- a flexible work day that allows workers at the corporate headquarters to choose an 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. workday or a 6:30 a m to 3:30 p.m workday;
- a cafeteria that prepares takeout food for associates who work into the evening;
- special summer hours that allow associates to work a four-day week, so they can have long weekends;
- one "Balance Day " per year, in addition to normal vacations and holidays, Intended to encourage employees to schedule "call in well" absences;
- a casual dress code, which has been in place for more than a decade;
- job sharing and telecommuting arrangements;
- a 40 percent subsidy of transportation costs for associates who use a vanpool;
- emergency child-care services;
- child and elder-care consulting and referral services;
- dry cleaning services that pick up and deliver at the associate's place of work;
- special in-home health services for new parents;
- an outdoor Experience Allowance, which provides 50 percent subsidies for a variety of activities, ranging from golf lessons to horseback riding: and
- a Group Mortgage HOME program that assists employees with financial transactions associated with selling or purchasing a home.