Employer profile
No. 7
Lehigh Valley Health Network
Allentown, Pa. [Middle Atlantic]
Why you want to work there
Top 10 ranking: No. 10 for career development
Flexibility is the name of the game at this health services group in Allentown, Pa. IT workers are encouraged to develop expertise in particular technologies, but they also have the option to suggest and pursue new ideas, even ones involving technologies outside their areas of expertise. Employees work with their managers to carve out an opportune work schedule, and staffers can donate paid time off to co-workers who have used up their own.
| Rank by company size | Large, No. 4 |
| Employee Statistics | |
| Total employees | 11,338 |
| Total IT employees | 275 |
| IT employee turnover in 2011 | 2% |
| IT employee promotions in 2011 | 10% |
| Training | |
| Training days offered per IT employee in 2011 | 5 |
| Training budget per IT employee in 2011 | $1,025 |
| Women in IT | |
| Total percentage of women within IT | 40% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are women | 41% |
| Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are women | 41% |
| Minorities in IT | |
| Total percentage of minorities within IT | 8% |
| Percentage of IT managers who are minorities | 2% |
| Percentage of IT staffers (non-managers) who are minorities | 10% |
