We received 826 responses to last Thursday’s ATL / Lateral Link survey, which asked you what kind of benefits, leave or part-time policies you would most like your employers to offer.
Both men and women found a reduced-hours track with lower compensation a particularly appealing policy, with roughly a third of male respondents and a quarter of female respondents ranking it their top choice.
However, roughly the same number of female respondents ranked on-site childcare as their top choice, and almost twelve percent of male respondents agreed.
A telecommuting option was also appealing, with more than a quarter of male respondents ranking it as a first choice, and a fifth ranking it #2. Fewer women, 14.4%, ranked a telecommuting policy as the most appealing option a firm could provide, but roughly seventeen to eighteen percent of female respondents ranked telecommuting as their second, third, or fourth choice.
Less than ten percent of men and only 15.7% of women ranked a flex-time policy as their top choice, but it was actually the most popular second choice for respondents of each gender.
Both men and women also generally preferred the idea of a two-year part-time track, treated as one year for seniority purposes, to either longer parental leave or a six-month part-time option.
See charts of responses by both genders, after the jump.
Men’s Responses: Which of these policies would appeal to you most?
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| First Choice | Second Choice | Third Choice | Fourth Choice | Average | |
| Longer parental leave. | 5.00% | 7.20% | 12.50% | 11.80% | 9.10% |
| On-site childcare. | 11.60% | 10.80% | 9.10% | 12.10% | 10.90% |
| A six-month part-time option. | 4.40% | 9.70% | 16.60% | 14.70% | 11.30% |
| A flex-time option. | 9.70% | 23.80% | 17.20% | 19.40% | 17.50% |
| A reduced hours track with lower compensation. | 32.70% | 13.60% | 10.20% | 11.80% | 17.10% |
| A two-year part-time track that’s treated as one year for seniority purposes. | 10.20% | 14.70% | 17.20% | 17.60% | 14.90% |
| A telecommuting option. | 26.30% | 20.20% | 17.20% | 12.60% | 19.20% |
Womens’ Responses: Which of these policies would appeal to you most?
| First Choice | Second Choice | Third Choice | Fourth Choice | Average | |
| Longer parental leave. | 6.90% | 9.70% | 11.40% | 16.70% | 11.10% |
| On-site childcare. | 25.20% | 12.50% | 15.10% | 15.50% | 17.10% |
| A six-month part-time option. | 2.40% | 6.20% | 7.30% | 14.00% | 7.40% |
| A flex-time option. | 15.70% | 23.20% | 20.60% | 8.80% | 17.20% |
| A reduced hours track with lower compensation. | 25.60% | 12.70% | 14.00% | 13.50% | 16.50% |
| A two-year part-time track that’s treated as one year for seniority purposes. | 9.90% | 17.80% | 14.40% | 14.20% | 14.10% |
| A telecommuting option. | 14.40% | 17.80% | 17.20% | 17.30% | 16.70% |