EMPLOYEE PERKS: Best workplaces are revealed;MFS, Russell among financial services firms on the list.

Pensions & Investments, February, 2000 by Williamson, Christine

From midafternoon basketball games to paid sabbaticals, the 13 financial services firms on Fortune's list of the 100 best places to work offer perks rarely seen in other investment management companies. Among them: * MFS Investment Management, Boston, sometimes halts afternoon meetings for staff basketball games.

* Charles Schwab & Co., San Francisco, and Frank Russell Co., Tacoma, Wash., give employees paid sabbaticals. Schwab also has a permanent dress code of "business casual" and provides a concierge service for employees. * American Century Cos. Inc., Kansas City, Mo., offers domestic partner health benefits that let the employee define "family." Companies ask to be included in the Fortune survey. Two-thirds of a firm's score is based on...

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