief People Officer Lisa Stevens
Employees and their families at the professional-services firm now have access to work-life kits, which offer suggestions, resources and free tools to help manage different life stages. Kits are available for care of older relatives, teens and special-needs children, and for moms during pregnancy, after birth and while nursing.
Arnold & Porter
HALL OF FAME
Washington, DC
Chief Operating Officer Sean Howell
Chief HR Officer Janet Robin
The On Ramp/Off Ramp policy lets attorneys take an unpaid leave of absence of up to three years while the firm pays for their bar status and supports their continued professional development and continuing legal education.
AXA XL
■ FIRST-TIMER
Stamford, Connecticut
CEO Scott Gunter
Chief HR Officer Karen le Duc
In the US, primary caregivers at the insurance company are