Tuesday November 24, 2009 12:40 PM ET
SmartMoney
Comments

Story Comments

Edit your email alerting options

RSS RSS | Join the SmartMoney Twitter Community
10 Best Places to Be a Working Mom
States that offer generous maternity leave, cheap child care and more.
 
Add Comment Formatting Tips For SM Insiders
  Notify me via email whenever someone leaves a comment for this story
  Notify me via email in digest form (once per day) of all new comments
  Do not notify me

User Comments
Posted by: pinkie33
The problem with a lot of these "best companies for working moms" lists is that the perks they offer are often only available to management and executive staff. The higher up a person is in a company, the easier it is for them to take time off with sick children, to deal with family issues, to volunteer at their children's schools, etc, without a boss complaining. I know this from my experiences as a working mom. I was once nearly fired from a job for missing work for care for my then 5 year old daughter, who was ill, and in out and of the hospital and doctor's office, yet the same (also female) boss who wanted to fire me also had a sick child, and was able to miss work anytime she wanted to care for him, without anyone complaining. Also, many of these articles mention companies that allow employees to work from home, which is all fine and great if you have a job that can be done remotely. Most lower-level white collar employees do not. True work/life balance is a near impossibility fo...(Read more of this comment)
BackType
Comments From Around the Web
Posted by: dchfreeholdtoyo on Twitter

Working moms.http://bit.ly/ysSjg

Advertisements