Marc D. Allan

One program, Baby on Board, gives new moms a chance to ease back into the workforce. For the first four weeks a new mother is back in the office, she sits in a special office set up with everything she might need to bring her baby to work.

The PS&E Fun Committee organizes monthly lunches and events: Employees had lunch at Victory Field and played kickball in the outfield this summer, and thanks to a suggestion from one employee, there might be a pickleball tournament in their future.

The company’s HR reps forged a partnership with Marathon Health, which provides a family practitioner, counseling services and pharmacy free to employees and their families.

Zotec is a data and analytics company, and it regularly measures the effectiveness of these programs. It has found, so far, through its biannual engagement survey, that most employees are highly engaged.

Ernst said that, in doing her work, she always tries to live up to Rolls-Royce’s standards.

Hill said she wants to be certain that a college degree isn’t listed as a requirement unless it’s truly necessary. Same for requiring a high school diploma. Could equivalent experience and skills be a substitute for education?

Lasley has quadrupled the number of employees—Authentizens, they call them—from 20 to 80 and initiated programs that focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.