We want to keep everyone happy, and this helps. In the past six years, Avon's character has manifested itself in an IT environment that's aggressively responding to the changing business. And it has e-commerce projects. The IT work environment may be enlightened, but the work ethic is intense. Staff members carry beepers, and many work on weekends.
Management has to pay constant attention to the ambience and the balance between work and home.
But when her daughter is home sick, Pinon works at home, courtesy of a laptop and an Integrated Services Digital Network line paid for by Avon. Yet amid all the pressure and change, the commitment to Avon's nucleus remains firmly intact, Edelman says. Lincoln Electric 2. Computer Associates 4. Computerworld Inc. All rights reserved.