Best Companies to Work For

Seven Companies in New England made it on the Best 100 Companies to Work for according to Working Mother Magazine. They are:
Harvard University
Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Springfield
Timberland Co. in Stratham, N.H.
Yale-New Haven Hospital
General Electric Co. in Fairfield, Conn.
Lego Systems Inc., in Enfield, Conn.
Phoenix Cos. in Hartford

We need more! We need to make more companies take a look at these leaders.

The magazine gave special consideration to companies that offer flexible scheduling and child-care services. Indeed, all of the employers chosen have flex-time plans, compared to 56 percent of employers nationally, and 94 percent offer child-care referral services, versus 20 percent nationally, said Carol Evans, chief executive and founder of Working Mother Media, the magazine's parent.

Work from Home Welcome

Welcome!
As a the creator of New England Mothers Organization and a mother myself, I wanted to create a more user-friendly format for N.E.M.O. members to connect and stay in touch with each other. I also wanted to share my thoughts and experience on being a work at home mom. A blog is born!

N.E.M.O. came from my own personal experience. I have always worked in flexible jobs and heard commonly that others wished that they could stay in the job market, raise their children but in a work-life balance manner. Knowing that their is too many non-legit job offerings, I set out to streamline the process for parents to connect to flexible jobs and find out about lifestlye listings.

However, along the way I realized that it is more than just finding a job, we are in the midst of a social change. Legislation needs to shift to providing more benefits for parents and companies need to re-evaluate how they look at thier role in this changing job market.

N.E.M.O. is going to be changing in the next few months to trully connect members to current actions and campaigns that will affect flexible employment. Also, this blog is meant to be a proactive approach to mothers, whether working or not, to empower themselves to acheive work-life balance.

It is also meant to be an active blog so PLEASE share your comments and let's start communicating.

-Jeanne Girard, Founder
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