Companies with the Best Work-Life Balance 2025

The 9th annual list of the highest-rated companies with the Best Work-Life Balance are based on anonymous employee feedback on Comparably.com to a variety of questions regarding an employee’s overall satisfaction with their work-life balance over the past year. This distinction is segmented into two lists: Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Small/Mid-Size companies … Read full-story

Companies with the Best Work-Life Balance 2024

The Top 100 highest-rated companies with the Best Work-Life Balance are based on anonymous employee feedback on Comparably.com to a variety of questions regarding an employee’s overall satisfaction with their work-life balance over the past year. This distinction is segmented into two lists: Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Small/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or … Read full-story

Data Snapshot: This Professional Benefit is Most Important to Workers

Maintaining a healthy work-life balance is the most important work-related benefit to those who responded to a question about how important that sense of personal equilibrium was when compared to similar benefits of a working life such as compensation, advancement, and stability. 34% of respondents said that a sense of work-life balance was the most important … Read full-story

Best Companies for Work-Life Balance 2018

The winners listed on Comparably’s Best Companies for Work-Life Balance received the highest ratings by employees who provided anonymous feedback about their work-life balance to Comparably.com. The award winners are ranked and segmented into two lists: Large companies (more than 500 employees) and Small/Mid-Size companies (500 employees or fewer). See below the lists for methodology. … Read full-story

Whether You’re 18 or 50, Work-Life Balance Is a Struggle

For today’s job seekers, work-life balance is the dream. Studies have shown that millennials value work-life balance more than all other job characteristics, though it’s not just millennials thinking this way – research has also shown that nearly half of all workers would forgo higher pay to gain more flexibility. Comparably asked users share whether they were satisfied with their work-life … Read full-story

Study: Stress in the Workplace

Stress is the perpetual enemy of workers across America. Recent research by the American Psychological Association shows that while the public’s overall stress level hasn’t changed much over the last year, people are more likely to report feeling the effects of stress (i.e. – anxiety, anger and fatigue) this year than they were last year. … Read full-story

Millennials Rank Career Advancement Just as High as Work-Life Balance

When asked to choose what’s most important to them besides work, people aged 18 to 35 rank career advancement opportunities and work-life balance at the top: 32% say career advancement and 34% say work-life balance. More than 10,000 people, predominantly in the tech sector, responded to the ongoing query by Comparably. Among millennials, older millennials … Read full-story

Study: The Scoop on Stress

America may have a stress problem. While overall stress levels have declined over the last decade, a recent survey by the American Psychological Association shows some troubling trends: 3 in 10 Americans say their stress has increased in the past year and 20% of people reported experiencing levels of extreme stress. Money, work, and the … Read full-story

Only 53% of People in Communications Like Their Work-Life Balance

A query of more than 10,000 tech workers reveals that people who work in the communications are least content with their work-life balance. Fifty-three percent of workers in the communications department at tech companies say they are satisfied with their work-life balance, according to a July 3 reading of an ongoing query by Comparably. Breaking it down … Read full-story