Written by By Joan Fleischer Tamen and Sandra Knispel with additional reporting by Anne Alonzo    PDF Print E-mail




Conceive Magazine's Top 10 Companies

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#1 Company

Citizens Financial Group/RBS Americas

LOCATION: Providence, RI

EMPLOYEES: 24,000

INDUSTRY: Financial services

FERTILITY BENEFITS: $100,000 in fertility coverage for all ART (assisted reproductive technologies), including the cost of donor eggs and donor sperm, and an additional $100,000 lifetime cap for fertility drug coverage.

ADOPTION BENEFITS: $22,150 in adoption assistance per child to cover agency fees, court costs, medical expenses, counseling, travel, home study, and temporary foster care costs, with no family limit on the number of adoptions that will be reimbursed.

LEAVE: A corporate culture that truly understands the concept of “work/life balance.” Even in today’s trying economic times, this banking company is helping employees achieve success in their professional and personal lives by allowing flex-time, part-time, and generous parental leave. The company’s credo calls for “Do what it takes to make this the best place to work in the world.”

WEBSITE: www.citizensbank.com


Families Who Benefited

“It is so great working at Citizens,” says Bernard L. Meighen Jr., vice president, Credit Review for Citizens Financial Group in Cleveland, Ohio. “We spent $21,000 to adopt our little girl; we were reimbursed $20,500. To me, this [adoption] benefit shows Citizens cares about families and children.” Read More

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