I'm a single mom, but when I was a married mom I started at IKEA part-time. They're great for moms!
IKEA has very good benefits for part timers AND great flexible hours. IKEA has been routinely named one of the Top 100 companies to work for by Working Mothers.
For Everyone:
-medical, dental, and vision (and the coverage is great!)(complaints about the hospital fee brought it down the next year! the service office listens)
(And at IKEA in the name of equality salary positions pay more for their insurance than hourly!)
-401k where you are fully vested within 6 months and IKEA matches the first 3% and pays 50% against your next 3% contributed (you can have 6% dedicated to the 401k and IKEA pays a matching 4.5%)
-2 to 5 weeks vacation depending on length of service (equal to your regularly worked hours per week for hourly part timers)
-3 personal days
-10 sick days (so 2 weeks worth, basically)
-5 flexible holidays
-free uniforms (shirts and pants)
-$3 subsidized meals in the staff cafe (not just meatballs...)
-15% discount (and oft times greater depending on the celebration plus you can apply your discount to everything including sale items)
-purchase plan (buy what you want equal to a month's salary and have it deducted out of your paycheck in 18 equal installments)
-there is a dedicated "quiet room" for just relaxing, meditating, and praying
-showers/ changing rooms with irons/ lockers/ and a lactation room with a fridge for nursing moms (women only, duh) in each rest room area in the admin area.
-referral services
-smoking cessation/ weight loss program asistance
-discount programs with other companies
-Paid maternity/paternity leave.
-Tuition assistance for undergraduate and graduate school degrees. Co-workers are eligible for a $1,000 bonus one year after completing their degree.
-Extensive professional development and training programs available to cultivate co-worker talent and advancement, as well as mentoring programs and specialized training in such areas as diversity, health/safety and social and environmental responsibility. IKEA was recognized by Training Magazine in the Training Top 100 List.
IKEA is very much about work/ life balance. If you have any questions, feel free to pm me!