Dow strives to create an environment where employees with a variety of life experiences can contribute to our shared success. To support individual lifestyles and support our employees’ need for work-life effectiveness, we have developed global guidelines to help managers and their direct reports create flexible work arrangements. As importantly, we’ve created training for leaders to enable them to create a supportive culture for flexibility. We believe flexibility not only enhances employee satisfaction and overall performance, but also helps us engage a diverse group of employees with a diverse set of lifestyle needs.

Additionally, Dow provides a variety of resources to help employees effectively integrate their personal and professional needs, including generous leave programs, adoption assistance, lactation support, health and wellness programs, fitness centers and employee discount programs.

Facts and Stats

• More than 80 percent of Dow’s global workforce use standardized, wireless laptops, allowing them to work remotely and enabling them to integrate both work and personal commitments.
  
  
• In a recent survey of Dow employees using formal flexible work arrangements, more than 80 percent of the employees surveyed stated that their flexible work arrangement had positively impacted their career.