WORKING MOTHER SITES BEST COMPANIES FOR MOMS
Several St. Louis companies have been named among the “100 Best Companies for Working Mothers” in 2004 by Working Mother magazine. Those companies include Accenture, Bank of America, Citigroup, Deloitte, Deutche Bank, DaimlerChrysler, Ernst & Young, Ford Motor, GlaxoSmithKline, Marriott, MasterCard, Pfizer and Verizon Wireless.
Private and public companies completed a comprehensive application to be considered for the list. Reviewers scored companies on more than 500 points of information, including the number of work/life programs offered, the employee usage of such programs and women’s advancement. This year, the magazine gave particular weight to three issues: flexible scheduling, advancement of women and child-care options.
INFORMATIONWEEK RANKS AREA COMPANIES
AMONG BEST USERS OF IT
Three companies based in St. Louis ranked among the top 100 best users of information technology, according to InformationWeek magazine. On the overall list, Emerson ranked No. 2; Maritz ranked No. 26, and Express Scripts ranked No. 69. Among manufacturing companies, Emerson ranked No. 1.
Eight companies with a significant presence in St. Louis made the top 500 list, which was not ranked. Those companies were A.G. Edwards, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Graybar Electric, Kellwood, McCarthy Building Companies, Monsanto, Harrah’s Entertain- ment and Unigroup.
To qualify for the list, companies completed a comprehensive qualifying application that detailed management priorities, technology strategies, staffing initiatives and budget plans.
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS RECOGNIZES SAFEST WORKPLACES IN THREE ST. LOUIS FIRMS
St. Louis-headquartered Smurfit-Stone Container, Anheuser-Busch and Monsanto are among the safest companies in America for 2004, according to Occupational Hazards magazine. Ford Motor, which has a significant presence in St. Louis, also made the list. Selectors chose diverse companies that share dedication to safe work and healthy workers to compile the list.
Of Monsanto, the magazine noted, “all facilities are expected to meet a set of fundamental requirements for core safety, health and occupational medicine programs and process, regardless of their locations around the world or possible lack of local or national safety and health regulations.” |
