Honest Tea
Industry: 
Beverage
Company Thought-Leaders' Business Case for Flex: 

Seth Goldman, founder, president & TeaEO, "Life happens."

Debra Schwartz, Director, Human Resources “Happy employees make a profitable and successful company. If we expect our employees to work hard then they deserve flexibility to be successful at Honest Tea and in their personal lives.”
Description: 
Honest Tea is the nation's top-selling organic bottled tea company with a mission to make great-tasting, truly healthy organic beverages sweetened with less sugar and fewer calories than most bottled beverages. Honest Tea's product lines include: Honest Tea ready-to-drink bottled teas in glass and PET #1 bottles, Honest Ade organic thirst quenchers and Honest Kids drink pouches. All varieties are USDA-certified organic and many teas are Fair Trade Certified™. Honest Tea was founded in Bethesda, Maryland in 1998. The company has been continuously recognized for its impressive growth and mission-driven business practices. Honest Tea has sustained an annual compound growth rate of 66%. In addition to being named one of The Better World Shopping Guide's "ten best companies on the planet based on their overall social and environmental record," Honest Tea recently received Greenopia.com's coveted 4-Leaf Rating as "the greenest beverage company."
Company Employees' Flex Options: 

Sue Mounts, Director Supply Chain “I maintain a home in another state - it is necessary at times to work remote to take care of basic home repairs, schedule appointments, etc. Recently a family member was in an auto accident and needed daily assistance - being able to flex has been a tremendous benefit. If not able to work flex, remote, I would need to hire in-home health care. Honest Tea has been very supportive of me during a very stressful time and being able to work remotely is a blessing.—I am completely grateful - satisfied with my current arrangement.”

Headquarters: 
4827 Bethesda Avenue Bethesda, MD 20814
Website: 
www.honesttea.com
Flextime: modification in start and end times: 
95
Flex-Success Story: 
There is no policy or program, “this is who Honest Tea is at our core. We are the type of company that if you need to do something you do it. We trust that you are a responsible adult and will get your work done.” Company reports that they are, ” very family-oriented. If you get a call from school that your child is ill you go, if you need to stay home for plumber you do. The overall company culture is about getting the work done and selling the tea, not about the hours you work.”
Telework: 
Yes
Remote or Virtual Work: 
Yes
Part time work: 
Yes
Job Sharing: 
PTO policy is based upon length of service-- minimum is 12 days per year. In addition, an employee is given a week off during the holiday season as well as jury duty leave, bereavement leave, parental leave and volunteering leave.
Paid time off: 
Yes
Personal days: 
Yes
Leaves of absence: 
Yes
Flex Year: 
Yes
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