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These 12 Companies Have Excellent Work-Life Balance
Glassdoor Team
Glassdoor Team | Author & Career Expert at Glassdoor | 1 Jul 2018
Even those of us who love our jobs can’t spend all our waking hours in the office. We need balance—work-life balance, to be exact. But in a culture that often rewards those who work (proverbially) to death, that balance isn’t always easy to find. Rest easy, though: we’ve done the work for you to find 12 companies with excellent work-life balance ratings—according to the people who have worked there. So, if you’re craving a cool job with a side of R&R, get your CV ready: these companies are hiring and looking to help you strike a balance.
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.2/5
What Roles They’re Hiring For: Senior Professional Services Data Consultant, Solution Engineer, Big Data Architect, Big Data Pre-Sales Specialist, Governance Practice Lead, and more.
What Employees Say: “Best company I ever worked for. Awesome offering with major investment in exciting new technologies, so you really have market leading competitive products to sell! Great company ethos and culture, they really treat you as a valued individual and corporate social responsibility and other initiatives are not just window dressing.” — Current Employee
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Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.2 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Technical Support Engineer, Service Sales Manager, Senior Technical Support Engineer, and more. What Employees Say: “Dynamic workforce, great benefits, fantastic working team and environment, growing and changing company, very flexible allowing a work life balance, great and supportive executive team, internal E360 app to share the goings on across the world which allows a global company to feel as if you are all in the know and all in one place!” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.4 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Business Analyst, CNC Software Engineer, Electronics Design/Development Engineer, Senior Electronics Design Engineer, Material Controller, and more. What Employees Say: “Good relaxed company culture. Company is performing well with most divisions being very profitable. Good job security. Great offices with subsidies canteen.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.1 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Corporate Analytics Associate, Product Owner, Client Development Director - Private Capital Markets, Desktop Support Specialist, and more. What Employees Say: “Ipreo is a great place to work, there is work happening across the origination to ensure we are all working collaboratively to ensure our clients get the best service possible.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.0 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Print Circuit Board Design Engineer, Design Supervisor, Electrical Systems Design Engineer, Project Manager, Physical Logistics Operator, and more. What Employees Say: “Work life balance is excellent, salary is competitive for industry, time off for funerals, doctors etc. as standard. Pension contributions are okay and increase with age. Rolls is a company looking to the future so it's really inspiring to be a part of. Working in so many locations means that there's huge scope for personal growth.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.0 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Year 2 Teacher, English Teacher, Teacher, Math Teacher, Primary - KS2 Teacher, Supply Teacher, Teaching Assistant, and more. What Employees Say: “Motivating atmosphere, amazing commission scheme with the ability to earn huge amounts of money, staff engagement is great with a team of management who are always present and ready to support with anything you need. Very social employees who are totally inclusive of everyone which is great when you are a new starter!” — Former Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.0 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Digital Marketing Analytics Manager, Sales Consultant, Test Analyst, Customer Service Consultant, User Access Administrator, and more. What Employees Say: “Juggling work and home life can be a challenge and Royal London leads the way in helping employees achieve a balance. A fantastic place to work where employees are listened to and management responds to feedback.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.2 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Imaging R&D Internship, Business Analyst, Project Manager, Principal GPU Architect, Legal Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, and more. What Employees Say: “Very much a culture of inclusiveness and a feeling of belonging. Just about every culture and country is represented in the office and it's a thriving multi-cultural environment. Management are supportive, trusting and actively encourage personal development. Many little touches add up into making working here a very enjoyable place; food, refreshments, pizza night—I could go on.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.1 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Customer Success Manager, DevOps Engineer, Partner Account Manager, Systems Engineer, Director of Software Engineering, and more. What Employees Say: “Career progress and perks. Flexible work hours. Very respectful and inclusive.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.1 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Digital Designer, HR Advisor, Customer Service Representative, Account Development Executive, Internal Recruitment Partner, and more. What Employees Say: “The training and personal growth and development is second-to-none. The amount I have learned and grown in the time I have been here is staggering! Work hard and you will most definitely be rewarded at Peninsula; I started as an advisor and have been promoted to a manager. The people I work with are fantastic and I love coming to work every day.” — Current Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.0 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Junior Java Engineer, Home-Based Travel & Lifestyle Consultant, Business Travel Accounts & Client Specialist, Manager Account Development GCG, Small Business Development Manager, Social Media Specialist, and more. What Employees Say: “Professional working environment, good management with opportunities for growth and career progression offered to all employees. Fair and accommodating employer.” — Former Employee
Work-Life Balance Rating: 4.3 What Roles They’re Hiring For: Assistant Marketing Manager, Area Manager, Software Dev Engineer II, Software Development Engineer, Brand Media Coordinator, and more. What Employees Say: “The company culture is really good. You always feel included in the teams and Expedia gives the opportunity to anyone who shows attitude and willing to do the best. Totally recommendable—good pay and benefits.” — Current Employee
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