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 a Preferred Provider Option (PPO) plan, an Exclusive Provider Option (EPO) plan, a traditional indemnity plan for employees who live outside the network area, and regional HMOs (available in select locations). Employee contributions are based on salary.

Dental Benefits

Choose between a low-cost, preventive care-only dental plan or more comprehensive dental coverage.

Vision Benefits

Cover 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.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Provides an easy way to become an owner or increase your ownership in Time Warner. Eligible participants contribute after-tax pay over each plan purchase period. At the end of the period, you receive Time Warner stock that is purchased at discount from the NYSE closing stock price on the first or the last day of the plan period, whichever is lower.

Life and AD&D Insurance

Offers company-paid group life insurance and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) insurance equal to two times your annual salary up to $1,000,000; you may add coverage through employee-paid supplemental term life insurance.

Long-Term Care Insurance

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

Work/Life Benefits

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.

Transportation Reimbursement Account

Lets you save taxes on your work-related mass-transit commuting and parking expenses; up to $200 per month for parking and $105 for mass transit.

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.

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.

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.

Banking/Credit Union

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

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.

Auto & Homeowners' Insurance

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

Pet Insurance

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

Time Away

Company Paid Holidays

10 scheduled holidays each year, plus two employee-designated personal holidays.

Vacation

Accrual based on years of service.

Sick Time

Up to 10 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.

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

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