Anonymous wrote:Every employee has to have a window/access to natural light.

- policy for all offices worldwide. It is a European company.

this is so civilized to me, to the point where i'm not sure I could work for an orgnaizaion where I personally didn't have this. OT, but would it be weird during interviews to ask? I'm not in the market now but if I change organizations I think I'd HAVE to see my physical workspace in order to accept an offer.

SiriusXM and summer Fridays

One old employee gave a sabbatical after 5 years - an extra 3 weeks pto, so that year you'd have 6 weeks. It was pretty awesome.

Anonymous wrote:We shut down from Cristmas Eve until Jan 2 every year
Our maternity leave starts two weeks before our due date
We get a $ towards gift cards for working out, recycling, annual Drs appts, dentist, etc. up to $350/year
We have flex Friday's year round

Forgot my favorite - emergency back up care and $1,000 towards additional childcare costs resulting from overtime or business travel. I use it for an overnight nanny.

We shut down from Cristmas Eve until Jan 2 every year
Our maternity leave starts two weeks before our due date
We get a $ towards gift cards for working out, recycling, annual Drs appts, dentist, etc. up to $350/year
We have flex Friday's year round

could fly and get flights for the family round trip was $90 per. International was $210, flew to the carribean more times than i can count, all over US, and Europe

Anonymous wrote:Every employee has to have a window/access to natural light.

- policy for all offices worldwide. It is a European company.

I love this. I work in a windowless basement. It's really soul-sucking.

Unlimited PtO
7,5% match 401k
Free nurse / doctor onsite
Free gym on site
Deferred compensation plan in a rabbi trust

At a well known ride sharing firm, you get a discount on all rides and several hundred dollars in credits per month. Also free lunch and dinner.

Every employee has to have a window/access to natural light.

- policy for all offices worldwide. It is a European company.

Wow- some of these are awesome. When I worked in the private sector (20 years ago), I don't think we had any of these perks. I've been a fed since then, and clearly do not get any of these benefits. The most we get is a metro benefit. I guess it's a good thing I really like my job. Reading all of these, though, I have to admit it makes me even angrier when I hear fed bashing and how we're a drain and how we couldn't cut it in the private sector.

Free milk for coffee, cereal, etc., ice cream on Friday afternoons, bagels every other Friday morning, summer hours (work 8.5 hrs M-TH, leave at 3pm on Friday), and pretty flexible schedules.

Unfortunately, our "normal benefits" aren't very good anymore...I'd rather better leave, health ins, and 401k contributions instead of milk and ice cream.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My previous firm used to provide bagels & cream cheese every day in the morning (and fruit...generally apples and bananas), catered lunch every day by Ridgewells, free gym on site, discounted trainers, free dinner (if you work past 6:30p), and no official vacation policy (vacation approval at the discretion of your supervisor...in my case great, in other cases, awful), and great health benefits.

FBR?
I used to work there years ago and those were the benefits.

You hit the nail on the head. Darn financial crisis...

6.5 weeks of paid leave, unlimited sick leave with doctor's note, all federal holidays on top of the 6.5 weeks - large nonprofit

Anonymous wrote:My previous firm used to provide bagels & cream cheese every day in the morning (and fruit...generally apples and bananas), catered lunch every day by Ridgewells, free gym on site, discounted trainers, free dinner (if you work past 6:30p), and no official vacation policy (vacation approval at the discretion of your supervisor...in my case great, in other cases, awful), and great health benefits.

FBR?
I used to work there years ago and those were the benefits.