CPA Firms on Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For”—How They Made It

Source: Public Accounting Report

Here are some of the initiatives that landed five accounting firms on the list:

• KPMG:
  • Mentoring.
  • Time off to adopt children.
  • Expansion of KPMG Network of Women
  • Paternity leave and other flexible work programs.
  • Increased 401(k) matching to 75 percent up to five percent of pay.
  • Bonuses to administrative personnel.
• Deloitte:
  • Coaching and mentoring.
  • Career customization—allowing employees to progress at their desired rate.
  • Four added days of summer vacation, and two additional days off around July 4 and Labor Day.
• Ernst & Young
  • Special award for people who “live the organization’s values every day.”
  • Highlighted education and mentoring on social responsibility and community involvement.
  • Year-round flexibility.
  • Working parents network.
  • Twelve paid weeks off for new mothers and six for fathers who are primary care givers.
• PricewaterhouseCoopers:
  • Providing cash and other assistance to 43 employees who were affected by Hurricane Katrina.
• Plante Moran:
  • “Extraordinary employee centric culture,” According to Fortune magazine.
  • Low (11 percent) turnover rate.

From Public Accounting Report, January 15, 2007, p. 4, CCH Incorporated, Henderson NV, 800-449-8114.