benefits at work

[jennlin]

aside from your $$ compensation, what do you get? (sick days, vacation, 401k, medical/dental....) go into detail if you can (jury duty? bereavement? tuition reimbursement?)

[jennlin]

we get 10 sick days a year, and depending on how long you've been with the company, somewhere around 10 days (under 5 yrs at company), i think h gets something like 13 days (5-10 yrs). my 401k i think is matched up to about 6%? medical and dental is pretty good coverage and i don't pay for any premiums. we get paid our regular rate for jury duty, and i think we get 3 days bereavement...but i'm not positive. the company website says we get it, but my h says it's not paid...so i'm not sure. tuition reimbursement is for select programs only, and you have to stay with the company for X amount of years (depends on the program) after you graduate. i don't know if they still do it, but you used to get 100 shares of company stock, too, if you got your masters. i think they discontinued that....but h got it a few years ago.

ETA: medical, dental, and vision are included, for you, your spouse, and your kids, all with no premiums.

[catbus]

• 401(k) match (not a great one, but better than nothing
  
• Roth 401(k) option
• 50% subsidized lunches (delivered; we can order online from either a Thai restaurant or Panera)
• Kitchens/break rooms stocked with snacks and beverages
• Super-cheap vending machines (everything's $.25)
• Tuition reimbursement (full value, but must pay back anything incurred within the previous calendar year if employee leaves company)
• Sweet health insurance (no specialist referrals necessary, used to be no premiums for employee's own insurance, but now the monthly premium is something like $30, very low co-pays)
• Helly Hansen professional purchasing program (we can buy HH gear for 20% off the wholesale price, e.g. 60% off retail)
• Holiday bonus (~$1000 after tax) and sometimes an annual performance bonus
• Big holiday parties with full dinner spread and open bar
• Annual office golf day
• Paid parking or transit pass

That's all I've got for now. I wish I liked my job more, because the perks are nice.

[jennlin]

oh we also get a bonus too..once a year, varies. somewhere around 10-15 days of pay usually.

[jennlin]

i'm really jealous of your thaifood subsidy catbus.

[catbus]

Apr 9, 2013 14:26:01 GMT -5 jennlin said:

i'm really jealous of your thaifood subsidy catbus.

But it's just mediocre Thai (Bahn Thai). Panera's new; we used to do Specialty's, which was tasty, but them their quality (with us) went downhill. I think they figured we were going to keep ordering no matter what, so they could get a little lazy. While I was on maternity leave, our admin. assistant switched to Panera. 

The execs basically get a free catered meal every day. I've always found it funny that the more money a person makes, the more s/he gets for free. 

[niq]

really shitty health insurance (I am on msniq's)
401k with $0.50-per-$1.00 match, up until you've contributed 6% and they've contributed 3%
2 weeks paid parental leave on top of vacation/sick day (SO HAPPY ABOUT THIS ONE)
free lunch on Wednesdays (usually it's from one of those pan-asian semi-fast restaurants downtown)
free bagels on Thursdays
new office has a full gym w/no fee, some classes available for free or cheap

[picksthemusic]

We get PTO (which we can use for either vacation or sick days, they are synonymous) that build up over time, depending on if you're salary or hourly, EIB (extended illness bank, meaning after being gone for 3 consecutive days, you're no longer taking from PTO), we have a 401a (we're a state funded company), we have jury duty compensation, tuition reimbursement (for certain programs), bereavement... and I think that's it.

[picksthemusic]

Apr 9, 2013 13:57:45 GMT -5 catbus said:

• 401(k) match (not a great one, but better than nothing
  
• Roth 401(k) option
• 50% subsidized lunches (delivered; we can order online from either a Thai restaurant or Panera)
• Kitchens/break rooms stocked with snacks and beverages
• Super-cheap vending machines (everything's $.25)
• Tuition reimbursement (full value, but must pay back anything incurred within the previous calendar year if employee leaves company)
• Sweet health insurance (no specialist referrals necessary, used to be no premiums for employee's own insurance, but now the monthly premium is something like $30, very low co-pays)
• Helly Hansen professional purchasing program (we can buy HH gear for 20% off the wholesale price, e.g. 60% off retail)
• Holiday bonus (~$1000 after tax) and sometimes an annual performance bonus
• Big holiday parties with full dinner spread and open bar
• Annual office golf day

That's all I've got for now. I wish I liked my job more, because the perks are nice.

Can I work with you? That sounds pretty good.

[sarack]

Apr 9, 2013 16:03:37 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

Apr 9, 2013 13:57:45 GMT -5 catbus said:

• 401(k) match (not a great one, but better than nothing
  
• Roth 401(k) option
• 50% subsidized lunches (delivered; we can order online from either a Thai restaurant or Panera)
• Kitchens/break rooms stocked with snacks and beverages
• Super-cheap vending machines (everything's $.25)
• Tuition reimbursement (full value, but must pay back anything incurred within the previous calendar year if employee leaves company)
• Sweet health insurance (no specialist referrals necessary, used to be no premiums for employee's own insurance, but now the monthly premium is something like $30, very low co-pays)
• Helly Hansen professional purchasing program (we can buy HH gear for 20% off the wholesale price, e.g. 60% off retail)
• Holiday bonus (~$1000 after tax) and sometimes an annual performance bonus
• Big holiday parties with full dinner spread and open bar
• Annual office golf day

That's all I've got for now. I wish I liked my job more, because the perks are nice.

Can I work with you? That sounds pretty good.

yeah, me too?

out benefits are decent, i pay like $12 a month. but they really aren't that good.
40 hours of vacation a year

i'm technically salary.. but if i work more than 40, i get over time.

kinda unwritten perks:
if i want to not use vacation, i can work 40 hours in a couple days to make up for it
i have flexibility for appointments 
flexibility for sick family/kids


and that's all folks!

[stretchad]

Accrue up to a week of sick time
2 weeks vacation time (but I negotiated an additional week)
2 personal days (1 for each half of the year)
401k with matching
Bereavement & jury coverage
Stock purchase plan
RSUs depending on your level within the organization
Corporate discounts
Adoption assistance (not sure of the details, I think up to 2500?)
Tuition reimbursement (I think up to 5000)
Medical, Dental, Vision (but no fertility coverage. BOO!!)
30% discount on company products

[catbus]

Apr 9, 2013 21:22:21 GMT -5 stretchad said:

Accrue up to a week of sick time
2 weeks vacation time (but I negotiated an additional week)
2 personal days (1 for each half of the year)
401k with matching
Bereavement & jury coverage
Stock purchase plan
RSUs depending on your level within the organization
Corporate discounts
Adoption assistance (not sure of the details, I think up to 2500?)
Tuition reimbursement (I think up to 5000)
Medical, Dental, Vision (but no fertility coverage. BOO!!)
30% discount on company products

I forgot where you work, then realized it sounds awfully similar to my H's benefits. He's been there ten years, though, so he gets five weeks vacation. 

[7costanza]

These benefits sound just like what my H gets...I wonder if you work at the same company. Did you also at one point get free tickets to a theme park in CA/FL? And do most people hate the company?

Apr 9, 2013 15:46:28 GMT -5 Tiff said:

7 paid holidays
24 hours of floating holiday
up to 64 hours of flex time, depending on length of service. These hours can be paid out annually up to $1,000.
120 vacation hours for 5-9 years of service. 80 hours for less than 5 years. I think it caps out at 160 hours after 10 years.
I pay $198 for medical, $25.54 for dental and $3.95 for vision, monthly for coverage for my daughter and I. We have really good coverage, our copay is $15 and prescriptions are about $10, usually. There are other options for coverage (group health, and a pay later type of plan).
401k with company match up to 6%
Employee stock purchase program is available
We get a plethora of discounts/perks from other companies (Avis car rental, Sprint, Verizon, Universal Studios, Microsoft, Apple, various hotels etc.)
Discounted serviEces (my home internet/TV is about $21/month. - it goes up every year, but is still a good perk)

I forgot - we have tuition reimbursement up to $5,000/calendar year and it has to be towards a degree that can be used at the company.
Jury duty pay is normal pay for up to two weeks.
We get a bonus too, but there are various bonus plans for how they're structured and if they're paid out annually or quarterly.