June 30, 2009
Rice U. Minds the Kids So Employees Can Mind Their Jobs
By Marc Beja
But there was no need to worry. All she had to do was call an 800 number provided by Rice. The operator would arrange for someone to stay home with her son within two hours.
"One of the most stressful things about work-life balance is what to do when something goes a little bit wrong, and so a service like this just makes you realize it will be fine," she says. "I can't overemphasize how great that benefit is. Rice makes it very, very hard to even think about going anywhere
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