15 of the best companies for working moms

The insurance provider's 20,000-square-foot fitness center comes complete with saunas, mother’s room, and juice bar. In addition, everyone at the company can can adjust their schedules or work anywhere they like.

The consumer-products company offers access to priority slots at 36 childcare centers and subsidized backup care available 50 days per year. The company also provides 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and breast-milk shipping.

Parents at the financial-services firm receive national daycare discounts and 200 hours of subsidized backup care per year, and they save $5,000 a year in pretax dependent-care accounts with a 25% match. Some of the firm's offices have their own childcare facilities, as well as on-site fitness centers and wellness clinics. And birth mothers receive eight weeks of fully-paid leave, while adoptive parents receive four weeks of leave in addition to $10,000 in aid.

Women at the professional-services firm can join a program that lets them work just a few months each year, and new moms receive at least six weeks of paid maternity leave, if not more. The firm's working-mothers group gives people a place to discuss kids, flexibility, advancement, and anything else they like.

New mothers who give birth or adopt get 16 fully-paid weeks of leave, as well as peer mentoring when they come back from maternity leave. Employees at the consumer-goods company are also allowed to reduce or adjust their hours, work from home, compress
their schedules, or take leaves of absence.

The management consulting firm offers 16 weeks of paid leave for all birth parents and eight weeks for nonbirth parents. It additionally offers on-and-off-ramping services, role flexibility, and sabbaticals. Employees raising kids with special needs (including preemies and multiples) can meet in an affinity network, obtain guidance from a firm-contracted doctor, and receive 20 extra paid days of parental leave.

Parents-to-be at the audit, tax, and advisory services firm can take advantage of mentoring sessions, group discussions for those about to go on leave, and a lactation program that offers consultants around the clock and will deliver a breast pump to expecting parents' homes two weeks before the baby's due date. When new moms return from their up-to 18 weeks of fully-paid leave, they can chat with a new-parent coach.

The healthcare company offers employees access to on-site daycare facilities, health and lifestyle coaching, concierge services, and free college counseling. Adoptive parents and dads are eligible for eight fully-paid weeks of leave, while birth mothers receive 17 weeks.

The tech company offers $40,000 for IVF, egg freezing, and other procedures for employees struggling to get pregnant, in addition to $20,000 for drugs. Adoptive parents can request up to $15,000 per child to pay for out-of-pocket costs. And parents with special-needs kids have access to free financial planning, help with legal and quality-of-life issues, and an affinity group for those with diverse abilities.

The technology company offers schedule and career flexibility, health insurance after working just 20 hours a week, 14 fully-paid weeks off for birth mothers and six weeks for adoptive mothers, and free breast milk shipping.

Men and women welcoming a child through birth, adoption, surrogacy, foster care, or legal guardianship in the US are all eligible for up to 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave. The professional-services firm also offers prenatal breastfeeding webinars, free breast pumps and travel kits for milk storage, new-parent coaching, and up to $25,000 in coverage for fertility treatments and adoptions.

The professional-services firm has a number of advancement initiatives, encourages customized schedules, and offers everyone up to 30 paid days off a year. It also offers childcare reimbursements, as well as up to 16 weeks of fully-paid family leave for moms and dads and up to six months of paid time off to birth mothers.

Parents receive 16 weeks of paid leave for birth or adoption, as well as childcare reimbursements of up to $240 a month. Employees can also talk to a doctor by phone or video chat and receive diagnoses and prescriptions almost instantly.

Women at this professional-services company can take 16 fully paid weeks of maternity leave, choose to work locally for a full year afterward, and ship breast milk home (for free) when they travel for business. Moms can also access up to 120 hours of subsidized backup-care services a year, and flexible work arrangements are encouraged.

In addition to eight weeks of paid maternity leave, the healthcare company has an on-site childcare center at its headquarters in Abbott, Illinois, that serves 471 kids and charges sliding-scale fees. Managers at Abbott are also said to help working moms when faced with personal challenges and often offer reduced hours and the ability to work remotely.