Best Companies for Working Women
This week Pink magazine announced it’s Elite Eight companies for working women. MarketWatch has the article here. The companies are as follows:
- Kelly Services
- American Express Co.
- Heller Ehrman LLP.
- Aflac Inc.
- FedEx Services
- Grant Thornton LLP.
- Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
- Wachovia Corp.
Here is how the finalist were selected:
After a comprehensive application and evaluation process involving many of America’s finest companies, PINK recognized these eight finalists for their strong focus on the Four P’s: Power (women in board seats and C-suites, and those with P&L responsibility); Pipeline (leadership training, mentoring and coaching programs to retain talented women and move them up the ranks); Pay (evidence of pay equity, including the number of women in the top 20 percent of company salaries); and People (a work culture that allows women to have a beautiful career and a beautiful life).
The magazine says it is important to recognize these companies because the majority of corporate America is very much a boys club. Women make up less than 7% of the top earners last year. Companies like these help lead the way for gender equality in the work place. We will know that this is accomplished when it isn’t necessary to make special mention of the companies that are helping women advance. Until that day, cheers to them!
For more information visit the Pink magazine website.
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