Hello WIMSE folks!
 
       The following is another exerpt form AWIS that results from a
national survey of women in industry.  THey were asked to list their
company and rank them according to the following criteria:
 
1)  Pay
2)  Opportunities to advance
3)  Child Care
4)  Flexibility
5)  Other family-friendly benefits
 
Out of the top 100 companies, 40 of them have representation in the
sciences, technology, and engineering fields.  While each company may
provide a different mix of benefits, Working Mother magazine did note
some over all trends in them including....
 
A dramatic jump in use of flexible work schedules
 
A greater number of paid leaves for dads and adoptive parents
 
A growth in development of child care centers at field offices and not
just headquarters
 
An increase in the number of programs that set specific tgoals for the
advancement of women.  Many of these now measure managers on how well
they have accomplished these goals.
 
You may want to keep these companies in mind as you look for future
employment.  Or just think about the issues that are important to you as
a future employee when you do interviewing.  Certainly there are no
guarentees that because these companies are on this list that they will
be your best job finds.. but they provide a start.
 
Top 40 from science-related fields:
 
Aetna
American Management Systems
Amgen
Amoco Corporation
Baptist Hospital of Miami (not ohio)
Bayfront Medical Center, Inc
Beth Israel Hospital
Blue Cross and Shield of Massachusetts
Butterworth Hospital
Cigna Corporation
CMP Media Inc.
Corning Inc.
Dow Chemical Co.
Dupont CO.
Eastman Kodak CO.
Dupont Merk Pharmaceutical Co.
Eli Lilly and Co.
Fel-Pro Inc.
Ford Motor Co.
Genentech Inc.
General Motors Corp
Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
Hewlett-Packard Co.
Hoechst Celanese Corp
Hughes Electronics
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
Lancaster Laboratories
Life Technologies, Inc.
Lotus Development Corp
Marquette Electronics  Inc
Mentor Graphics Corp
Merck & Co, Inc
Millipore Corp
Motorola
Procter & Gamble
Promega Group
Stanford University
Texas Instruments Inc
Xerox Corp.