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Article Excerpt
The top-producing employee at Hire Methods (No. 13 Small) recruiting agency in Jacksonville doesn't come in the earliest, stay the latest or sit hunched over her laptop all day.
In fact, Melissa Brannon spends more time with her daughters, Payton, 5, and Paige, 2, than she does at the office.
After Payton was born, the "major factor" in Brannon's decision to take her position at Hire Methods was a flexible work schedule. She works 32 hours a week, "pretty much whenever it's convenient for her life," says company co-owner Clint Drawdy, "and she is our top earner."
Such flexibility is still the exception rather than the rule, however. "Most companies in my field don't consider you a good recruiter unless you work from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.," says Brannon. But of all the family-friendly policies and perks companies can offer, flexibility is the most important, say managers and employees at Florida's best places to work.
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