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On-site child care can be an extension of workplace culture
- On-site child care centers like Cloud Village at Qualtrics and Patagonia's program are extensions of workplace culture and values.
- Companies incorporate their values and products into day care operations, adding purpose to employees' work.
- Qualtrics uses its survey software to assess teacher and parent experiences, emphasizing feedback and improvement.
- Patagonia prioritizes outdoor time for children, teaching environmental stewardship and encouraging risk-taking.
- Whirlpool Corp. focuses on improving employees' lives by offering language, science, and cooking classes in its child care center.
- Access to children during the workday is a major advantage of on-site child care, fostering parent-child engagement.
- Nursing parents benefit from on-site accessibility, allowing them to nurse their child conveniently during the day.
- Patagonia emphasizes fostering strong relationships between children and parents, even accommodating nursing parents by texting them when needed.
- The casual approach at Patagonia's child care center aligns with the company's ethos of giving workers agency and balancing work with personal life.
- Founder Yvon Chouinard's philosophy at Patagonia values the children coming out of the child care center as the best product they build.
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