BB&T recognizes the importance of achieving and maintaining a balance between your career and your personal life. BB&T understands that you have needs beyond the workplace, which is why we offer the benefits below. Our work/life benefits include time for parents to be involved in their childrens' school, a scholarship program, paid holidays, and paid vacation. LifeForce, our innovative wellness program, also helps BB&T employees achieve and maintain work/life balance through a healthy lifestyle.

Short-Term Absence Pay
BB&T short-term absence pay provides salary continuation to eligible employees who need to be absent from work for a number of reasons. Short-term absence pay may be used for personal illness or injury, maternity leave, to care for a family member incapable of self care, bereavement, and more.

Paid Holidays
BB&T observes the Federal Reserve holiday schedule which means 10 paid holidays are included in the BB&T work schedule each year.

Vacation
BB&T provides a competitive vacation package which allows employees the time necessary for mental, physical and emotional relaxation. The number of vacation days an employee may take is based on years of service, and increases with tenure.

Banking Benefits
BB&T employees receive free or discounted rates on a wide array of banking, investment, and insurance services.

Business-Travel Accident Insurance
BB&T provides business-travel accident insurance to BB&T employees who may be injured while traveling on company business.

Scholarship Program
The BB&T scholarship program provides up to 10 scholarships each year to children of BB&T employees. The program and the selection process are administered by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.

Jury Duty
Employees receive paid time off to serve on jury duty.

Parental Involvement in Schools
To support parents with being involved in the education of their children, BB&T provides parents with time they may use to participate in school activities, such as attending a parent-teacher conference.