Best Places to Work: Arkansas Information Consortium

Arkansas Information Consortium develops official websites, mobile and online services for clients, and builds a great human resources experience for employees.

Staff have access to a fully stocked kitchen filled with tasty free snacks and drinks, and they even have input on what snacks are purchased.

Employees are allowed a flexible work schedule and can telecommute if need be to take care of family obligations.

Each month, Arkansas Information Consortium’s internal Employee Relations Committee plans monthly social events during work hours such as foot golf, board game afternoons, bowling and happy hour. Employees also compete in a Citizen of the Year community service competition, with a grand prize of a week-long, all expenses paid trip to select locations in the United States.

Arkansas Information Consortium promotes a healthy lifestyle by offering a free gym on-site for employees, available during work hours and after. Bike racks are provided both outside the building and in a special room inside that is dedicated to bike storage. If employees prefer to get out of the office for a workout, they can walk to the nearby Arkansas River Trail, which provides more than 20 miles of paved biking, walking and jogging trails along the Arkansas River.