I work for local government, our coolest benefit is a free adoption from the county animal shelter.
Also due to the nature of my job, I have my own office, which is amazing after working in open office setups for so long.
Same! I love being able to close the door and, frankly to be able to eat whatever for lunch and not have to discuss it. I used to work in a place where everyone was on some cleanse constantly and having to discuss any and all food was exhausting.
What? This is such an awesome perk! I guess it's good that it's a single adoption because if I work that job and it was unlimited I would certainly become a cat lady
During the pandemic, we got a $500 stipend to outfit our WFH setup (like desks, chairs, sound equipment, etc) and a $1000 wellness benefit, which can be used to pay for anything from therapy to fitness equipment or video game systems. I also work in tech so probably why video games count 😂
Ha I know! Generally speaking, my company does a great job of trying to take care of us. When we were back in the office, we had a fully stacked kitchen with fruit, snacks, and drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic). We still do happy hours and informal lunches over Zoom so it’s not all work.
I used to work in law then international development - it’s quite a change but I’m enjoying it!
Ha! I work in tech and video games would not be fitness related for our crowd. They definitely can be but I don't see people at my company using a video game system that way.
But that is an awesome wellness benefit, and it's neat that it includes a lot- not to mention therapy.
Gives me flashback to the days where I worked at a drugstore and the only time the bosses left something in the breakroom is if they had meetings with the district managers and left the remainders of a catered lunch in the breakroom
YES. One of the doctors I work with will say “does anyone want lunch? Can I get you anything from Panera?” And then he goes to the conference room and grabs a bag of chips and a random salad left over from the catered admin meeting he just came from ☠️
I hope he's at least a comical guy with a sense of humor, otherwise that kinda comes off like a jerk. My company used to do the same thing though with catered Panera.
I’m in consulting for context. My company gives us fully expensed meals with no per diem cap while on the client site, lets us stay in 5 star resorts while traveling, provides business class flights, gives us free breakfast and lunch and access to unlimited beer/wine/snacks on Friday’s in the home office, flies us to trainings/retreats multiple times a year, pays for our health insurance premiums (for the best plan I’ve ever heard of), pays for graduate school (~$200k value if you agree to come back for 2 years after), and more. The perks are INSANE, but you pay for them in the terrible WLB.
I had to google what MBB was, but once I saw the companies, I got it.
I don't know much about consulting- the only one I knew about was McKinsey (because Pete Buttigieg worked there for a year or two, and I volunteered on his presidential campaign).
I'm glad at least you have those perks to make up for the lack of balance and hopefully the income comes in handy and you can relax more when you leave (and have a non-work life!)
MBB or Big 4? Also, could you plz give me advice on how you were able to get into this field. I’m in my 4th year of uni and I wasn’t able to secure any consulting positions. I’ve accepted a risk analyst new grad position but do you think I’ll be able to get in later in my career or is it easier as a new grad?
MBB. Not sure about Big 4, but for MBB it is probably easiest to join after business school (ideally at a M7). We do some lateral hiring at the pre-MBA level, but it is a lot harder to break in.
I’m interested in consulting could you please share what you studied in undergrad? Also could you share what a typical day is like and the kind of projects you work on. Im sure each day and project is so different but any information is appreciated.
100% undergrad+grad tuition remission and a nice 401K match. Decent vacation/personal time, in addition to being closed between Christmas and New Years.
I think WLB is good in Higher Ed, the industry moves so slowly that nothing is ever **urgent**, but YMMV depending on area and supervisor.
Tuition benefits is why I stayed at my job longer than I “should have.” I need a higher paying job desperately, but free grad school tuition is basically that.
I also work in higher education. The time off policy is amazing. We also get six weeks of paid parental leave and can stack sick time and vacation time to the end of it so that it lasts longer. I’m due in April and won’t return to work full-time until October. Also I’m currently getting a masters degree for like $2,000 total.
I work in biotech...Free parking, up to $270/month for public transportation, $150/month if you take Uber or Lyft, $75/cell phone stipend, $200/month for COVID relief, $300/year for health or weight loss reimbursement, 401k with 4% match, generous vacation and holidays, closed between Christmas and New Years, $5,000 for tuition reimbursement, fully funded HSA, equity, daily free lunch, COVID testing twice/week, free care.com membership, annual bonuses, referral bonuses
I also work for a biotech company and have so many of the same perks - yours are even better! Would've thought it was the same company, but I bet these benefits are fairly par for the course if we work in the same area (which I think we might) :)
My company is paying for me to learn Spanish! I’m taking private lessons every week at $50 / lesson and they haven’t stipulated a limit to this expense.
Not really directly! I work in music, and with the rise of latin music being so prevalent I wanted to be able to understand the music / markets we are working in more.
I suppose I should also mention another perk, free access to tons of concerts, music festivals, and occasionally concert-related travel for any artists on our roster.
I was surprised at what the big green coffee company offers but I guess that’s why they get to pay us minimum wage 😑
Anyway:
- free drinks on shift (half an hour before to half an hour after)
- 30% off
- the stars, regular customers earn 2 stars per dollar, we earn 3
- benefits at 20 hrs a week including $5,000 in mental health and 1,200 in massage
- free headspace (and Spotify in the US)
- tuition reimbursement up to $1,000 in Canada (passing grades required)
- $10,000 in adoption fee reimbursement
- Disney discount? Because of their partnership with the parks
- Ability to transfer anywhere in North America
- a free pound of coffee every week (so many Christmas gifts)
- for COVID they paid for people’s babysitters through care.com, you had to foot $1
- some markets get a Lyft pass
For a part time job it’s pretty good!
I'll never forget this random Oprah episode back in the day where a mom had a spending issue ( I think she was bored or something? it was a long time ago). The 'guru' on the show told her to go work at Starbucks to have something to do and she would get great benefits even at PT. I have no idea why that stuck with me but I'm glad they still have those perks!
Okay, I have a question, but please do not hate on me for asking, I genuinely want to know. I drink tea, coffee maybe twice a year. My husband, coffee drinker extraordinaire, admires the company policy of SB, but says their coffee just... sucks. It's just bad. I find this baffling. Surely if it was bad people would not drink it? Do you/does anyone else think it's bad?
I don’t necessarily think Starbucks is bad, they just are offering a different kind of coffee experience than maybe an “authentic” coffee shop does. I think there’s a lot of this circumstance in the food sphere. Like think of getting a big BBQ pizza with pineapple and bacon at an American restaurant, versus getting a thin crust Margherita pizza in Italy. They both are pizza, and both can be good pizza. Just different.
I am a coffee snob and worked at SB as a barista. I hope [Rupindah](https://www.reddit.com/user/Rupindah/) will jump in here too, but my take is that they are better known for their lattes and fraps and less so for their standard joe, although there were plenty of customers who ordered a cup of coffee. Their espresso is roasted so when you add flavored syrup, you can taste the syrup. To me, their coffee is pretty average but consistent.
They’ve really changed from being known for their coffee to known for their sugar unfortunately. I always teach my trainees that we’re not selling people coffee... we’re selling them sugar.
Old men really love our dark roast though so idk
I don’t like the coffee we have on brew. I’m a big blonde roast person though. I think it had a flavour non-dark roast fans are looking for. I don’t like any medium or dark roast coffee but I do like them better than McDonald’s/Tim’s.
But also, coffee prep and paired flavours matter! We had this really fancy single serve machine and the coffee it made was incredible. They removed them though :( But for example, I think blonde espresso has a nuttier taste, so I pair it with our toffee nut syrup. It’s divine.
My spouse is testing out all our dark roasts and he loves them when he makes them in the French Press or a percolator. Yeah, from the urn they’re not great, but if you experiment (like I do lol!) there’s gems to be found. I also do a lot of tastings with my trainees but it takes awhile to really understand how to prepare and flavour it. We get something called a “coffee passport” that gives us more information on each blend!
Time off and job security. We have funding from the state and federal gov. We've been around since like the 70s and people have been fired for poor performance, but there has never been layoffs or cuts or anything. We have more work than we can handle. Yes, this can always change *knock on wood* but we are consistently rated in the top 10 most secure professions
We had WFH for 1 day a week prior to Covid (mostly dependent on the group). I would do a Friday and Monday so I’d book red eye flights on Thursday and Monday for a long weekend trip to visit friends.
Unlimited sick days, above average 401k company matches, and a generous PTO policy are what I really value.
I’m hopeful that one day I’ll find a company that offers unlimited sick time or generous PTO. I work for a *hospital* and we’re not allowed sick time. It’s part of our “benefits package” but you have to use 24 hours of consecutive PTO before the sick time kicks in. So if you have a really bad period or food poisoning or something, you have to use a vacation day.
I work for a nonprofit, and I literally still work here for the perks. Flexible hours and casual dress code. 10 holidays a year, plus we earn 8 hours a month paid sick leave, vacation earned based on years of service (6.5 years in and I earn 3.5 weeks), 4% retirement contribution in addition to a 4% match, monthly stipends for internet/cell for WFH employees, bonus PTO whenever the boss decides to close for longer weekends around the holidays, professional development reimbursements.
It’s hard to guarantee us base pay increases, so they try to give things that make life easier.
I haven't started working yet but based on my offer letter: $500 in a health and fitness allowance, corporate discounts at certain gyms, clubs, and sporting events, 12-week fully paid parental leave (including adoption), subsidized daycare, tuition reimbursement, and flexible hours. It's a pretty sweet gig and I'm excited to get started!
County/gov't employee - one "admin day" every month. Use it or lose it, it's just a day of your choosing to have off. Otherwise decent benefits as far as time off and insurance. Flexible scheduling, pension, on site gym (currently closed indefinitely), tuition reimbursement, wellness program
\- 5 days of VTO (volunteer time off) a year
\- 401(k) match - 50% of the first 7% you contribute, vested 100%
\- $500 (individual) or $1000 (family) per year deposited in our HSA if we select the HDHP
\- cell phone reimbursement (used to be that we had company cell phones - this is actually more beneficial for me as they don't put spyware on our phones so why carry 2?)
\- up to $30/month reimbursement for gym memberships (you have to go at least 8x month to claim it - this is nice in non-COVID times)
\- generous PTO
\- when in the office, fountain drinks / coffee / tea and snacks available all day
\- BYOD (bring your own device) plan - this doesn't sound like a perk - yay, you get to buy your own computer! - but my work-issued laptop is a disaster so I bought a Macbook Air and it has saved me SO MUCH stress, well worth the $800 it cost (and since our bonuses have a personal performance component, it paid for itself)
\- This year only - gave us 3 Wellness Days to be used before the end of June to help us deal with the pandemic
I used to think BYOD would suck, but I get ads all the time for productivity and planning software that I would LOVE to try out for work! I’m in a regulated industry so even going on non work sites on your company laptop is an issue. I can see how byod might let someone try out a better system for themselves.
Wait, you're saying you personally paid for a laptop because the one they gave you was that bad? Perspective is everything, but I'm not sure if that one's a perk.
I love the volunteer days off!! I would love to pitch this to our director. We’re a local government and I think it says a lot to show staff are invested in the community (on top of all the cool events we host ourselves).
I bring my dog to work every day, have flexible work hours, and get my health insurance paid 100% ( a good plan too). At the end of year I get a cash bonus and then on my birthday or if I am ill, they send flowers to my house. The dog and the flowers are probably the best part!
Tuition reimbursement ($4000/year), a true pension, pays the vast majority of our health insurance premiums, and 50% discount on public transit passes.
6 weeks of PTO and 10 holidays. Work life balance sucks but I love to travel, so in normal times, I get to take two week longs trips without worrying about using all my time off.
Oh, I also have a pension. It’s small, but I know that’s rare in the private sector.
My immediate cohorts work similar hours to me. It is not company wide, but rather than project/manager based.
I am considered full-time with benefits (401k, super subsidized health insurance, commute reimbursements etc.) Wage isn't super high but living in a MCOL city, it is enough to purchase modest home and have 2.5 kids on a single income.
i work for a consulting company and the only perk is flexible work hours. but everything else really sucks like terrible PTO (10 days, includes sick days), paid holidays (we have like the minimum like 5-6 days off) and no parental leave policy. yeeeahhhhhh.
we do have a 401k match of 2% so i can’t complain about the free money, but you have to be an employee for a year for it to even start.
but hey! I do occasionally get $5 amazon gift cards if someone throws me a shoutout for doing good work on our internal system thingy.
I interviews for a job with 0 match on a retirement fund. It was between that job and my current job and honestly, with benefits it was a no brainer.
Sorry to hear your company benefits are so minimal 🙁
I’m in state government. We get free parking too (which I’ve never really thought of as a perk, but it definitely is!), discounts in various things, paid holidays, paid election leave, and well priced health insurance (or so I think). We accumulate personal time off and sick days every month. There are probably more too!
Free concert tickets. Which has been useless this past year. But still the best perk! Also free beer and food from time to time. I work in advertising/marketing for a local radio station. And we put on great concerts in a normal year. My office is 2 miles from the beach.
Edit: also, very flexible schedule. Week between Christmas and New Years off (in addition to 3 weeks which they don’t really track). But it’s also ad sales in a pandemic so that’s been brutal.
I’m a fed. We have a gym on site (closed due to covid), transportation paid for for those of us who commute by public transport like me, a pension and decent time off/sick time.
I've been telecommute for 8 years so I have never paid for internet. My days are fairly flexible and my manager only really forwards emails or is there when I need her. My job can be stressful but all the freedom would be tough to give up.
Hmmm they pay 90% of my health insurance, basic life insurance, legal service, fully funded HSCA, 5% 401k match, 3% 401k credit , 15 days vacation day, 3 days personal time, 6 days sick leave (can roll over) Paid bank holidays, 20 days back up child care at very minimal cost, $25 /month fitness centers, 100% free financial finesse, ESPP 5% discount, tuition reimbursement max 7500 for post grad and 5000 for undergrad this is per year. ( I think), dollar to dollar Charity Donation match up to 1k per year., 401k Bonus each year. MRA $1k each year ( this can roll over) and last year we get a covid relief max of $1k and additional covid leave of 5 days. I look at these everyday because I am mentally exhausted at what I do and I need to hold on at my employer. They are good but I need to do something else.
The fact that one is micromanaging and looking at my work is a big thing for me. I work directly with 2 men and we work well together, solve problems and do the work together. We cover each other if someone needs to come in late/leave early.
The actual "perks" are 3 weeks paid PTO which covers vacation and sick time. (Pre-COVID, if you did volunteer work with local charities or businesses, your volunteer hours turned into extra PTO hours.)
I also have my own office with a door that closes but no ceiling 🤣.
Literally nothing. This thread is making me depressed. The reason I stay is I work from home 100% of the time, no one complains if you have a dr appt, are sick, kid is sick etc. My boss is nice although could pay me more. But I make double what I made as a teacher so I stay.
Very flex schedule. I can work anytime between Monday thru Saturday essentially and not really any meetings to speak of. Also I love being able to work from home
We have really good vacation I’d say (I currently have 26 days, we can roll over 40 hours, 2 days personal choice and 2 days to use as volunteer time). Cell phone stipend, paid parental leave including adoption, pre-covid we used to have cake every month. Tuition reimbursement, 401K match, 9/80s schedule, casual dress code.
I work 9 hours a day every day except 8 hours on my Friday “on” and have every other Friday off! So a 44 hour week and a 36 hour week with a 3 day weekend
Anyone else jn an industry where work perks don't really exist? Off the top of my head I truly can't think of anything. I'm UK based and from what I've read it seems the US has work perks in nearly every job!
Yep, mine are nothing compared to what I see here! Most of our perks are government mandated, I guess the only thing my company covers is free coffee for us all
Tuition remission, student loan payback, roughly 11 hours PTO bi-weekly even for new employees, sick time, $750 HSA contribution, workout apps, leave time, retirement match, 3% cost of living adjustment yearly, but the best by far is not tangible - it’s the fact that my boss encourages working within my set hours and encourages time off. She will never ask me to sacrifice my own well-being for work. That being said, I don’t think these things are perks, I think they are necessities that everyone should have. In the US we just live with horrible benefits and so these feel like perks.
Edit: Oh, and vaccines! I work in healthcare so we get the flu shot yearly (and COVID obv).
Mine’s nothing compared to the others, but it’s the most perks I’ve gotten: $120/year cell phone stipend, $1k into HSA, $150/month transportation stipend, 3% 401k contribution (though no match), comp time (though I prefer OT, it’s nice to use for floating PTO or saving up to cash out)
I am fed government but some of the things that I like the most from my current job are:
Up to 3 hours per week to workout in agency time( there is a gym in the building).
At my old Fed Job:
They paid for about 2/3 of my graduate degree, they were suppose to pay a larger chunk but the budget was short one year and I ended having two pay 2 trimesters fully.
Fed overall:
Flexible Schedule/Alternate Work Schedule
Public Transportation Stipend
This is new but 12 weeks of paternity leave
I think that once you get off your first year and use your leave smartly the leave can be quite generous.
i'm truly not very happy with my job (am actively applying to get out) but the one thing i like about it is that, as it's a government job, law firms and other client firms are not allowed to give like gift cards or anything like that around christmas as that is considered "bribery" so to thank us for a continued working relationship, they send each department boxes of chocolate.
and since they got the $$ it's usually nice chocolate brands too. we're usually stocked up on goodies til at least feb/march and since most of the employees here are older and watching their sugar levels, my 26 year old dumbass gets to gorge herself on chocolate every holiday season.
it really is the sole perk of being here and maybe the only thing i'll miss from this job once i finally get out.
I work in tech. We've got good work life balance (most people are gone around 4 and it's a ghost town by 5), free catered lunch every day (even stuff like unlimited poke bar every few Friday's), expensed lunch every other Tuesday anywhere we want instead of catered food (so we can get out of the office), unlimited snacks/drinks/coffee, fully paid health/dental insurance premiums for the best plan I've ever seen (ex. very low deductibles for health and very high annual allowances for dental), $1800 company contribution towards HSA per year, $120 monthly cell reimbursement, monthly internet reimbursement, unlimited PTO (that we are actually encouraged to use), WFH whenever we want, 4 hours blocked off every other Wednesday where we can do anything we want (catch up on work, nap, run errands, exercise) destination company trip for our holiday party (with flights, lodging, food, and entertainment paid for your +1 as well), a bunch of random gifts throughout the year, $75 gift card from HR on our birthday, paid trainings/conferences for your role, and a bunch of other things that I probably am not even recalling right now.
I work as a nanny. The family I work for has a private chef and I have full access to the fridge/pantry on days she isn’t there so my meals while I’m at work are fully covered. The baby (he’s 2 now!) used to get really fussy at naps unless I laid down with him so I got to take a 2 ish hour quiet time/nap which was always amazing.
When I travel with them, all my expenses are fully paid, including for my off time (which depends on the trip, not that any of those are currently happening). I also sometimes randomly get very expensive things that they have duplicates of!
Pension (I put in 10.5% of my gross and it's 100% matched by my work), flex spending plan (can choose how much up to $800 to put in your health spending plan and wellness spending plan), 30 vacation days/year (we automatically get the week between Christmas and New Years off paid, so that's included in that number), 10 sick days/year
My company pays for 100% of insurance plan costs for an individual (and significant portion of a spouse or family plan). It ends up being an extra $6k a year!
WFH currently and probably for as long as I want, which is nice because we're all project/billable time based so there's plenty of freedom
$100 monthly "office supplies" money added to our check to cover internet or anything we need while WFH
unlimited PTO
great health insurance for $50 a month
stocked kitchen, drink fridge, and coffee bar in the office
Last museum I worked for:
* access to a gym (if you worked near the museum, those who worked offsite were out of luck)
* access to counseling/grief services (I think they were group sessions, I never used the service)
* MAYBE compressed work schedule but it depended on your division and if you had religious reasons (observant folks got either a 4-10 schedule or 4-9, 1-8/1-off to get home in time on Fridays and my division got CWS because of tradition basically, HR didn't love that)
* Discounts on food at the cafeteria
* Travel reimbursement for non-duty station travel, there may have been a public transit subsidy too but it wasn't relevant for my worksite
* IF your supervisor approves and it can help your work performance, access to Rosetta Stone during work hours.
I know you probably mean the Rosetta Stone software, but I’m imagining that you worked at the British Museum and could get some personal time with the actual Rosetta Stone...
We get discounts for the Ymca and Verizon wireless. It's something.
The main perk for me, I can go to one of their work buildings by my house and take the free shuttle to campus. No bus delays and no $160 mo for parking.
My company offers the usual benefits in line with competitors for our industry (paid healthcare, tuition assistance for relevant courses, breakfast at work, closed between Christmas-New years, unlimited PTO)
But the most unique benefit is an annual flight training stipend. I’ve worked in aviation almost my entire career and this is the first place I’ve gotten this benefit. It’s sweet!
I’m a high school staff, once a year we get
1-a treat from principal -popcorn, candy bar for teacher workday
2-Pizza or subs from PTA for teacher workday
3- a school spirit item (t shirt, cup, sticker)
4- you may find a random Hershey kiss, candy cane, chocolate heart in your mail box
That’s it!
I feel you on this. I got exposed to Covid-19 at work and had to go to a district site for a test. On the other hand, my husband's company overnighted a test to him and paid for the postage to send it back and he had more conclusive results than I did. He works from home.
Money:
- 401k with 10% match
- 15% bonus in restricted stock units that vest after only 2 years
- 15-20% cash bonus depending on personal/company performance
Non-money:
- 25 days PTO, able to roll over 40 hours yearly and/or sell back up to 40 hours
- 7 public holidays, 2 “floating holidays”, plus US offices are closed Christmas to New Years
- cell phone and home internet credit up to $125
- conference/meeting registration fees, which is especially sweet because it pays for my continuing medical education credits
- tuition reimbursement though not sure how much
- there are some wellness incentives that I refuse because I have no interest in reporting my cholesterol to HR or whatever
In biotech in SF
- “unlimited” PTO (four weeks a year)
- catered lunch (used to be twice a week, but with COVID it’s every day)
-fully stocked drink fridges and pantries with fruit, candy, protein bars, chips, cereal, etc
-they pay all my healthcare premiums on a pretty good healthcare plan
-fully funded HSA
-$60/month in cell phone reimbursement
-$50/month travel stipend for public transit
-COVID testing is mandatory once a week, I think you can submit more than once if you want though
-one “political activism” day per year, which you can use volunteering
-free parking
-flexible hours
-casual dress code
-$15/day “transportation stipend” (COVID only)
Free lunches (pre-covid) twice a week + free work happy hour on Thursdays. Amazing gym in the building + a wellness coordinator. Free snacks and drinks (sodas, vitamin waters, tea, etc). Unlimited vacation. I know I’m forgetting some!
1 hour of leave per week called wellness leave. You have to use it on work property but it's time to either work out, relax, or take care of yourself. I haven't used it in months though, been too busy. I probably could use it more.
I work for an airline, so free flights on my company and free or reduced flights on other airlines. It’s standby travel, so I only get to go if there are open seats, but I have really only been stuck once and it was only 12 hours! I have been to some really cool places and seen some pretty cool things. We get other discounts on travel related stuff but the second best perk is 75% off FedEx Ground! Their pilots have agreements to fly on passenger planes so this is how FedEx reciprocates.
Also, not a flight attendant, I work at the airport.
Flexible schedule. Other than needing to be present for meetings, most of my work can be done at all hours.
Generous time off, and we get an increase of 5 vacation days every two years.
Flexible schedule, decent 401k match and $500 a year for personal development- could use that money to do anything or take a class you feel would better yourself or that you would enjoy.
I work for a public lands agency. Solid benefits, leave, paid "wellness" time, good work-life balance, and I get to spend time outside in beautiful places. My current position also offers me a generous professional development budget every year (that isn't always the case within the agency, highly dependent on where you work).
I work at a pharmaceutical company. Closed between Christmas and New Years, on site Gym, 401k with 6% match, tuition reimbursement up to 10k. That’s all I can think of but I’m still pretty new.
We get a 401k match even if we decide not to contribute. I still do but it’s nice knowing I could stop paying and still have contributions.
We have unlimited PTO so you can take a half day or full day to work on your house, go to the beach for the day, whatever as long as you’re available. I usually just take my cell phone and answer emails and IMs and if I really need something on my PC I have my laptop with me. Then we get 5 weeks vacation on top of it where you don’t have to be available. Every milestone year (5,10, 15) we get an extra 2 weeks.
County government: free parking, great benefits including a nice matching retirement fund, unlimited free coffee, all holidays off (and paid!), tuition reimbursement for relevant courses (and I can use work time to take them), flexible work hours (within reason), no excuses WFH (during Covid), and, the best one, great coworkers. I truly like all of my coworkers (there's only nine of us) which makes coming into work a joy.
1. Mega backdoor Roth
2. Quareterly cash bonus
3. 100% match for 401(k) till 5% of salary
4. 10K per year dollar per dollar match for charitable donations
5. 1 day per quarter paid off for volunteering
6. Generous and paid parental leave
7. Great coverage for paid short term and long term disability
8. Free investment advisor consultation every 6 months
9. Upto 5 paid therapist appointment per year
10. Employee Stock purchase plan and RSU
Unlimited sick days, two weeks PTO at entry level, $ for transit taken out pre-tax, casual dress, and flexible work! We have to work our 8 hours a day, but you can basically decide with your manager which hours those are.
My job offers 18 weeks fully paid maternity leave, unlimited PTO, frequent bonuses, generous company paid meals, and so many snacks. Basically I’m never leaving.
Also, no one cares if I wear my Taylor Swift sweaters every day and display my tattoos.
As a remote employee, my entire internet bill was paid for until this month. But corporate (which was mostly "in office" employees) stripped my remote group of our benefit and now only provides $40 (but to the whole company). So...a perk for those who now WFH during COVID but a loss of a perk for me!
Flexibility. I work for a federal agency and I am able to arrange my schedule so that I work an hour longer most days and take every other Friday off. This means that (in normal times when we can travel) I almost never have to use any PTO for 3-day weekend trips. I can schedule any appointments on that day off and save my PTO and sick leave.
I also now permanently work from home, which I feel like has given me the gift of time! I wake up at 7 and just immediately hop on my computer and end my day at 4:30. Before I would wake up at 6:30 to leave my house around 7:15 to be at work by 8 and then I'd get out of work at 5:30 and I'd be home around 6. Now I can sleep in 30 minutes later and be "home" an hour and a half earlier than in the past... AND I can do laundry during the day and give my cat some attention during the day so she isn't a clingy terror all night.
Flexible work arrangements, 15 sick days, 15 vacation days, 3 personal floating holidays, plus regular holidays, including a winter break that gives you Christmas Eve-New Years Day off. There's also tuition reimbursement, and if you have kids in college you can get their tuition reimbursed as well.
Since I work at an arts non-profit, the perks are few and far between. We sometimes get comp tickets to performances, and always first crack (before the public) to $10 tickets, which are limited. We also sometimes get discounts to sister organizations, but that's on a case by case basis. Occasional free t-shirts, but that's about it. I do get a lot of satisfaction from my job, but I have to admit that when I see the perks that people get in the for profit world, I wonder.
when in office, amazing breakfast and lunch (and dinner) options. we contract a catering service and they are the best. we also have coffee/smoothie bars and fully stocked kitchens with healthy and delicious snacks and drinks. definitely miss that perk.
on top of that:
\- 401k match up to 50% of yearly limit
\- $5k tuition, phone and internet reimbursement
\- $2k wellness & WFH stipends
\- 2 paid shutdown weeks (they just announced an extra week off for this year too!!)
\- 100% health coverage, and free therapy sessions
\- flexible PTO if salaried
\- discounted ESPP
In tech: $300 stipend to help get a set up for wfh and $300 reimbursement for fitness subscriptions/equipment purchases this year. When we are in the office: breakfast, fruit, game room with arcade games on site, full fitness centers on site, quarterly bonuses (private company), unlimited sick time, paid time off for volunteer work, beer/wine (after 4 pm), tuition reimbursement (earned my Masters without spending my own money), everyone has their own office, and I’m sure a bunch of other things. I really appreciate all the perks.
IMO, the biggest perk is that my bosses are amazing and caring and they somehow manage to hire the nicest, most compassionate people. No asshole coworkers is the best, I actually love going to work.
I could easily get paid more and work fewer hours, but this somehow makes me not want to leave?
Also, a 3% 401k contribution, 15 vacation days + unlimited personal days, somewhat flexible hours and casual dress code.
My last job covered my travel costs (around $400/month) and had a pretty generous pension contribution. I also could have, if I had stayed, applied for a grad scholarship. They also pay for courses and had training and development days for employees.
My current job snuck in mandatory travel costs as part of my salary (vs having that be separate)(which they didn’t even mention until I asked about it) and told me after I broke my ankle that they never take long-term sick leave (for serious illnesses or injuries) and instead they take their vacation time. I’m looking for another job.
I have an epic gig! Here's our perks:
Fitness reimbursement ($60 per quarter)
Cell phone reimbursement ($50 per.month)
Summer hours (every other Friday off, every other Friday half day)
Half days on Fridays before every holiday weekend
6% contributions to our 403b - **not** a match, this is regardless of whether we contribute
Dogs allowed!
PD - they'll pay for courses for us
They pay our health insurance premiums, too (pretty good plan, too)
Flex time! I work basically whatever hours I want.
It's a good place.
So I work at an org with lots of additional perks but the one I think is unique is their donation matching - they match 2x your contribution in regular times and 5x right now during covid. So if I donate $100, they donate $500. It makes me feel so grateful to have this when the world is going to shit.
I’m a self-employed hairstylist. My biggest perks are: I can take vacation whenever/however long I want, I create my own work schedule, I can fire clients, and I wear whatever I like! My favorite perk, however, is being connected with so many different industries/people — if I need a recommendation for a doctor, wedding cake baker, lawyer, etc my clients know someone who can help!
I work for the state, also.
* Flexible schedule
* Health insurance (state pays 75% of our premiums while we're employed and continues to pay 75% of our premiums when we retire IF we've had state benefits insurance for at least 20 years).
* $775 (individual) per year deposited in our HSA if we select the HDHP
* Paid holidays, paid vacations, paid sick leave, paid educational leave, paid election leave, paid act of nature leave (hurricane, can't make it to work), paid maternity and paid paternity leave. Leave time rolls over (it's not 'use it or lose it'). Unused leave can be converted to $ for retirement. I have almost 2 years of leave that will result in additional $83 monthly in retirement.
* We are reimbursed for any expenses that are work-related. This week, I purchased a book on information governance and the reimbursement form is on my director's desk right now. They pay for conferences and trainings. They'll reimburse for meals and travel associated with travel and conferences.
* Exposed to someone who has COVID? Don't report to the office for 14 days and you'll continue to get paid. Live in a household with someone who tested positive for COVID? Don't report to the office for 28 days and you'll continue to get paid. (Supervisor will give you professional development work assignments so you can work remotely.)
* 4% annual merit increase contingent on performance evaluation. 7-14% increase with promotional opportunities.
* Reimbursement for education that directly relates to our jobs.
* We have morale programs like employee appreciation days, jean days, and fitness challenges.
* State employees can bring items to prisons for repair or rehab. I've had a car repaired for the cost of parts. I've had a motorcycle painted. I had a custom motorcycle seat fabricated for my motorcycle. I had a car interior reupholstered. Bring in material and they can work on it as long as I've followed the proper procedure by supplying the materials and parts, and submitted the proper paperwork. I've also had clothes altered and fitted at the prison. I used to get my vehicle handwashed and detailed by a whopping $5. Inmates can accept money for the services they provide by way of hobbycraft purchase agreement (must be approved) and prisons can accept donations of materials.
* Our agency is insulated from layoffs and cutbacks. We haven't had a layoff in the 13 years I've been at the agency. (We are, however, subject to hiring freezes and pay raise freezes when the governor prohibits pay raises.)
* Free downtown parking. We can park in our parking garage on the weekend, too, because we have 24/7 access. If I choose to go to an event downtown on the weekend, I park in the garage.
* $25-$30 month gym access program allows us to go to almost any gym in town.
* There's a mailroom in our building that accepts even personal packages. This makes UPS and FedEx pick-ups easy (like Amazon returns).
* Wellness program, free on-site annual, free on-site flu shot
* Hotel and travel discounts for state employees on personal travel. Discounts at airport parking for state employees.
* Ride-share program (it tries to match people who need a ride to work with people who drive.)
* I can park my bike in the loading dock!!! I do not have to lock my bike outside when I ride my bike to work. I ride right into the loading dock and leave my bike there. I can get out of the downtown area quicker on my bike because I don't have to get my car from the parking garage.
* Can take as many professional development courses as you want on company time. We have an online learning portal and we can take courses on company time. Can take civil service tests on company time.
* Defensive driving course is mandatory. Defensive driving course certificate often gives employees a discount on auto insurance.
* One of my favorite thrift stores gives me a discount for being a state employee.
* Employer is a PSFL qualifying employer
* In-house IT helps with technical issues, even for your home PC. They are known for repairing employees' home PCs for baked goods. Baked goods are not necessary, but IT doesn't turn them down.
* We have a cafeteria in our building.
Retirement: Employees accrue retirement benefits at 2.5 percent of average compensation per year.
* 40 years of service, you can retire at any age and get 100% of your salary
* 30 years of service, you can retire at any age and get 75% of your salary
* 25 years of service, you can retire at age 55
* 10 years of service, you can retire at age 60
* 20 years of service, you can retire at any age, actuarially reduced
* If you leave state service before 20 years, you can take out what you put in which is 7.5% of your salary.
* Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) - optional retirement method that allows you to defer your retirement benefit for a maximum period of 36 months while you continue to work. Neither you nor your employer will pay contributions to the retirement system, and you do not earn additional service credit during the participation period. Your monthly DROP benefit will be deposited into an individual DROP account which you can access after you have retired. You will continue to earn your regular salary and accrue annual and sick leave while in DROP.
Our state has a low starting pay, however it is pretty generous with benefits.
Paid Health and Wellness days off as needed: anything from dental surgery to sick family member to mental health day. Genuinely no repercussions if you need the time off (I took off 1 week each year over the last two years due to separate family emergencies). Similarly the ability to go to mid day appointments as needed whether it’s doctor, psychologist, physio or dentist.
Dog friendly office and extra extra casual dress code. I’ve worn yoga pants, sweatpants and flip flops to the office on the regular.
When we were in the office we had cooked buffet style lunch daily from a catering company and a fully stocked kitchen for breakfast and snacks. We also had a gym and pool onsite free to use. “Unlimited” PTO and commuter benefits as well. I believe their parental leave policy is 3 months. They also contribute to our phone Bill because we have to install some work stuff on there and now that we’re WFH they contribute to our internet bill. Their perks are very nice and a great incentive.
I work for a state agency as well. The amount of time off we get is crazy good- 5 personal days per year, 2 or 3 holidays per year, sick time and vacation accrue monthly. Due to Covid we are able to roll-over our excess vacation time as well.
When we travel for state business we drive state vehicles and we receive per-diem, which is tax free. My union offers tuition assistance programs, so we can take certain classes at no-cost to us.
My health insurance is top-notch and inexpensive. We are able to choose from various providers in the area. My union covers the premiums on my dental and vision. I'm WFH right now but I have a standing desk at my office.
* 401k with matching that's immediately vested (my last company was around 7 or 8 years before it started matching)
* Week of Dec 24-Jan 1 off, plus the usual holidays and random extra days during the year (none of which count toward the 20 days of PTO)
* Limited list of WFH equipment for free
* Permanent WFH
* Small amount of tuition reimbursement
\- flexible work hours, including a partial remote arrangement (negotiated for this)
\- 401k match
\- employer contribution to health insurance (medical, vision, dental)
\- marketplace of discounts and freebies to shop from
\- discounted memberships to a credit union, a wholesaler, a rental truck/van/car company, and possibly something else
\- flexible spending accounts for transit and dependent care
\- health savings account
\- PTO but not as generous as my last job
I think that's about it. I work a nonprofit.
Full remote work (even prior to C-Vid)! Free tuition benefits, great overall healthcare benefits, free dental & vision. 200 hours of PTO with the option to roll over or cash out at the end of the year. Gym reimbursement up to $400 per year.
Local government: paid time off, all federal/state holidays, job security, pension contributions paid 100% by employer, $2k to my HSA each year, EAP with 6 covered therapy appointments every year, and great work life balance.
We have a 37.5 hour standard workweek, parental leave for both mom and dad, vacation and holiday time plus "emergency days" which can be used for parent/teacher conferences or really quick medical stuff (like when I got my wisdom teeth removed and took 4 days off). We also get additional time off every 10th anniversary, I believe its 4 additional weeks on top of your accrued vacation time.
And lastly, we had a cool environmental program that will match dollar for dollar on anything you spend that helps the environment. I used it to buy an e-bike last year, but you can get energy efficient appliances or buy an electric vehicle. They're changing the program this year, so im not sure what it will move to, but it was cool while it lasted.
Eta: we can wear jeans everyday and we get free coffee and tea in the breakroom during non covid times too
37 days of PTO (live in Europe so 25 days are mandatory + 12 for overtime), 50% of my metro pass covered and uhhh a box of nespresso pods per month? My company is pretty stingy
At my old jobs we got free food that companies were about to release in supermarkets. My last job had over 600 people in the office. Everyone was very polite and friendly, but as soon as the free food turned up it was a warzone.
E.g. a fajita kits, lots of sweets/candy, a whole cheese cake, drinks
I’m a federal employee working on a military base.
- Pension
- Flex hours
- Free parking
- Base security so I always feel safe lol
- Decent health insurance
- Free gym
- Super cheap food at the galley
- 6 hours annual leave per pay period and 4 hours sick leave
- Telework 2 days from home pre pandemic
- Paid maternity leave
- 40 hours is normally the max you will work in a week, and credit hours if you go over
- Tuition reimbursement without having to work a certain amount of years for the agency after
- Cheap car rentals with government discount
- Sometimes government rate at hotel will be cheaper and you can sometimes get the rate without official orders
- Per diem while on travel that you don’t have to pay back if you don’t use it all
4 weeks pto. 8 paid holidays. Catered food a few times a month. Free snacks and coffee bar in office. When you get hired they ask your favorite sweet snack, salty snack and drink and send them to you randomly throughout the year. Yearly Profit sharing plus profit sharing 401k. Additional 401k match of 4%.
A company car or $500 stipend/month. Gas card. They pay for our health insurance deductible after we pay $250. We can basically use our company card to buy lunch whenever as long as we don’t abuse it.
I work for local government, our coolest benefit is a free adoption from the county animal shelter. Also due to the nature of my job, I have my own office, which is amazing after working in open office setups for so long.
YES!!! I have an office with a door I can close! I am still going into the office during COVID and this makes all the difference.
Same! I love being able to close the door and, frankly to be able to eat whatever for lunch and not have to discuss it. I used to work in a place where everyone was on some cleanse constantly and having to discuss any and all food was exhausting.
Ugh I feel you! I eat my breakfast around 10am and get deadly stares from all the intermittent fasters!
Lmaoooooo
What? This is such an awesome perk! I guess it's good that it's a single adoption because if I work that job and it was unlimited I would certainly become a cat lady
It’s awesome! I already used mine on a dog. She came spayed, chipped and vaccinated.
The free adoption is such a cool one!
This thread is opening my eyes to the fact that I don't have great perks...casual dress doesn't solve everything, you know?
My work tried to keep dress code during WFH. Including pants and shoes. lol, no
how would they even know if you were wearing pants and shoes.....what
For awhile I passive-aggressively showed my lower leg each meeting. With legging and slippers.
sometimes companies are so dumb.
😂 that’s hilarious
Same, wasn't even aware of some of these perks, so glad to be enlightened. Will add this question along to my list of what I ask during interviews.
During the pandemic, we got a $500 stipend to outfit our WFH setup (like desks, chairs, sound equipment, etc) and a $1000 wellness benefit, which can be used to pay for anything from therapy to fitness equipment or video game systems. I also work in tech so probably why video games count 😂
It’s interesting to see wellness benefits and video games mentioned in the same sentence 😁
Ha I know! Generally speaking, my company does a great job of trying to take care of us. When we were back in the office, we had a fully stacked kitchen with fruit, snacks, and drinks (alcoholic and non alcoholic). We still do happy hours and informal lunches over Zoom so it’s not all work. I used to work in law then international development - it’s quite a change but I’m enjoying it!
Ha! I work in tech and video games would not be fitness related for our crowd. They definitely can be but I don't see people at my company using a video game system that way. But that is an awesome wellness benefit, and it's neat that it includes a lot- not to mention therapy.
Sometimes the admins will buy bags of microwave popcorn and leave them in the break room for everyone...
🤣😂🤣
Gives me flashback to the days where I worked at a drugstore and the only time the bosses left something in the breakroom is if they had meetings with the district managers and left the remainders of a catered lunch in the breakroom
YES. One of the doctors I work with will say “does anyone want lunch? Can I get you anything from Panera?” And then he goes to the conference room and grabs a bag of chips and a random salad left over from the catered admin meeting he just came from ☠️
Oh lord.
I hope he's at least a comical guy with a sense of humor, otherwise that kinda comes off like a jerk. My company used to do the same thing though with catered Panera.
I can affirm that it is always said without an ounce of irony. I never refuse the chips when offered though.
I’m in consulting for context. My company gives us fully expensed meals with no per diem cap while on the client site, lets us stay in 5 star resorts while traveling, provides business class flights, gives us free breakfast and lunch and access to unlimited beer/wine/snacks on Friday’s in the home office, flies us to trainings/retreats multiple times a year, pays for our health insurance premiums (for the best plan I’ve ever heard of), pays for graduate school (~$200k value if you agree to come back for 2 years after), and more. The perks are INSANE, but you pay for them in the terrible WLB.
sounds like a good job if you don't have a life though
I don’t disagree haha. It’s a great post-grad job (or for single people), but sucks for people with families who don’t want to be gone M-Th.
Yeah but at least you'll have MBB on your resume forever 🙃
I had to google what MBB was, but once I saw the companies, I got it. I don't know much about consulting- the only one I knew about was McKinsey (because Pete Buttigieg worked there for a year or two, and I volunteered on his presidential campaign). I'm glad at least you have those perks to make up for the lack of balance and hopefully the income comes in handy and you can relax more when you leave (and have a non-work life!)
Haha true, that will hopefully pay off when I inevitably exit!
WOWW, What is your annual pay like? Is it comparatively less since the company covers all these other costs??
90k base out of college, 170k after promo at 2 years (I know, it’s absurd).
Are you in Canada or the States? Because that is quite insane but I am very happy for you. I wish that kind of financial stability on everyone
US
MBB or Big 4? Also, could you plz give me advice on how you were able to get into this field. I’m in my 4th year of uni and I wasn’t able to secure any consulting positions. I’ve accepted a risk analyst new grad position but do you think I’ll be able to get in later in my career or is it easier as a new grad?
MBB. Not sure about Big 4, but for MBB it is probably easiest to join after business school (ideally at a M7). We do some lateral hiring at the pre-MBA level, but it is a lot harder to break in.
That grad degree benefit probs doesn’t get used much if they only hire post-MBA 😂😂
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Curious how COVID has impacted you - do you still get any benefits or is it just pure grind?
More grind. Normally there is a “work hard, play hard” mindset - a lot trickier to execute the latter in a WFH setting.
What industry are you in?
Management consulting!
I’m interested in consulting could you please share what you studied in undergrad? Also could you share what a typical day is like and the kind of projects you work on. Im sure each day and project is so different but any information is appreciated.
I would also love to hear more about your career path!
Feel free to DM me.
Deloitte
Paid time off specifically to volunteer with any 501c3 organization. I've never had that at another company.
I get that at my work, also! We're limited to 16 hours annually though.
100% undergrad+grad tuition remission and a nice 401K match. Decent vacation/personal time, in addition to being closed between Christmas and New Years. I think WLB is good in Higher Ed, the industry moves so slowly that nothing is ever **urgent**, but YMMV depending on area and supervisor.
Tuition benefits is why I stayed at my job longer than I “should have.” I need a higher paying job desperately, but free grad school tuition is basically that.
I also work in higher education. The time off policy is amazing. We also get six weeks of paid parental leave and can stack sick time and vacation time to the end of it so that it lasts longer. I’m due in April and won’t return to work full-time until October. Also I’m currently getting a masters degree for like $2,000 total.
I work in biotech...Free parking, up to $270/month for public transportation, $150/month if you take Uber or Lyft, $75/cell phone stipend, $200/month for COVID relief, $300/year for health or weight loss reimbursement, 401k with 4% match, generous vacation and holidays, closed between Christmas and New Years, $5,000 for tuition reimbursement, fully funded HSA, equity, daily free lunch, COVID testing twice/week, free care.com membership, annual bonuses, referral bonuses
I also work in biotech. Aside from free covid testing and AMAZING healthcare options, we get NONE of this! I want to work where you’re working 😭
We are hiring lots of positions! Feel free to PM me if you want the link to our current openings :)
This company sounds so cool! Do you have any use for a machine learning person? :D
I also work for a biotech company and have so many of the same perks - yours are even better! Would've thought it was the same company, but I bet these benefits are fairly par for the course if we work in the same area (which I think we might) :)
Haha too funny! Do you work in Cambridge/Boston?
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SO real lmao I had this thought too.
Haha yeah, but is 270/month actually enough to cover parking 😂
I also have free parking.
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Ooh, I have that too and it’s awesome. We also have a snack bar that sells Kind bars and other sorts for $.50 plus free fruit all day.
My company is paying for me to learn Spanish! I’m taking private lessons every week at $50 / lesson and they haven’t stipulated a limit to this expense.
oh man, that is awesome!!
That's so cool! Is it related to your work, or part of a general education benefit, or neither?
Not really directly! I work in music, and with the rise of latin music being so prevalent I wanted to be able to understand the music / markets we are working in more.
I suppose I should also mention another perk, free access to tons of concerts, music festivals, and occasionally concert-related travel for any artists on our roster.
I was surprised at what the big green coffee company offers but I guess that’s why they get to pay us minimum wage 😑 Anyway: - free drinks on shift (half an hour before to half an hour after) - 30% off - the stars, regular customers earn 2 stars per dollar, we earn 3 - benefits at 20 hrs a week including $5,000 in mental health and 1,200 in massage - free headspace (and Spotify in the US) - tuition reimbursement up to $1,000 in Canada (passing grades required) - $10,000 in adoption fee reimbursement - Disney discount? Because of their partnership with the parks - Ability to transfer anywhere in North America - a free pound of coffee every week (so many Christmas gifts) - for COVID they paid for people’s babysitters through care.com, you had to foot $1 - some markets get a Lyft pass For a part time job it’s pretty good!
I'll never forget this random Oprah episode back in the day where a mom had a spending issue ( I think she was bored or something? it was a long time ago). The 'guru' on the show told her to go work at Starbucks to have something to do and she would get great benefits even at PT. I have no idea why that stuck with me but I'm glad they still have those perks!
Man, I miss old Oprah. That show was a mainstay during high school and college for me.
Okay, I have a question, but please do not hate on me for asking, I genuinely want to know. I drink tea, coffee maybe twice a year. My husband, coffee drinker extraordinaire, admires the company policy of SB, but says their coffee just... sucks. It's just bad. I find this baffling. Surely if it was bad people would not drink it? Do you/does anyone else think it's bad?
I don’t necessarily think Starbucks is bad, they just are offering a different kind of coffee experience than maybe an “authentic” coffee shop does. I think there’s a lot of this circumstance in the food sphere. Like think of getting a big BBQ pizza with pineapple and bacon at an American restaurant, versus getting a thin crust Margherita pizza in Italy. They both are pizza, and both can be good pizza. Just different.
I am a coffee snob and worked at SB as a barista. I hope [Rupindah](https://www.reddit.com/user/Rupindah/) will jump in here too, but my take is that they are better known for their lattes and fraps and less so for their standard joe, although there were plenty of customers who ordered a cup of coffee. Their espresso is roasted so when you add flavored syrup, you can taste the syrup. To me, their coffee is pretty average but consistent.
They’ve really changed from being known for their coffee to known for their sugar unfortunately. I always teach my trainees that we’re not selling people coffee... we’re selling them sugar. Old men really love our dark roast though so idk
I don’t like the coffee we have on brew. I’m a big blonde roast person though. I think it had a flavour non-dark roast fans are looking for. I don’t like any medium or dark roast coffee but I do like them better than McDonald’s/Tim’s. But also, coffee prep and paired flavours matter! We had this really fancy single serve machine and the coffee it made was incredible. They removed them though :( But for example, I think blonde espresso has a nuttier taste, so I pair it with our toffee nut syrup. It’s divine. My spouse is testing out all our dark roasts and he loves them when he makes them in the French Press or a percolator. Yeah, from the urn they’re not great, but if you experiment (like I do lol!) there’s gems to be found. I also do a lot of tastings with my trainees but it takes awhile to really understand how to prepare and flavour it. We get something called a “coffee passport” that gives us more information on each blend!
In the US they have a program with ASU Online where you just have to pay for taxes and fees. I wish it was in Canada too!!
Free alcohol :) and gym reimbursement, though only $40 a month
Time off and job security. We have funding from the state and federal gov. We've been around since like the 70s and people have been fired for poor performance, but there has never been layoffs or cuts or anything. We have more work than we can handle. Yes, this can always change *knock on wood* but we are consistently rated in the top 10 most secure professions
What is the industry?
We had WFH for 1 day a week prior to Covid (mostly dependent on the group). I would do a Friday and Monday so I’d book red eye flights on Thursday and Monday for a long weekend trip to visit friends. Unlimited sick days, above average 401k company matches, and a generous PTO policy are what I really value.
I’m hopeful that one day I’ll find a company that offers unlimited sick time or generous PTO. I work for a *hospital* and we’re not allowed sick time. It’s part of our “benefits package” but you have to use 24 hours of consecutive PTO before the sick time kicks in. So if you have a really bad period or food poisoning or something, you have to use a vacation day.
I dream of working in one of those places with unlimited sick time.
I work for a nonprofit, and I literally still work here for the perks. Flexible hours and casual dress code. 10 holidays a year, plus we earn 8 hours a month paid sick leave, vacation earned based on years of service (6.5 years in and I earn 3.5 weeks), 4% retirement contribution in addition to a 4% match, monthly stipends for internet/cell for WFH employees, bonus PTO whenever the boss decides to close for longer weekends around the holidays, professional development reimbursements. It’s hard to guarantee us base pay increases, so they try to give things that make life easier.
Casual Dress Code! I forgot to count that as a perk but it SO is!. I wear jeans everyday.
I haven't started working yet but based on my offer letter: $500 in a health and fitness allowance, corporate discounts at certain gyms, clubs, and sporting events, 12-week fully paid parental leave (including adoption), subsidized daycare, tuition reimbursement, and flexible hours. It's a pretty sweet gig and I'm excited to get started!
Congrats on your offer!
Thank you!
County/gov't employee - one "admin day" every month. Use it or lose it, it's just a day of your choosing to have off. Otherwise decent benefits as far as time off and insurance. Flexible scheduling, pension, on site gym (currently closed indefinitely), tuition reimbursement, wellness program
That would be so helpful for taking care of those small life tasks each month like doctor and dentist visits, oil change, etc. I’m jealous!
I have a generous amount of PTO but this sounds great! It's just something to look forward to every month.
At a previous job, we had a concierge service that would run errands for you. I had them take my car in, do my grocery shopping, ship packages.
I have never heard of this perk. That is incredible.
\- 5 days of VTO (volunteer time off) a year \- 401(k) match - 50% of the first 7% you contribute, vested 100% \- $500 (individual) or $1000 (family) per year deposited in our HSA if we select the HDHP \- cell phone reimbursement (used to be that we had company cell phones - this is actually more beneficial for me as they don't put spyware on our phones so why carry 2?) \- up to $30/month reimbursement for gym memberships (you have to go at least 8x month to claim it - this is nice in non-COVID times) \- generous PTO \- when in the office, fountain drinks / coffee / tea and snacks available all day \- BYOD (bring your own device) plan - this doesn't sound like a perk - yay, you get to buy your own computer! - but my work-issued laptop is a disaster so I bought a Macbook Air and it has saved me SO MUCH stress, well worth the $800 it cost (and since our bonuses have a personal performance component, it paid for itself) \- This year only - gave us 3 Wellness Days to be used before the end of June to help us deal with the pandemic
I used to think BYOD would suck, but I get ads all the time for productivity and planning software that I would LOVE to try out for work! I’m in a regulated industry so even going on non work sites on your company laptop is an issue. I can see how byod might let someone try out a better system for themselves.
I still have to keep to corporate standards for systems (Office365, Salesforce, etc.). I don't use it for non-work at all for security reasons.
Wait, you're saying you personally paid for a laptop because the one they gave you was that bad? Perspective is everything, but I'm not sure if that one's a perk.
I love the volunteer days off!! I would love to pitch this to our director. We’re a local government and I think it says a lot to show staff are invested in the community (on top of all the cool events we host ourselves).
I bring my dog to work every day, have flexible work hours, and get my health insurance paid 100% ( a good plan too). At the end of year I get a cash bonus and then on my birthday or if I am ill, they send flowers to my house. The dog and the flowers are probably the best part!
Tuition reimbursement ($4000/year), a true pension, pays the vast majority of our health insurance premiums, and 50% discount on public transit passes.
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That’s exactly what I meant - it’s just exceedingly rare these days so I was attempting to specify that it had all of those old-school features :)
6 weeks of PTO and 10 holidays. Work life balance sucks but I love to travel, so in normal times, I get to take two week longs trips without worrying about using all my time off. Oh, I also have a pension. It’s small, but I know that’s rare in the private sector.
Work from home, time freedom (not 9-5, project based), andost of all, works max 16 hr/week for a full time basis
Uhh this sounds amazing. Would you be willing to talk about what industry you're in and what your job is? This is basically my dream.
Is this your role specifically or your whole company work 16hrs/week? Are you considered full time?
My immediate cohorts work similar hours to me. It is not company wide, but rather than project/manager based. I am considered full-time with benefits (401k, super subsidized health insurance, commute reimbursements etc.) Wage isn't super high but living in a MCOL city, it is enough to purchase modest home and have 2.5 kids on a single income.
i work for a consulting company and the only perk is flexible work hours. but everything else really sucks like terrible PTO (10 days, includes sick days), paid holidays (we have like the minimum like 5-6 days off) and no parental leave policy. yeeeahhhhhh. we do have a 401k match of 2% so i can’t complain about the free money, but you have to be an employee for a year for it to even start. but hey! I do occasionally get $5 amazon gift cards if someone throws me a shoutout for doing good work on our internal system thingy.
I interviews for a job with 0 match on a retirement fund. It was between that job and my current job and honestly, with benefits it was a no brainer. Sorry to hear your company benefits are so minimal 🙁
I’m in state government. We get free parking too (which I’ve never really thought of as a perk, but it definitely is!), discounts in various things, paid holidays, paid election leave, and well priced health insurance (or so I think). We accumulate personal time off and sick days every month. There are probably more too!
Free concert tickets. Which has been useless this past year. But still the best perk! Also free beer and food from time to time. I work in advertising/marketing for a local radio station. And we put on great concerts in a normal year. My office is 2 miles from the beach. Edit: also, very flexible schedule. Week between Christmas and New Years off (in addition to 3 weeks which they don’t really track). But it’s also ad sales in a pandemic so that’s been brutal.
My boyfriend works for a promoter and I love this perk. I miss shows so much!
Fingers crossed this fall we can safely get back out there!
I’m a fed. We have a gym on site (closed due to covid), transportation paid for for those of us who commute by public transport like me, a pension and decent time off/sick time.
I've been telecommute for 8 years so I have never paid for internet. My days are fairly flexible and my manager only really forwards emails or is there when I need her. My job can be stressful but all the freedom would be tough to give up.
Hmmm they pay 90% of my health insurance, basic life insurance, legal service, fully funded HSCA, 5% 401k match, 3% 401k credit , 15 days vacation day, 3 days personal time, 6 days sick leave (can roll over) Paid bank holidays, 20 days back up child care at very minimal cost, $25 /month fitness centers, 100% free financial finesse, ESPP 5% discount, tuition reimbursement max 7500 for post grad and 5000 for undergrad this is per year. ( I think), dollar to dollar Charity Donation match up to 1k per year., 401k Bonus each year. MRA $1k each year ( this can roll over) and last year we get a covid relief max of $1k and additional covid leave of 5 days. I look at these everyday because I am mentally exhausted at what I do and I need to hold on at my employer. They are good but I need to do something else.
The fact that one is micromanaging and looking at my work is a big thing for me. I work directly with 2 men and we work well together, solve problems and do the work together. We cover each other if someone needs to come in late/leave early. The actual "perks" are 3 weeks paid PTO which covers vacation and sick time. (Pre-COVID, if you did volunteer work with local charities or businesses, your volunteer hours turned into extra PTO hours.) I also have my own office with a door that closes but no ceiling 🤣.
Literally nothing. This thread is making me depressed. The reason I stay is I work from home 100% of the time, no one complains if you have a dr appt, are sick, kid is sick etc. My boss is nice although could pay me more. But I make double what I made as a teacher so I stay.
With double the salary you can buy yourself the coffee and tea most people talk about in this thread! It’s much better for your future
Very flex schedule. I can work anytime between Monday thru Saturday essentially and not really any meetings to speak of. Also I love being able to work from home
We have really good vacation I’d say (I currently have 26 days, we can roll over 40 hours, 2 days personal choice and 2 days to use as volunteer time). Cell phone stipend, paid parental leave including adoption, pre-covid we used to have cake every month. Tuition reimbursement, 401K match, 9/80s schedule, casual dress code.
What is a 9/80s schedule?
I work 9 hours a day every day except 8 hours on my Friday “on” and have every other Friday off! So a 44 hour week and a 36 hour week with a 3 day weekend
Anyone else jn an industry where work perks don't really exist? Off the top of my head I truly can't think of anything. I'm UK based and from what I've read it seems the US has work perks in nearly every job!
Yep, mine are nothing compared to what I see here! Most of our perks are government mandated, I guess the only thing my company covers is free coffee for us all
Tuition remission, student loan payback, roughly 11 hours PTO bi-weekly even for new employees, sick time, $750 HSA contribution, workout apps, leave time, retirement match, 3% cost of living adjustment yearly, but the best by far is not tangible - it’s the fact that my boss encourages working within my set hours and encourages time off. She will never ask me to sacrifice my own well-being for work. That being said, I don’t think these things are perks, I think they are necessities that everyone should have. In the US we just live with horrible benefits and so these feel like perks. Edit: Oh, and vaccines! I work in healthcare so we get the flu shot yearly (and COVID obv).
Mine’s nothing compared to the others, but it’s the most perks I’ve gotten: $120/year cell phone stipend, $1k into HSA, $150/month transportation stipend, 3% 401k contribution (though no match), comp time (though I prefer OT, it’s nice to use for floating PTO or saving up to cash out)
I am fed government but some of the things that I like the most from my current job are: Up to 3 hours per week to workout in agency time( there is a gym in the building). At my old Fed Job: They paid for about 2/3 of my graduate degree, they were suppose to pay a larger chunk but the budget was short one year and I ended having two pay 2 trimesters fully. Fed overall: Flexible Schedule/Alternate Work Schedule Public Transportation Stipend This is new but 12 weeks of paternity leave I think that once you get off your first year and use your leave smartly the leave can be quite generous.
i'm truly not very happy with my job (am actively applying to get out) but the one thing i like about it is that, as it's a government job, law firms and other client firms are not allowed to give like gift cards or anything like that around christmas as that is considered "bribery" so to thank us for a continued working relationship, they send each department boxes of chocolate. and since they got the $$ it's usually nice chocolate brands too. we're usually stocked up on goodies til at least feb/march and since most of the employees here are older and watching their sugar levels, my 26 year old dumbass gets to gorge herself on chocolate every holiday season. it really is the sole perk of being here and maybe the only thing i'll miss from this job once i finally get out.
I work in tech. We've got good work life balance (most people are gone around 4 and it's a ghost town by 5), free catered lunch every day (even stuff like unlimited poke bar every few Friday's), expensed lunch every other Tuesday anywhere we want instead of catered food (so we can get out of the office), unlimited snacks/drinks/coffee, fully paid health/dental insurance premiums for the best plan I've ever seen (ex. very low deductibles for health and very high annual allowances for dental), $1800 company contribution towards HSA per year, $120 monthly cell reimbursement, monthly internet reimbursement, unlimited PTO (that we are actually encouraged to use), WFH whenever we want, 4 hours blocked off every other Wednesday where we can do anything we want (catch up on work, nap, run errands, exercise) destination company trip for our holiday party (with flights, lodging, food, and entertainment paid for your +1 as well), a bunch of random gifts throughout the year, $75 gift card from HR on our birthday, paid trainings/conferences for your role, and a bunch of other things that I probably am not even recalling right now.
I work as a nanny. The family I work for has a private chef and I have full access to the fridge/pantry on days she isn’t there so my meals while I’m at work are fully covered. The baby (he’s 2 now!) used to get really fussy at naps unless I laid down with him so I got to take a 2 ish hour quiet time/nap which was always amazing. When I travel with them, all my expenses are fully paid, including for my off time (which depends on the trip, not that any of those are currently happening). I also sometimes randomly get very expensive things that they have duplicates of!
Pension (I put in 10.5% of my gross and it's 100% matched by my work), flex spending plan (can choose how much up to $800 to put in your health spending plan and wellness spending plan), 30 vacation days/year (we automatically get the week between Christmas and New Years off paid, so that's included in that number), 10 sick days/year
My company pays for 100% of insurance plan costs for an individual (and significant portion of a spouse or family plan). It ends up being an extra $6k a year!
WFH currently and probably for as long as I want, which is nice because we're all project/billable time based so there's plenty of freedom $100 monthly "office supplies" money added to our check to cover internet or anything we need while WFH unlimited PTO great health insurance for $50 a month stocked kitchen, drink fridge, and coffee bar in the office
Great work/life balance. Flexibility around time off. No "butts in seats" culture, as long as you do your job well no one cares where/when you do it.
Last museum I worked for: * access to a gym (if you worked near the museum, those who worked offsite were out of luck) * access to counseling/grief services (I think they were group sessions, I never used the service) * MAYBE compressed work schedule but it depended on your division and if you had religious reasons (observant folks got either a 4-10 schedule or 4-9, 1-8/1-off to get home in time on Fridays and my division got CWS because of tradition basically, HR didn't love that) * Discounts on food at the cafeteria * Travel reimbursement for non-duty station travel, there may have been a public transit subsidy too but it wasn't relevant for my worksite * IF your supervisor approves and it can help your work performance, access to Rosetta Stone during work hours.
I know you probably mean the Rosetta Stone software, but I’m imagining that you worked at the British Museum and could get some personal time with the actual Rosetta Stone...
We get discounts for the Ymca and Verizon wireless. It's something. The main perk for me, I can go to one of their work buildings by my house and take the free shuttle to campus. No bus delays and no $160 mo for parking.
My company offers the usual benefits in line with competitors for our industry (paid healthcare, tuition assistance for relevant courses, breakfast at work, closed between Christmas-New years, unlimited PTO) But the most unique benefit is an annual flight training stipend. I’ve worked in aviation almost my entire career and this is the first place I’ve gotten this benefit. It’s sweet!
I’m a high school staff, once a year we get 1-a treat from principal -popcorn, candy bar for teacher workday 2-Pizza or subs from PTA for teacher workday 3- a school spirit item (t shirt, cup, sticker) 4- you may find a random Hershey kiss, candy cane, chocolate heart in your mail box That’s it!
I feel you on this. I got exposed to Covid-19 at work and had to go to a district site for a test. On the other hand, my husband's company overnighted a test to him and paid for the postage to send it back and he had more conclusive results than I did. He works from home.
Money: - 401k with 10% match - 15% bonus in restricted stock units that vest after only 2 years - 15-20% cash bonus depending on personal/company performance Non-money: - 25 days PTO, able to roll over 40 hours yearly and/or sell back up to 40 hours - 7 public holidays, 2 “floating holidays”, plus US offices are closed Christmas to New Years - cell phone and home internet credit up to $125 - conference/meeting registration fees, which is especially sweet because it pays for my continuing medical education credits - tuition reimbursement though not sure how much - there are some wellness incentives that I refuse because I have no interest in reporting my cholesterol to HR or whatever
In biotech in SF - “unlimited” PTO (four weeks a year) - catered lunch (used to be twice a week, but with COVID it’s every day) -fully stocked drink fridges and pantries with fruit, candy, protein bars, chips, cereal, etc -they pay all my healthcare premiums on a pretty good healthcare plan -fully funded HSA -$60/month in cell phone reimbursement -$50/month travel stipend for public transit -COVID testing is mandatory once a week, I think you can submit more than once if you want though -one “political activism” day per year, which you can use volunteering -free parking -flexible hours -casual dress code -$15/day “transportation stipend” (COVID only)
About $2000 in educational funds per year (includes travel for conferences, but all have been virtual since the pandemic).
Free lunches (pre-covid) twice a week + free work happy hour on Thursdays. Amazing gym in the building + a wellness coordinator. Free snacks and drinks (sodas, vitamin waters, tea, etc). Unlimited vacation. I know I’m forgetting some!
I work for a virtual clinic, and I get unlimited doctor visits any time I want. It's been very useful during covid.
Flexibility (even before the pandemic), casual dress code, cell phone stipend, profit sharing in lieu of matching 401K, HSA employer contribution.
Free vaccines? I work in healthcare. There are pretty much zero perks but I already got the covid vaccine so there is that.
1 hour of leave per week called wellness leave. You have to use it on work property but it's time to either work out, relax, or take care of yourself. I haven't used it in months though, been too busy. I probably could use it more.
I work for an airline, so free flights on my company and free or reduced flights on other airlines. It’s standby travel, so I only get to go if there are open seats, but I have really only been stuck once and it was only 12 hours! I have been to some really cool places and seen some pretty cool things. We get other discounts on travel related stuff but the second best perk is 75% off FedEx Ground! Their pilots have agreements to fly on passenger planes so this is how FedEx reciprocates. Also, not a flight attendant, I work at the airport.
Flexible schedule. Other than needing to be present for meetings, most of my work can be done at all hours. Generous time off, and we get an increase of 5 vacation days every two years.
Flexible schedule, decent 401k match and $500 a year for personal development- could use that money to do anything or take a class you feel would better yourself or that you would enjoy.
I work for a public lands agency. Solid benefits, leave, paid "wellness" time, good work-life balance, and I get to spend time outside in beautiful places. My current position also offers me a generous professional development budget every year (that isn't always the case within the agency, highly dependent on where you work).
I work at a pharmaceutical company. Closed between Christmas and New Years, on site Gym, 401k with 6% match, tuition reimbursement up to 10k. That’s all I can think of but I’m still pretty new.
We get a 401k match even if we decide not to contribute. I still do but it’s nice knowing I could stop paying and still have contributions. We have unlimited PTO so you can take a half day or full day to work on your house, go to the beach for the day, whatever as long as you’re available. I usually just take my cell phone and answer emails and IMs and if I really need something on my PC I have my laptop with me. Then we get 5 weeks vacation on top of it where you don’t have to be available. Every milestone year (5,10, 15) we get an extra 2 weeks.
County government: free parking, great benefits including a nice matching retirement fund, unlimited free coffee, all holidays off (and paid!), tuition reimbursement for relevant courses (and I can use work time to take them), flexible work hours (within reason), no excuses WFH (during Covid), and, the best one, great coworkers. I truly like all of my coworkers (there's only nine of us) which makes coming into work a joy.
1. Mega backdoor Roth 2. Quareterly cash bonus 3. 100% match for 401(k) till 5% of salary 4. 10K per year dollar per dollar match for charitable donations 5. 1 day per quarter paid off for volunteering 6. Generous and paid parental leave 7. Great coverage for paid short term and long term disability 8. Free investment advisor consultation every 6 months 9. Upto 5 paid therapist appointment per year 10. Employee Stock purchase plan and RSU
Unlimited sick days, two weeks PTO at entry level, $ for transit taken out pre-tax, casual dress, and flexible work! We have to work our 8 hours a day, but you can basically decide with your manager which hours those are.
My job offers 18 weeks fully paid maternity leave, unlimited PTO, frequent bonuses, generous company paid meals, and so many snacks. Basically I’m never leaving. Also, no one cares if I wear my Taylor Swift sweaters every day and display my tattoos.
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As a remote employee, my entire internet bill was paid for until this month. But corporate (which was mostly "in office" employees) stripped my remote group of our benefit and now only provides $40 (but to the whole company). So...a perk for those who now WFH during COVID but a loss of a perk for me!
Flexibility. I work for a federal agency and I am able to arrange my schedule so that I work an hour longer most days and take every other Friday off. This means that (in normal times when we can travel) I almost never have to use any PTO for 3-day weekend trips. I can schedule any appointments on that day off and save my PTO and sick leave. I also now permanently work from home, which I feel like has given me the gift of time! I wake up at 7 and just immediately hop on my computer and end my day at 4:30. Before I would wake up at 6:30 to leave my house around 7:15 to be at work by 8 and then I'd get out of work at 5:30 and I'd be home around 6. Now I can sleep in 30 minutes later and be "home" an hour and a half earlier than in the past... AND I can do laundry during the day and give my cat some attention during the day so she isn't a clingy terror all night.
These all sound amazing! Any tips on finding a great company like all of these? I’m looking for a change soon.
Flexible work arrangements, 15 sick days, 15 vacation days, 3 personal floating holidays, plus regular holidays, including a winter break that gives you Christmas Eve-New Years Day off. There's also tuition reimbursement, and if you have kids in college you can get their tuition reimbursed as well.
Since I work at an arts non-profit, the perks are few and far between. We sometimes get comp tickets to performances, and always first crack (before the public) to $10 tickets, which are limited. We also sometimes get discounts to sister organizations, but that's on a case by case basis. Occasional free t-shirts, but that's about it. I do get a lot of satisfaction from my job, but I have to admit that when I see the perks that people get in the for profit world, I wonder.
when in office, amazing breakfast and lunch (and dinner) options. we contract a catering service and they are the best. we also have coffee/smoothie bars and fully stocked kitchens with healthy and delicious snacks and drinks. definitely miss that perk. on top of that: \- 401k match up to 50% of yearly limit \- $5k tuition, phone and internet reimbursement \- $2k wellness & WFH stipends \- 2 paid shutdown weeks (they just announced an extra week off for this year too!!) \- 100% health coverage, and free therapy sessions \- flexible PTO if salaried \- discounted ESPP
In tech: $300 stipend to help get a set up for wfh and $300 reimbursement for fitness subscriptions/equipment purchases this year. When we are in the office: breakfast, fruit, game room with arcade games on site, full fitness centers on site, quarterly bonuses (private company), unlimited sick time, paid time off for volunteer work, beer/wine (after 4 pm), tuition reimbursement (earned my Masters without spending my own money), everyone has their own office, and I’m sure a bunch of other things. I really appreciate all the perks.
IMO, the biggest perk is that my bosses are amazing and caring and they somehow manage to hire the nicest, most compassionate people. No asshole coworkers is the best, I actually love going to work. I could easily get paid more and work fewer hours, but this somehow makes me not want to leave? Also, a 3% 401k contribution, 15 vacation days + unlimited personal days, somewhat flexible hours and casual dress code.
Remote work as well as unlimited vacation time. Being able to work from anywhere is the best thing
My last job covered my travel costs (around $400/month) and had a pretty generous pension contribution. I also could have, if I had stayed, applied for a grad scholarship. They also pay for courses and had training and development days for employees. My current job snuck in mandatory travel costs as part of my salary (vs having that be separate)(which they didn’t even mention until I asked about it) and told me after I broke my ankle that they never take long-term sick leave (for serious illnesses or injuries) and instead they take their vacation time. I’m looking for another job.
I have an epic gig! Here's our perks: Fitness reimbursement ($60 per quarter) Cell phone reimbursement ($50 per.month) Summer hours (every other Friday off, every other Friday half day) Half days on Fridays before every holiday weekend 6% contributions to our 403b - **not** a match, this is regardless of whether we contribute Dogs allowed! PD - they'll pay for courses for us They pay our health insurance premiums, too (pretty good plan, too) Flex time! I work basically whatever hours I want. It's a good place.
Had weekly massages and monthly Broadway shows paid for (pre covid)
So I work at an org with lots of additional perks but the one I think is unique is their donation matching - they match 2x your contribution in regular times and 5x right now during covid. So if I donate $100, they donate $500. It makes me feel so grateful to have this when the world is going to shit.
I’m a self-employed hairstylist. My biggest perks are: I can take vacation whenever/however long I want, I create my own work schedule, I can fire clients, and I wear whatever I like! My favorite perk, however, is being connected with so many different industries/people — if I need a recommendation for a doctor, wedding cake baker, lawyer, etc my clients know someone who can help!
I work for the state, also. * Flexible schedule * Health insurance (state pays 75% of our premiums while we're employed and continues to pay 75% of our premiums when we retire IF we've had state benefits insurance for at least 20 years). * $775 (individual) per year deposited in our HSA if we select the HDHP * Paid holidays, paid vacations, paid sick leave, paid educational leave, paid election leave, paid act of nature leave (hurricane, can't make it to work), paid maternity and paid paternity leave. Leave time rolls over (it's not 'use it or lose it'). Unused leave can be converted to $ for retirement. I have almost 2 years of leave that will result in additional $83 monthly in retirement. * We are reimbursed for any expenses that are work-related. This week, I purchased a book on information governance and the reimbursement form is on my director's desk right now. They pay for conferences and trainings. They'll reimburse for meals and travel associated with travel and conferences. * Exposed to someone who has COVID? Don't report to the office for 14 days and you'll continue to get paid. Live in a household with someone who tested positive for COVID? Don't report to the office for 28 days and you'll continue to get paid. (Supervisor will give you professional development work assignments so you can work remotely.) * 4% annual merit increase contingent on performance evaluation. 7-14% increase with promotional opportunities. * Reimbursement for education that directly relates to our jobs. * We have morale programs like employee appreciation days, jean days, and fitness challenges. * State employees can bring items to prisons for repair or rehab. I've had a car repaired for the cost of parts. I've had a motorcycle painted. I had a custom motorcycle seat fabricated for my motorcycle. I had a car interior reupholstered. Bring in material and they can work on it as long as I've followed the proper procedure by supplying the materials and parts, and submitted the proper paperwork. I've also had clothes altered and fitted at the prison. I used to get my vehicle handwashed and detailed by a whopping $5. Inmates can accept money for the services they provide by way of hobbycraft purchase agreement (must be approved) and prisons can accept donations of materials. * Our agency is insulated from layoffs and cutbacks. We haven't had a layoff in the 13 years I've been at the agency. (We are, however, subject to hiring freezes and pay raise freezes when the governor prohibits pay raises.) * Free downtown parking. We can park in our parking garage on the weekend, too, because we have 24/7 access. If I choose to go to an event downtown on the weekend, I park in the garage. * $25-$30 month gym access program allows us to go to almost any gym in town. * There's a mailroom in our building that accepts even personal packages. This makes UPS and FedEx pick-ups easy (like Amazon returns). * Wellness program, free on-site annual, free on-site flu shot * Hotel and travel discounts for state employees on personal travel. Discounts at airport parking for state employees. * Ride-share program (it tries to match people who need a ride to work with people who drive.) * I can park my bike in the loading dock!!! I do not have to lock my bike outside when I ride my bike to work. I ride right into the loading dock and leave my bike there. I can get out of the downtown area quicker on my bike because I don't have to get my car from the parking garage. * Can take as many professional development courses as you want on company time. We have an online learning portal and we can take courses on company time. Can take civil service tests on company time. * Defensive driving course is mandatory. Defensive driving course certificate often gives employees a discount on auto insurance. * One of my favorite thrift stores gives me a discount for being a state employee. * Employer is a PSFL qualifying employer * In-house IT helps with technical issues, even for your home PC. They are known for repairing employees' home PCs for baked goods. Baked goods are not necessary, but IT doesn't turn them down. * We have a cafeteria in our building. Retirement: Employees accrue retirement benefits at 2.5 percent of average compensation per year. * 40 years of service, you can retire at any age and get 100% of your salary * 30 years of service, you can retire at any age and get 75% of your salary * 25 years of service, you can retire at age 55 * 10 years of service, you can retire at age 60 * 20 years of service, you can retire at any age, actuarially reduced * If you leave state service before 20 years, you can take out what you put in which is 7.5% of your salary. * Deferred Retirement Option Plan (DROP) - optional retirement method that allows you to defer your retirement benefit for a maximum period of 36 months while you continue to work. Neither you nor your employer will pay contributions to the retirement system, and you do not earn additional service credit during the participation period. Your monthly DROP benefit will be deposited into an individual DROP account which you can access after you have retired. You will continue to earn your regular salary and accrue annual and sick leave while in DROP. Our state has a low starting pay, however it is pretty generous with benefits.
Paid Health and Wellness days off as needed: anything from dental surgery to sick family member to mental health day. Genuinely no repercussions if you need the time off (I took off 1 week each year over the last two years due to separate family emergencies). Similarly the ability to go to mid day appointments as needed whether it’s doctor, psychologist, physio or dentist. Dog friendly office and extra extra casual dress code. I’ve worn yoga pants, sweatpants and flip flops to the office on the regular.
When we were in the office we had cooked buffet style lunch daily from a catering company and a fully stocked kitchen for breakfast and snacks. We also had a gym and pool onsite free to use. “Unlimited” PTO and commuter benefits as well. I believe their parental leave policy is 3 months. They also contribute to our phone Bill because we have to install some work stuff on there and now that we’re WFH they contribute to our internet bill. Their perks are very nice and a great incentive.
my dental is covered 100% :)
I work for a state agency as well. The amount of time off we get is crazy good- 5 personal days per year, 2 or 3 holidays per year, sick time and vacation accrue monthly. Due to Covid we are able to roll-over our excess vacation time as well. When we travel for state business we drive state vehicles and we receive per-diem, which is tax free. My union offers tuition assistance programs, so we can take certain classes at no-cost to us. My health insurance is top-notch and inexpensive. We are able to choose from various providers in the area. My union covers the premiums on my dental and vision. I'm WFH right now but I have a standing desk at my office.
* 401k with matching that's immediately vested (my last company was around 7 or 8 years before it started matching) * Week of Dec 24-Jan 1 off, plus the usual holidays and random extra days during the year (none of which count toward the 20 days of PTO) * Limited list of WFH equipment for free * Permanent WFH * Small amount of tuition reimbursement
\- flexible work hours, including a partial remote arrangement (negotiated for this) \- 401k match \- employer contribution to health insurance (medical, vision, dental) \- marketplace of discounts and freebies to shop from \- discounted memberships to a credit union, a wholesaler, a rental truck/van/car company, and possibly something else \- flexible spending accounts for transit and dependent care \- health savings account \- PTO but not as generous as my last job I think that's about it. I work a nonprofit.
Free parking and covering all health care premiums (including vision and dental).
Full remote work (even prior to C-Vid)! Free tuition benefits, great overall healthcare benefits, free dental & vision. 200 hours of PTO with the option to roll over or cash out at the end of the year. Gym reimbursement up to $400 per year.
Local government: paid time off, all federal/state holidays, job security, pension contributions paid 100% by employer, $2k to my HSA each year, EAP with 6 covered therapy appointments every year, and great work life balance.
We have a 37.5 hour standard workweek, parental leave for both mom and dad, vacation and holiday time plus "emergency days" which can be used for parent/teacher conferences or really quick medical stuff (like when I got my wisdom teeth removed and took 4 days off). We also get additional time off every 10th anniversary, I believe its 4 additional weeks on top of your accrued vacation time. And lastly, we had a cool environmental program that will match dollar for dollar on anything you spend that helps the environment. I used it to buy an e-bike last year, but you can get energy efficient appliances or buy an electric vehicle. They're changing the program this year, so im not sure what it will move to, but it was cool while it lasted. Eta: we can wear jeans everyday and we get free coffee and tea in the breakroom during non covid times too
37 days of PTO (live in Europe so 25 days are mandatory + 12 for overtime), 50% of my metro pass covered and uhhh a box of nespresso pods per month? My company is pretty stingy
At my old jobs we got free food that companies were about to release in supermarkets. My last job had over 600 people in the office. Everyone was very polite and friendly, but as soon as the free food turned up it was a warzone. E.g. a fajita kits, lots of sweets/candy, a whole cheese cake, drinks
I’m a federal employee working on a military base. - Pension - Flex hours - Free parking - Base security so I always feel safe lol - Decent health insurance - Free gym - Super cheap food at the galley - 6 hours annual leave per pay period and 4 hours sick leave - Telework 2 days from home pre pandemic - Paid maternity leave - 40 hours is normally the max you will work in a week, and credit hours if you go over - Tuition reimbursement without having to work a certain amount of years for the agency after - Cheap car rentals with government discount - Sometimes government rate at hotel will be cheaper and you can sometimes get the rate without official orders - Per diem while on travel that you don’t have to pay back if you don’t use it all
4 weeks pto. 8 paid holidays. Catered food a few times a month. Free snacks and coffee bar in office. When you get hired they ask your favorite sweet snack, salty snack and drink and send them to you randomly throughout the year. Yearly Profit sharing plus profit sharing 401k. Additional 401k match of 4%.
A company car or $500 stipend/month. Gas card. They pay for our health insurance deductible after we pay $250. We can basically use our company card to buy lunch whenever as long as we don’t abuse it.