Writer's Block: Perks of the Job

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Golly. Perks. That's the best topic for 8:30 in the morning on a Saturday that I've ever heard! And I could go on forever...

First, there's all the other things we'd love but that would cost companies money, so they will never do.

• How about if they pay for our insurance, rather than making us pay for most of the monthly premium - hello, we

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[life_at_drift]

people might not believe this...but we have a great majority of those type of benefits at Sprint. which is why I like my job. in trade, I get treated like a five year old by my improperly trained management...

which is why my job makes me want to bash my head with a brick...

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The reasonable ones I listed were mostly pulled from places I have worked...and obviously, none of them got me to stay at my job. I need advancement, appreciation, growth, opportunity, respect...without those, I can't stay in one place, and those are difficult to find, anywhere. But the irrational, impossible ones were the most fun. I'd stay for those. ;o)

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* How about increasing the matching amount they put into 401K's?
I have no idea what you're even talking about here. :)

* How about offering a "mental health day", that employees can use up to one a month of? They don't have to accrue or anything, but if you just need ONE day off, there it is, without a hit in the paycheck.
AMEN!!

* Free box lunches?
We get a fruit basket once a week, to share amongst the floor. It averages at two pieces of fruit per person per week. But lunches would be great.

* Working with company partners to provide free admittance/special events to local family/fun spots - ie "Free Day at COSI for all WonderCompany employees and their families!"
That's a great idea.

* Profit sharing??
My company does that, but we haven't made enough of a profit the last two years to trigger it.

Flex-schedules are good too - four 10 hour days, for example, instead of five 8 hour days. But even better is to make that flexible so that if I need one week of 4-10's, and two weeks of 5-8's, I can do that.I have a sort of flexi

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* How about increasing the matching amount they put into 401K's?
I have no idea what you're even talking about here. :)
401K is what most companies here call a retirement fund. At most places, you can have them put between 5-10% of your paycheck into your retirement account - then the company will match that amount. So if I put $20 into retirement, the company puts in $20, and now I have $40.