Working at AOL offers more than just a creative, fulfilling work environment. Our benefits support your lifestyle and give you peace of mind—so you can focus on what's important to you: family, work, and life. AOL offers a wide range of benefit choices that enable you to design the benefits package that fits you best. In most cases, benefits for you and your eligible family members begin on your first day of work.

Medical Benefits

Select from several medical benefit options for the coverage that works best for you and your family. Choices include United Healthcare Exclusive Provider Option (EPO) plan, United Healthcare or Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Provider Option (PPO) plan, United Healthcare traditional indemnity plan for employees who live outside the network area, and Kaiser Permanente in DC/MD/VA and CA. Employee contributions are based on salary.

Dental Benefits

The MetLife Dental PPO covers a variety of preventive, basic and major care that includes orthodontia.

Vision Benefits

The Vision plan offered through VSP helps you pay for routine vision services and supplies. The plan covers all or a portion of the cost of eye exams, eyeglasses, and contact lenses after a co-pay.

Health Care Flexible Spending Account

Allows you set aside up to $5,000, pre-tax, to pay for certain out-of-pocket health-care expenses.

Ergonomics Program

Provides workstation evaluations, ergonomic training, and proper tool-use instruction to help you create a more comfortable work area and prevent injuries.

Investing in Your Future

401(k) Savings Plan

You may contribute between 2% and 50% of your salary, tax-deferred. After two months of service, AOL matches 50 cents on the dollar of your first 6% of pay. You are 100% vested in the match after five years.

Life and AD&D Insurance

Offers company-paid group life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) and Business Travel Accident insurance equal to one times your annual salary up to $1,000,000; you may add coverage through employee-paid supplemental term life insurance for yourself, spouse/domestic partner and children.

Work/Life Benefits

Adoption Assistance

Full-time employees may receive reimbursement of up to $4,000 per eligible child to help offset the expenses incurred when adopting a child.

AOL HealthSmart

AOL HealthSmart combines a variety of programs and tools to help you better understand and manage personal day-to-day health issues. The programs include: 24/7 Nurse Advice line, Health Risk Assessment, Health Enhancement Program, Employee Assistance Program, Healthy Living Tools, Well Baby Program and Vitality.

Auto & Homeowners' Insurance

This coverage is offered through convenient payroll deductions; includes renters, motor/mobile home, and boat insurance.

AYCO Suvivor Support

Financial counseling and support for your primary beneficiaries if you pass away.

Banking

Gives employees access to great savings opportunities, attractive loan rates, and a variety of other financial services.

Dependent Day Care Flexible Spending Account

Enables employees to set aside up to $5,000, pre-tax, to pay for eligible child or elder care expenses.

Employee Discounts

AOL employees can take advantage of many discounts negotiated with various local and regional service providers, as well national discounts offered as part of the company's affiliation with Time Warner, the world's largest media company.

Fitness Benefits

Help you stay in shape through on-site fitness centers, where available at larger AOL locations, or through discounted memberships to nationwide fitness clubs.

Hyatt Legal Plan

Provides access to attorneys offering a wide range of services -- including contract and document review, real estate transactions, credit problems, wills, living trusts, and traffic violations, as well as phone/office advice for family, civil or criminal litigation.

Long-Term Care Insurance

Helps pay the cost of health-related care, either at home or in an institutional setting.

Pre-Tax Commuter Program

Lets you save taxes on your work-related mass-transit commuting and parking expenses; up to $220 per month for parking and $115 for mass transit in 2008; the 2009 limits are not yet available.

Tuition Assistance Program

If pre-approved by your manager, up to 100% reimbursement of eligible expenses including tuition, books and certain fees.

Veterinary Pet Insurance

Protects your pets with insurance for dogs, cats, birds, and other animals.

Time Away

Company Paid Holidays

10 scheduled holidays each year.

Vacation

Accrual based on years of service.

Sick Time

Up to 7 days (per year) paid sick days for illness, injury or doctor visits.

Family Sick Leave

Up to 10 days (per year) paid time off for you to care for a sick child, spouse or domestic partner, or other eligible dependent.

Parental Leave

Up to 10 days (per year) paid time off for you to bond with your newborn or newly adopted child.

Disability Benefits

Short-term disability and long-term disability benefits replace a portion of your income if you become disabled and are unable to work for a period of time.

Other AOL Leave Options

Includes jury duty, bereavement, family and medical leave (FMLA), parental leave, military and national emergency/disaster, and personal leaves of absence.