BeyondWork: Over One Million Now Served; Leading Work/Life Benefits Company Reaches Milestone With EarthLink and Excite@Home Customer Wins.Business Editors/Internet Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 30, 2000 BeyondWork, the leading provider of outsourced Internet-delivered work/life benefits, today announced that its service now reaches over 1 million workers at some of the best-managed companies in America. BeyondWork reached the milestone number with the addition of two major technology companies: EarthLink, based in Atlanta, and Excite@Home, based in Redwood City Redwood City, city (1990 pop. 66,072), seat of San Mateo co., W Calif., on San Francisco Bay; inc. 1868. Manufactures include commmunications, electrical, electronic, and medical equipment. , Calif. In addition to serving over a million working Americans, BeyondWork's benefits program reaches over 2.7 million immediate family members, bringing the total number served up to 3.7 million. Since January, BeyondWork is riding a wave of new corporate sign-ups resulting from companies' interest in offering their employees a creative and convenient way to improve their work/life balance. BeyondWork's corporate membership roster now exceeds 2,500 companies in a variety of industries. Other long-time member companies include 3Com, Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Securities, CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. , eBay, Exodus Communications Exodus Communications was a high-flying internet hosting and service provider to dot-com businesses that went broke along with their customers. Exodus inception Exodus was founded in 1992 as Fouress, Inc., and reincorporated in 1994 to Exodus Communications. , KLA/Tencor, Lucent and SGI (SGI, Sunnyvale, CA, www.sgi.com) A manufacturer of workstations and servers, founded in 1982 by Jim Clark. The company was founded as Silicon Graphics, Inc., but changed to its acronym in 1999. . "This is a landmark in BeyondWork's growth as a company and a testament to the importance of companies reaching out through human resource professionals and work/life programs to build lasting relationships with their employees," said Israel Niv, co-founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BeyondWork. "EarthLink and Excite@Home are fantastic companies with strong commitments to their employees. Both recognized this need and BeyondWork is eager to immediately offer their workforces the best work/life packages available anywhere." "Every day, our more than 5,000 employees face the work/life balance issue and we feel it is our responsibility to help with solutions," said Ed Wolff, director of human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. at EarthLink, Inc. "As a result of becoming a member company, and deploying BeyondWork to our eight offices nationwide, we now have a comprehensive benefits package that allows us to attract and retain the best and the brightest. And, best of all, our employees use it every day as a one-stop-shop to simplify their lives and gain access to more fun beyond work." In addition, BeyondWork is rapidly ramping up localization Customizing software and documentation for a particular country. It includes the translation of menus and messages into the native spoken language as well as changes in the user interface to accommodate different alphabets and culture. See internationalization and l10n. efforts to increase the range of services available to members in major metropolitan markets. BeyondWork is currently in 15 centers and expects to reach localization in 25 major markets by the end of the year. Current markets with localized content and services include the San Francisco Bay Area “Bay Area” redirects here. For other uses, see Bay Area (disambiguation). The San Francisco Bay Area, colloquially known as the Bay Area or The Bay ; Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. ; Denver; Dallas; Boston; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; Orlando, Fla.; and Chicago. "Service to our employees and a wide variety of offers were our most important criteria for choosing a work/life benefits provider," said Marc Ketzel, vice president of global human resources programs for Excite@Home. "BeyondWork's nationwide offices and portfolio of geographically localized, fun and in-demand offers will give all our employees the opportunity to simplify their lives and improve their quality of life." About BeyondWork BeyondWork Inc., based in Santa Clara, is the leading provider of outsourced Internet-delivered work/life benefits. The "BeyondWork Work/Life Connection" is a free worksite marketplace for member companies and employees to access value-priced, in-demand information, products and services from over 300 suppliers. BeyondWork's program enables a company of any size to provide a more competitive benefits package. BeyondWork serves more than 2,500 member companies, representing over 3,700,000 employees and immediate family members, including innovative business leaders such as 3Com, Bank of America Securities, CNET, eBay, EarthLink, Excite@Home, Exodus Communications, KLA/Tencor, Lucent and SGI. BeyondWork serves another 4,000 companies through exclusive rights with its nationwide network of channel partners. For more information, contact BeyondWork at www.beyondwork.com. Note to Editors: BeyondWork.com, the BeyondWork logo and Worksite Virtual Marketplace are trademarks of BeyondWork Incorporated. All other marks are the property of their respective owners. |
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