Employer profile
No. 3
Commonwealth Financial Network
Waltham, Mass. [New England]
Why you want to work there
Top 10 rankings: No. 1 for retention, No. 2 for training
The unusually long tenures of IT employees at this financial services company in Waltham, Mass., speak to the firm's support for employee work/life balance. A unique perk for people who have worked at Commonwealth Financial for three years is a free stay at one of the company chairman's vacation homes on Cape Cod or in the Dominican Republic, Las Vegas, Florida or Maine.
| Rank by company size | Small, No. 2 |
| Employee Statistics | |
| Total employees | 519 |
| Total IT employees | 134 |
| IT employee turnover in 2011 | 9% |
| IT employee promotions in 2011 | 14% |
| Training | |
| Training days offered per IT employee in 2011 | 15 |
| Training budget per IT employee in 2011 | $5,052 |
| Women in IT | |
| Total percentage of women within IT | 21% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are women | 0% |
| Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are women | 23% |
| Minorities in IT | |
| Total percentage of minorities within IT | 18% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are minorities | 0% |
| Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are minorities | 20% |
