Work/Life
Baxter believes that managers and employees share the responsibility to achieve a healthy blend of work, personal and family life.
While Baxter's U.S. operations offer more work/life programs than other locations, its global operations continue to work with external organizations, as appropriate, to develop and facilitate work/life programs. While some of the work/life programs and resources listed below are available globally, all are available in the United States:
- Adoption assistance and reimbursement;
- Alternative work arrangements, including part-time, compressed week, job sharing, telecommuting and flexible time;
- Back-up/emergency child and elder care;
- Dependent-care reimbursement accounts;
- Educational assistance;
- Employee assistance and counseling programs;
- Elder-care management services;
- Lactation rooms;
- Resource and community referrals for family, financial and work issues;
- National childcare support options; and
- Webinars on topics such as stress management and preventing identity theft (in English but offered worldwide).
More than 41 percent of eligible employees (regular employees working at least 20 hours a week) used one or more of these programs in 2008. Using conservative calculations, Baxter estimates that it realizes more than $1.80 of benefit for every dollar invested in work/life programs through lower absenteeism and enhanced productivity. This calculation is based on self-reported employee surveys and utilization data to compare the value of estimated employee time saved to the total cost of the program.
