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Benefits that reduce employee stress prove beneficial to employers; Qualcomm's fully paid health care helps keep turnover rate down.

Publication: San Diego Business Journal
Publication Date: 29-JAN-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
When Heather Walker needed to relocate to Virginia in 2001 with her Navy husband, she didn't have to worry too much about finding a new job.

Her employer in San Diego, McLean, Va.-based Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., has a big presence in and around where her husband was sent, Norfolk, Va., and she easily transferred to a different section.

Then last year, the Walkers, now with two children, moved back to San Diego, and she again used the company's internal job relocation program to secure another position.

It's one of the many reasons Walker is still with Booz Allen, a management consulting firm that operates a large unit in San Diego of about 700 employees.

"Booz Allen has allowed me to progress in my career, and I've been able to move up in this company because of the many benefits they've provided. I've been able to balance my work demands with my personal needs," said Walker, an associate in client support, who also extolled the company's maternity leave and child day...

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