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Human Resources

Work-Life Balance

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
Health and Fitness
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