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Top 25 Companies for Work-Life Balance

Employees have reported how their companies rate for balancing work with personal life – find out which 25 companies provide the best work-life balance.

Top 25 Winners

1

MITRE

4.5

Grow your skills, keep a work life balance, and work with highly intelligent and ethical people

Work-life balance is very real and everyone is encouraged to take time off and keep their work hours under control.

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2

A great place to work

They're serious about work/life balance. You really have the freedom to mold your own…

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3

Agilent is an amazing place to work

They respect and value their employees and their families. The work environment is much…

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5

Fun

Good balance between home and work. Casual dress code. Knowledge sharing is abundant.

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6

REI

4.3

Great place to work

Work-life balance: It's REI's core value. Your manager is serious and cares about…

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7

Uplifting environment

The company supports personal initiatives and encourages people's many interests, both…

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8

LinkedIn

4.3

Linkedin....the place to be!

I love the workout sessions and work-life balance that is encouraged.

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9

FactSet

4.3

Unexciting, but fair

Excellent benefits and extremely flexible scheduling (i.e. if you need to work at home…

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10

Richly rewarding but too short

Flexible hours, good health insurance, great work environment.

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11

Rackspace

4.3

Outstanding environment and culture

Great culture and working environment, emphasis on personal fulfillment and job…

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12

Fast paced dynamic company on the up

Very open on flexible working - as I have a young family, that counts for a lot.

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13

Novell

4.2

Great company with top notch people

Novell has a great culture and facilities (on-site fitness center, cafeteria, credit…

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14

SIG - Great Company

They promote a good work/life balance by allowing for flexible schedules.

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15

A growing company with great potential

Highly flexible work environment - you can really live the consulting lifestyle here! No…

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16

Discover

4.2

Good company to work for

Laid-back culture, the work schedule is 9 to 5, no need to work overtime most time, good…

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17

Overall a great place to work

Good work life balance and you are not expected to work long hours. Work with other…

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18

Wayfair

4.2

Fast-moving & Flexible with Room to Grow

There is a very strong team culture in the Ads/BI department. They are flexible with many…

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19

The Citrix Workplace

Very flexible work schedule. Working from home options. I work from home twice a week. If…

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20

A work place for adults

You are expected to come in do good work, and then go home and have a life. The company…

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21

Stable Place to Work

Great place to work while raising kids because of the flexible work schedules

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23

NAVTEQ

4.1

Felt like home away from home

Understanding boss, great co-workers, never a dull moment in the job you stay active and…

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24

W.L. Gore

4.1

I am proud of the products we make and the incredible energy and…

Freedom and flexibility make working at Gore more…

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25

Fluor

4.1

highly recommended place to work

Fluor so far has had the best benefits, vacation, and compensation package I have had. I…

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Work-Life Ratings Scale: 4.01–5.0 = “Very Satisfied”   3.51–4.0 = “Satisfied”
Note: All ratings are as of July 25, 2012
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2012 Top Companies Photos

Novell – Waltham – “Office buildings at Novell headquarters in…”Bain & Company – Tokyo – “Entrance to Bain Tokyo”Orbitz Worldwide – Chicago – “With a fascinating design, bright interior and…”MITRE – US – “The MITRE Corporation”Morningstar – Chicago – “Patio”Southern California Edison – Los Angeles – “Field Trip”

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