The 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance

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  Enrico Pallazzo

  09/24/08 | Report as spam

  RE: The 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance

  Very helpful! I think I'm done having kids, but it's nice to know there are companies that give "paternity leave." B of A: 8 weeks of paid leave for dads... Wow!

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  Bob Wileman

  09/25/08 | Report as spam

  RE: The 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance

  They all look like large companies with high margin businesses. Life/work balance is one of the fruits of success.
  The grim reaper will decide how they hold up under the pressures for survival that are coming
  A repeat survey in a couple of years time may show that when the chips are down paternity leave doesn't earn us a living.

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  Heffron

  09/26/08 | Report as spam

  RE: The 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance

  Please consider the messenger and the marketing
  strategy behind the list. When top companies correlate
  to top advertisers with that magazine, one might rethink
  the validity of outcomes. The cycle continues as then
  those same acknowledged companies are more likely to
  remain advertisers. Speak with companies not chosen and
  hear what the magazine now wants from them.
  
  Janine Granda

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  CC Holland

  09/26/08 | Report as spam

  RE: The 100 Best Companies for Work-Life Balance

  @Heffron/Janine: I appreciate your comments, but I hope I can reassure you on this point.
  
  Last year, as I researched a package on parental leave for BNet (http://www.bnet.com/2436-13068_23-188735.html), I had the opportunity to interview the CEO of Working Mother Media, five companies selected as top picks for 2007, and several independent outside sources as well.
  
  I was satisfied in the objective evaluations and methodologies employed by the magazine in making its selections in 2007 and have no reason to suppose they were influenced by advertisers this time out.
  
  One of the cardinal rules of journalism is to not let advertising sway editorial -- you can see that in action here on BNet and CNet, as we'll often write blog posts and articles critical of the very advertisers who share space on these pages.
  
  Working Mother magazine is an excellent publication with high journalistic standards and I believe their list was compiled and evaluated with great journalistic integrity as a service to readers -- not as a pandering to advertisers.
  
  Hope this helps change your outlook!