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| | Alcon Laboratories |  | President/CEO:T.R.G. Sear | | 5938 employees | | HQ: Ft. Worth, TX | | www.alconlabs.com |
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| Alcon Laboraties, a medical device and pharmaceutical company owned by Nestlé, considers employees "family." Its practices show that it both cares for its people and supports their development. |
| Training programs include a reimbursement of 100 percent tuition at accredited universities around the country, without a maximum. The company allows people to work flexible start times and telecommute when feasible. The Medical Department offers programs on non-medical topics, such as conflict resolution in marriage, caring for elder relatives, and stress control, and employees and their families can receive a $300 per day emergency medical travel benefit in times of travail. A fitness center at each U.S. manufacturing facility helps employees balance their work and lives. |
| Rotational, cross-division, project team assignments, and the "spend a day in my shoes" program, which brings office workers into the manufacturing facility for a day, encourage collaboration and foster a spirit of camaraderie across job functions. |
