- Highlights: Reviewed on case-by-case basis; 10% of workforce telecommutes.
- Option to work compressed work weeks: Yes (4 times per year)
- Employee assistance program: Yes (informal)
- On-site exercise and fitness facilities: Yes
- On-site fitness/wellness programs: Yes (half-price classes)
Other benefits:
- Company pays 100% of medical and prescription coverage (80% for dependents).
- Partially subsidized on-site cafeteria.
- Adoption assistance.
- Tuition reimbursement.
Other programs or practices that promote a healthy work/life balance:
- Company pays half the cost for strength, fitness, yoga and tai chi classes at local gyms.
- On-site fitness center, ping-pong table, outdoor basketball and tennis courts.
Why Human Kinetics thinks it’s a great place to work:
“Human Kinetics is special in that it blends the type of work one does with who one is, resulting in professional and personal fulfillment and a great sense of ownership.”
5. W. W. Norton & Co. Inc.
WWNorton.com
U.S. Headquarters: New York, N.Y.
President & Chairman: W. Drake McFeely
W. W. Norton & Co., the “oldest and largest publishing house owned wholly by its employees,” strives to carry out the imperative of its founder to “publish books not for a single season, but for the years” in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, college textbooks, cookbooks, art books and professional books.
Overview:
- Number of new hires*: 43
- Rate of voluntary turnover*: 7%
- Bonus or incentive program for all employees: Yes
- Employee stock option/profit-sharing: No/Yes
401(k) or 403(b) retirement savings program:
- Employer match: 100% of the first $2,000
- Maximum match: $2,000
PTO time:
- Paid holidays/year: 22
- PTO includes: Vacation, sick, personal
- Vacation days available after 1 year: 10
- Maximum no. of vacation days: 20
- Sick days: Unlimited
- Personal days: 3
Telecommuting/flex time:
- Highlights: 13% of head-office workforce telecommutes full- or part-time.
- Option to work compressed work weeks: No
- Employee assistance program: No
- On-site exercise and fitness facilities: No
- On-site fitness/wellness programs: No
Other benefits:
- Maternal and paternal leave for adoptions.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Employees contribute 1% of salary (pre-tax) for health coverage.
Other programs or practices that promote a healthy work/life balance:





