Work-Life Balance

Great West employees work a 37.5 hour work week.

Vacation accrual is based on length of service.

Great West provides nine paid holidays. The nine paid holidays are New Year’s Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Christmas Day, and one floating day set by management.

Employees are granted 1.5 days annually. 

Flex time and alternative work schedules may be allowed for certain positions. 

Employees accrue 60 hours of excused absence (EA) per year.   

Up to two weeks per year for military leave. Leaves of absence are available to any regular employee called to active duty (excluding service performed exclusively for training) exceeding two weeks. 

Employees are provided with 3 days of paid leave.    

Paid leave when called for jury or witness duty.

Great West has a private area for nursing mothers to express milk.