Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. Partners with Sittercity.com to Provide Caregiving Resources to Employees
Thursday, April 3, 2008FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Chicago, Ill.) - It's that time of year again -- Tax Season. While we all scramble to find old receipts and pay stubs, accounting firms nationwide are working around the clock, practically sleeping at their desks. And what happens to the well-being of these number crunchers' children, pets and other lives that depend of them each and every day? The accounting firm of Argy, Wiltse & Robinson, P.C. has found a solution to ensure these hard-working employees make it to April 15. They joined Sittercity's Corporate Program, which gives their employees instant access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, no matter where their office is located. Profiles of sitters contain references, photos, background checks, feedback from parents, calendars, contact information, videos and more than 40 different pieces of criteria on each caregiver.
"The age-old problem for accountants caring for children, pets and elderly parents has been figuring out to ensure your loved ones are still getting the attention and care they need from December to April while you're trapped at the office, crunching numbers through all hours of the night," said Karen Henry, Human Resources Director for Argy, Wiltse & Robinson. "Not only will the Sittercity Corporate Program alleviate the caregiving issue during tax season, but it will help our employees year-round for any employee having trouble getting to work because their child is sick or their elderly parent needs to go to the doctor. It's a real solution that the corporate world tends to overlook sometimes."
Sittercity's Corporate Program, now going into its third year, has gained incredible popularity. In addition to their Corporate Program, which includes a bulk membership to Sittercity.com and a uniquely branded website portal for the company they are serving, they also offer SpeedSitting® events to corporations, run in a "speed date" format, to connect company employees with local care providers in person.
For more information on Sittercity.com or its Corporate Program, visit http://www.sittercity.com.
About Sittercity.com
Sittercity.com®, the inventor of online caregiving, is America's most trustworthy source for child care and pet care, dedicated to making the process of finding a caregiver fast, easy, safe and fun. With access to hundreds of thousands of sitters nationwide, including babysitters, nannies, petsitters, housesitters, senior companions and tutors, care seekers can find a wealth of qualified caregivers in their area by using Sittercity's four-step screening process, which includes references, parent-to-parent feedback, personal interviews and free access to background checks. Registration for sitters is free, and parents pay as little as $8 per month for a membership, which gives them unlimited ability to post jobs, and search, contact and hire sitters in their areas. A true pioneer in its field, Sittercity.com has been featured by hundreds of media outlets, from the Today Show to the Big Idea with Donny Deutsch to the Wall Street Journal. Sittercity won first place in the 2007 UPS Small Business "Out of the Box" contest as well as a 2007 International Davey Award. Sittercity also won the U.S. Small Business Administration Champion Award in 2006 from President Bush, a 2006 Stevie award, received a Webby Worthy Award in 2005 and won the 2005 Women's Business Development Center Rising Star Award. For more information, visit the company Web site at www.sittercity.com.