BP America And Its ARCO Brand Celebrate Being Named One Of ``100 Best Companies For Working Mothers'' By Working Mothers Magazine.Business Editors/Energy Editors SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 25, 2002 BP America has been named by ``Working Mother'' magazine in its October issue as one of the "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers." ARCO ar·co adv. & adj. Music With a bow. Used chiefly as a direction to indicate the resumption of bowing after a pizzicato passage. Adj. 1. , a member of the BP family, operates over 250 retail stations and ampm convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. in Washington and Oregon. BP also owns a refinery at Cherry Point, near Bellingham, terminals in Seattle and Portland, and operates the Olympic Pipe Line Co. in Renton. While a number of BP's heritage companies and entities have previously been recognized by ``Working Mothers'' magazine, the 2002 ranking marks the first time BP America has been recognized as one of the top 100 companies in the 17 years that the magazine has published its annual list. With more than 42,000 employees, BP America is the largest producer of oil and gas in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and is the only energy company on this year's list. "BP America has long recognized the importance and value of making our company a great place for working mothers, and we are truly honored to receive this recognition from `Working Mothers' magazine," said Emily Deakins, general manager, Group Diversity and Inclusion. "Particularly in today's challenging times, finding the right balance between work and family is not always easy. But BP America is committed to developing and implementing programs and policies that make BP one of the very best places to work." Exemplifying ex·em·pli·fy tr.v. ex·em·pli·fied, ex·em·pli·fy·ing, ex·em·pli·fies 1. a. To illustrate by example: exemplify an argument. b. BP America's successful working mothers is Karen Payne, a health, safety and environment manager and mother of two who lives in the Bellingham area and works at the BP Cherry Point Refinery The Cherry Point Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Washington, located in Ferndale only a few miles south of the Canada-United States border. It is the fourth largest refinery on the West Coast and 28th in the United States. . According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Karen, "BP recognizes that my family is important to me. They provide me the space and tools to meet both my family and job obligations. There is an atmosphere of trust that I value and appreciate." BP America provides a range of flexible and useful programs that help its employees, including working mothers, best manage their total work/life and family obligations. These include schedules which allow employees to work 80 hours over 9 days, creating flexibility to handle personal and family business; and job sharing job sharing Noun an arrangement by which a job is shared by two part-time workers job sharing job n → Jobsharing nt, Arbeitsplatzteilung f , in which mothers in transition to or from maternity can team up to handle a given position on a part-time basis. Other options include telecommuting telecommuting, an arrangement by which people work at home using a computer and telephone, transmitting work material to a business office by means of a modem and telephone lines; it is also known as telework. to relieve some part of regular long commutes, and educational benefits to help employees better themselves by taking advantage of educational opportunities. "Not only are these types of programs helpful to our employees, we are confident that they make excellent business sense for the company," said Deakins. "Working mothers and other employees who are balanced, adjusted and on top of their life situations are in position to make their best contributions to the success of the company." A prime-time special featuring the "100 Best Companies" aired this week on CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. . The complete list can be found at: www.workingmother.com. London based BP is one of the world's largest petroleum and petrochemical companies and a leader in solar technology manufacturing. BP, the single, global brand formed by the combination of the former British Petroleum, Amoco, ARCO, and Burmah Castrol, operates under the ARCO and ampm brands in the western United States Noun 1. western United States - the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River West Santa Fe Trail - a trail that extends from Missouri to New Mexico; an important route for settlers moving west in the 19th century . For a menu of BP news releases or to retrieve a specific release, visit our web site at http://www.bp.com on the Internet. |
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