Human Resources
Work-Life Balance
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Balancing work and life means prioritizing what is important to you. Argonne supports employees who want to coordinate work, home and community activities.
Lab-provided benefits that help you balance work and life include onsite childcare, credit union, flexible work schedules, generous leave and vacation programs, and much more. A wide variety of social clubs at Argonne promotes fellowship. You can work at Argonne and have a life of interest and fulfillment.
Here are just some of the ways that Argonne helps you maintain your balance:
Flexible Work Options
- Alternate work schedules
- Telecommuting as your job allows
- Leave and Time Off
Health and Fitness
- Personify Health wellness program
- Bikeshare program
- Fitness center
- Exercise Club
Parental and Family Support
- Adoption assistance
- On-site childcare
- Dependent care flexible spending account that allows you to contribute up to $7,500 pre-tax dollars per calendar year to cover the cost of child or elder daycare
- Parental leave and school visitation leave
- Nursing/Lactation Rooms
- Employee Assistance Program
Personal and Professional Growth
- Unpaid entrepreneurial leave that enables the pursuit of entrepreneurial activities using Laboratory intellectual property
- Unpaid sabbatical leave that enables the pursuit of professional goals
- Employee Resource Groups