Aces High Bulletin Board
General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: StarOfAfrica2 on April 13, 2006, 01:06:21 PM
-
Thought this was funny. What kind of perks do you get? Next time I go to the board for a raise I'm tellin em I want the stocked fishing pond or the free beer. Either one will suffice, both would be nice.
A nice paycheck, a boss who respects you...those things are fine, but how about some free stuff. Can your company match these?
By David Jacobson, MONEY Magazine contributing writer
April 12, 2006: 8:27 AM EDT
NEW YORK (MONEY Magazine) - Some companies reward their employees with generous vacation time; others keep workers happy with above-average 401(k) matches.
But how about:
Free beer
Employees at New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colo. receive a case of beer a week, which the company does not recommend they drink while riding the bike (like the one on the label of NBB's Fat Tire Amber Ale) that they get after a year on the job. After five years, they go to Belgium to sample the brews that inspired the company's creation.
Free adventure
Brogan & Partners, a Michigan marketer, takes its 60 employees on annual mystery junkets - no one's told the destination (they've hit Amsterdam, Iceland and the Caribbean). At UCG, a Rockville, Md. business publisher, the 1,000 workers (and significant others) are sent on a surprise, all-expenses-paid long weekend every five years.
Pet insurance
Denver-based Chipotle Mexican Grill chips in a maximum of $30 a month toward veterinary insurance for pet-owning employees.
Free fish -- and weight-loss help too
The Sheboygan, Wis. campus of insurance company Acuity features a stocked pond, and the 850 employees can keep their catch. For those who eat too much fish, the company pays for Weight Watchers. Employees put down $100. If they make their weight goal, they get the money back. If not, Acuity matches the money and gives it to charity.
'Pray' for a raise
HomeBanc, the Atlanta mortgage lender, contracts with Corporate Chaplains of America to provide confidential support to any of its 1,300 workers facing crises. "They will only bring up faith or religion if the employee asks," says v.p. Mark Scott. In January and February, HomeBanc's chaplains were paged 244 times, made 34 hospital visits and participated in five weddings and funerals.
Hug trees, get paid
Outdoor outfitter Patagonia pays employees to work for an environmental group of their choice for up to two months. In the past, workers have monitored wolves in Yellowstone and restored native plants in Hawaii. The privately held Ventura, Calif. company will also, "under certain circumstances," pay bail for workers jailed for civil disobedience related to environmental activism.
Concierge services
At four hospitals in the OhioHealth network, concierges handle every conceivable personal chore for all 15,200 employees, from doctors to housekeeping staff. Bonded concierges on retainer from third-party provider 2 Places At 1 Time will buy a nurse's list of groceries, then take them to her house and put them away. Or go to homes to let repair people in or dogs out. One concierge even stood on line and scored fifth-row seats to a Kenny Chesney concert.
Your portrait: Hangin' with the boss
At the Toledo HQ of Root Learning, which creates visual aids for strategic initiatives, portraits of all 80 employees hang in the lobby. They're not arranged like an org chart - you can't tell by the wall who's an exec and who's an assistant. Visual puns are the norm - a senior v.p. known for her constantly changing hair color gets a Warholian four-panel treatment.
-
I get a 10% discount at the Wendy's down the street (not all Wendy's, just this particular one). :(
-
I get free buisness cards and Navy pens. ( The cards have my Recruiters name on it but still works.)
-
Originally posted by BlueJ1
I get free buisness cards and Navy pens. ( The cards have my Recruiters name on it but still works.)
Gettin free buisness cards with someone elses name?? You rock.
I only get yesterdays newspapers for free. :confused:
-
In August my wife and I are being flown to Uganda (First Class) to visit a client's operations. We will then fly to Rwanda on their plane to see another factory...then back to Uganda for a safari.
-
Originally posted by Curval
In August my wife and I are being flown to Uganda (First Class) to visit a client's operations. We will then fly to Rwanda on their plane to see another factory...then back to Uganda for a safari.
Are you for real?
Anything you do there.. stay safe.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-03-22-eu-blacklist_x.htm
-
One of my highschool classmates works for Patagonia. They expect their employees to "live the lifestyle" so when they leave the workplace to go hike or surf or whatever, they do so on the clock.
-
Originally posted by Callisto
Are you for real?
Anything you do there.. stay safe.
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/flights/2006-03-22-eu-blacklist_x.htm
We are flying British Airways from Bda to London to Uganda.
The flight to Rwanda will be on the client's plane.
Obviously it isn't the safest place on earth but we will have armed escorts everywhere we go.
-
Originally posted by Curval
We are flying British Airways from Bda to London to Uganda.
The flight to Rwanda will be on the client's plane.
Obviously it isn't the safest place on earth but we will have armed escorts everywhere we go.
You sure Armed escorts will be safe? Maybe they should only be able to carry cricket bats!!
:D
-
I got two jobs with perks:
Cook at Hooters = 50% food and mechandise
EiC at GamePlasma = free games, hardware, etc
-
I get a trip to Freemont, CA early next month I think. Being sent to Oregon, then Ontario next. It's usually about a half day or so of work, then play time. Headed to the SEMA & NADA in Vegas this year, staying for 6 days (3 for meetings, 3 for play)... can't remember if it's September or November.
A Fully stocked kitchen is about 30 feet away(mozarella & proscutti rolls... omg)... but I keep a mini-fridge, microwave, & sandwitch maker in my office. The food is but, and lately I've been living on a diet of grilled cheese, pizza rolls, and cream soda.
I have 4 guard dogs, and a 9mm in my desk. Most places won't let you do that.
Cell phones, insurance (health/optical/dental/life), travelling expenses, sprint wireless broadband for the laptop.. all that stuff is paid by the company.
I only have an 8 minute commute, and I'm about a year or so from switching to being a telecommuter.
I don't think I could handle ever going back to call centers and the rat race of big companies.
-
Originally posted by indy007
I get a trip to Freemont, CA early next month I think. Being sent to Oregon, then Ontario next. It's usually about a half day or so of work, then play time. Headed to the SEMA & NADA in Vegas this year, staying for 6 days (3 for meetings, 3 for play)... can't remember if it's September or November.
A Fully stocked kitchen is about 30 feet away(mozarella & proscutti rolls... omg)... but I keep a mini-fridge, microwave, & sandwitch maker in my office. The food is but, and lately I've been living on a diet of grilled cheese, pizza rolls, and cream soda.
I have 4 guard dogs, and a 9mm in my desk. Most places won't let you do that.
Cell phones, insurance (health/optical/dental/life), travelling expenses, sprint wireless broadband for the laptop.. all that stuff is paid by the company.
I only have an 8 minute commute, and I'm about a year or so from switching to being a telecommuter.
I don't think I could handle ever going back to call centers and the rat race of big companies.
Not much to do in fremont... lol
-
Originally posted by GtoRA2
Not much to do in fremont... lol
lol, at least there's money to be made there :) wish I had more time to look around the places I end up. After waking up at 4am for a flight, hopping off the plane and going straight to meetings, getting to tour the cities doesn't happen very often :(
-
Originally posted by Curval
We are flying British Airways from Bda to London to Uganda.
The flight to Rwanda will be on the client's plane.
Obviously it isn't the safest place on earth but we will have armed escorts everywhere we go.
LOL!
Assume nothing.... stay alert and keep yer missus and yerself safe, Curvie. Wouldn't be a bad idea if you had your guards show you how to use those weapons... (saftey, actuation/loading) just in case.
-
I can tell you where to find a great Mexican place. I can also tell you how to get to the best burger joint in the area too but its in hayward two towns away.
-
My Wife's place of employment gives them a free happy hour every Friday, along with food.
-
Originally posted by Hangtime
LOL!
Assume nothing.... stay alert and keep yer missus and yerself safe, Curvie. Wouldn't be a bad idea if you had your guards show you how to use those weapons... (saftey, actuation/loading) just in case.
I was a section commander in our little regiment here...I had to teach guys how to shoot. No problem.
-
Originally posted by Curval
I was a section commander in our little regiment here...I had to teach guys how to shoot. No problem.
Well lets hope none of the guys you taught will be wanting to shoot at you.
Orrrrr
If they are. That your a poor teacher LOL
-
I had a guy working for me a few years ago I used to buy him 2-$10 a peice cigars every day.
He thought that was great and that I was a great boss for doing so.
What he didnt know is I didnt buy them simply for him to enjoy.
I bought them for him because I couldnt take the godawful stench the Elcheapo cigars he normally bought for himself used to give off LOL
Cigars smell bad enough.
Cheap Cigars about make you want to puke
-
Originally posted by DREDIOCK
Well lets hope none of the guys you taught will be wanting to shoot at you.
Orrrrr
If they are. That your a poor teacher LOL
No chance that any of my guys being in Africa.
I just hope they are rifles...I can't shoot hand guns well at all.
-
There's always free candy at my school.
-
Originally posted by eskimo2
There's always free candy at my school.
Lesson 1.
Ain't nuthin' free.
-
Originally posted by Skuzzy
My Wife's place of employment gives them a free happy hour every Friday, along with food.
Now THAT is a perk!
-
Besides the usual benefits, working at an airline I am in position that I can schedule and go use one of the company simulators whenever I want.
I have been around the world a bunch, always in first class. Domestic trips normally coach now, but international I have always gotten first.
A pilot for one of our code-share partners in Austria took me for an aerobatic glider ride in the Alps, above Innsbruck.
In the last year I have taken my wife with me on company trips to Phoenix in the winter, to Amsterdam last may, and Rome last summer. (my son came to Rome too).
This job has had some cool benefits.
-
Originally posted by BlueJ1
I get free buisness cards and Navy pens. ( The cards have my Recruiters name on it but still works.)
Too bad about your rate then. If you were a SK (Storekeeper) like me, you get EVERYTHING free! Thank you taxpayers!!!
:aok
-
Oops, forgot. My job perks:
On Fridays they bring in donuts for everyone. Free donuts. I'd work for no pay for free donuts. Serious, man, donuts rule!
-
Originally posted by DiabloTX
Oops, forgot. My job perks:
On Fridays they bring in donuts for everyone. Free donuts. I'd work for no pay for free donuts. Serious, man, donuts rule!
lol, I could name quite a few more perks about the Navy. But I dont want to make the rest of the Armed Forces feel bad.
My rate allows me to fix/build the fastest and most kickass aircraft in the world. And get paid to do it. :aok
-
Originally posted by BlueJ1
lol, I could name quite a few more perks about the Navy. But I dont want to make the rest of the Armed Forces feel bad.
My rate allows me to fix/build the fastest and most kickass aircraft in the world. And get paid to do it. :aok
The Navy lets you work on the F-15 and F-16?:D
-
Originally posted by GtoRA2
The Navy lets you work on the F-15 and F-16?:D
Blasphemer...
-
Originally posted by DiabloTX
Blasphemer...
Well they got rid of all their good planes... You know the F-14 and A-6, whats left? :D
-
Originally posted by Dago
Besides the usual benefits, working at an airline I am in position that I can schedule and go use one of the company simulators whenever I want.
I have been around the world a bunch, always in first class. Domestic trips normally coach now, but international I have always gotten first.
A pilot for one of our code-share partners in Austria took me for an aerobatic glider ride in the Alps, above Innsbruck.
In the last year I have taken my wife with me on company trips to Phoenix in the winter, to Amsterdam last may, and Rome last summer. (my son came to Rome too).
This job has had some cool benefits.
Winner! So far....
-
Originally posted by GtoRA2
Well they got rid of all their good planes... You know the F-14 and A-6, whats left? :D
Mmm F-22. *Drool*
-
Yeah, true. I was watching a show a while back and it showed where the F-14's go to die. They strip them down, tear em apart, and truck em off to be melted down into aluminum cans. It kinda freaks me out that the soda can in front of me could have been going mach 1.5 at one time and now its just holding a collection of chemicals for my enjoyment.
One the jobs perks I had active duty in the navy was working the flight deck of the ship that I was on. When I say flight deck I mean the little area that our 2 CH-46's operated from. Once when I was working back there on a brilliantly clear day an F-14 came screaming over us going faster than sound. Fortunately I was astute enough to see it before it got to my ship and I just sat back an watched as the sonic BOOOOOM!!! made everyone else on the flight deck jump about 5 feet.
-
I get 10 perks for every customer I help. I can put them in any category I want to :p
-
I just returned to work for the first time since my injury.
I'm working at the hardware store down the street.
the money isn't anywhere close to what I used to make, but...
I sleep at home every night, enjoy the work and the people I work with, I'm indoors when it rains, haven't caught fire once(couldn't say that in my previous career), and I get a significant discount at the hardware store (which is where a good chunk of my money has always gone anyway).
all very good perks in my book.
they discount may even end up being worth more than the paycheck.
-
Im a plumber.
Free tampons for wife
Free condoms for me
All you can eat buffet
-
I get a new car every four weeks to drive.
and all the washer fluid I could ever use?
and free internet.
I also get to fire people the best perk.
-
I used to be able to use company cars and fuel as much as I liked for free. That's a pretty damn good perk here.
At the current job it's just free boozing a couple of times a year. I don't need a car though as I can pedal to work. Oh yeah, I can also get a free roadworthines check for my car once a year for free($ 67)...
-
I have users for my software.
:cry
Some gem I got in the past :
user : Are you sure your software cannot read the black marking on this black background ?
straffo : uh ??? (thinking wtf , the camera can't even see it dumb***** !)
user : how come you're system canno't differenciate light yellow from white with a black and white camera ?
straffo : bis repetita ...
user : how comes your system canno't give me the distance between those 2 points ?
straffo : look like your 2 point are 50 mm apart and your restricted my camera field of view to 25mm (help me I'm surrounded by cretins !)
user : the camera felt from only 1 meter and you say it's broke ?
What the hell it cost 2000€ and it canno't resist ?
straffo : ...
user : I was cleaning the CCD when this part felt (the CCD !) and now my camera canno't acquire any image.
straffo : ...
-
I "work" from home and have a pretty nice budget for buying "office supplies"
-
>No fixed hours. Nice if I come down to the office, but not absolutely necessary. If I want to phone in a week of work from a thousand miles away, I can (and do). I set up a revision-control repository to make that easier.
>Access to the VIP lounge of every major and most minor library and archive across Europe and North America. They bring me crap from the 13th and 14th century, and I try not to set it on fire.
>Workplace mostly filled with European women in their early twenties.
>In the past year, I've had two all-expenses paid weeklong trips to Italy, and one to Cyprus. Workload during those trips was at most 6 hours/day.
>I can drink coffee, scratch my chin a lot, tell people I'm "working", and they believe me.
>Workplace is French/German bilingual. Tell the Germans I speak French, the French I speak German, and go about speaking English anyway.
>No sense even trying to get a loan, since the bank has my profession listed as "Philosopher"
-
What do you _really_ do Dinger, and what are you supposed to do?
Are you the guy that is always around the office, but nobody really knows what you do and they forgot to stop your salary payments? :D
-
Pretty much what I said I do. Here's a screen grab from work last year:
http://static.flickr.com/14/17211389_ff35380070_b.jpg
-
Originally posted by Dinger
>No fixed hours. Nice if I come down to the office, but not absolutely necessary. If I want to phone in a week of work from a thousand miles away, I can (and do). I set up a revision-control repository to make that easier.
>Access to the VIP lounge of every major and most minor library and archive across Europe and North America. They bring me crap from the 13th and 14th century, and I try not to set it on fire.
If you happen to come by the BnF ,I'll be happy to drink a beer with you ,I'm working currently right at the BnF :)
-
I usually go to the Rue Richelieu one, but I assume you're talking about Tolbiac. Tentatively scheduled to be in Paris in the fall, but I may swing out before then. In any case, sure, I'm up for a cold one.
-
Right, I'm in Tolbiac, what kind of document you usually consult ?
-
Manuscrits Latins normally -- in fact, right I'm working on BN MSS Latins 3071, 3072 and (I think) 15851. Though I need to determine what is the mysterious Fonds du Theil next time I visit.
You working in the photographic service or with those gallica folks, or just nearby?
-
Hmm lets see...
All my uniforms are free, all my boots are free, all the ammunition I want to shoot at the range is free, I can check my duty weapons out whenever I want and go to the local range..all for free. We get fed once a week at work for free too.
And when I work on a holiday I get paid double time and a half. :D
Nuclear Security does have some perks. :aok
-
Originally posted by Dinger
Pretty much what I said I do. Here's a screen grab from work last year:
http://static.flickr.com/14/17211389_ff35380070_b.jpg
You have 26 things open at once.... :confused: I thought I had it bad at 11.
-
The best perk for cop, esp young ones: the chicks. We called em "Badge bunnies", many were married to wet noodle rich guys and wanted to roll in the sack with a mans man type of thing, others just had a thing for uniforms.
I took full advantage of that perk.
-
Perks of my job>>>>
>Free trips to and from Germany for my wife and I at least once a year.
>Dinners out frequently with the rest of the company and wives frequently.
>Get to travel all over North America on the companies dollars.
>Long trips to Las Vegas each January...not really a perk but hey my wife likes to visit Vegas.
>Get to leave basically whenever my work is done each day.
>Get to spend time with my family and can work from home if I need to.
>Free BOOZE at the office.
-
Originally posted by Dinger
Manuscrits Latins normally -- in fact, right I'm working on BN MSS Latins 3071, 3072 and (I think) 15851. Though I need to determine what is the mysterious Fonds du Theil next time I visit.
You working in the photographic service or with those gallica folks, or just nearby?
Don't know what is the "Fond du Theil", do you mean "fond" as a collection or as a place ?
I'm working at the DSI of the BnF ,especially for the "catalogue" ,expecially the creation/modification/indexations of the notices (I hate MARC with passion :D)
-
Ohh perks... ummm
- annual car allowance topped up by fuel vouchers
- expense account
- occasional trips overseas for tech/sales training (toejamet, singapore, aussie etc)
- free tech quals/certs as long as I pay attention
- free cellphone
- free net
- flexible hours (I usually work 10-7 to avoid traffic)
- nice suped up laptop
- home network that would put most small businesses to shame (for free) securitywise
AND the most important of all.. vendorware... aka vendor shirts and jackets. I am a vendor potato :D
I could also get really really cheap Apple gear - but I chose not to - I see that as some sort of punishment more than a perk.
-
It's some sort of MS collection, but its exact composition is a little mysterious, since I don't think it's a fonds in the same was as say, Latin, Baluze, or other MSS.
Anyway, cool, I'll look you up next time I'm in town -- I gather we can now look at our demandes en cours without fear. Ah, those were the days.
-
No raises (merit, COLA, anything) ever.
No Christmas/Holiday Party
No Profit Sharing
55+ hours a week - minimum
No cellphone
No expense account
No dinners
No travel
No stock
BUT...I get a new (-ish) car, gas and insurance. I can change the car every week. That's worth something, I suppose...
Don't even ask the salary that comes with this paradise on earth. :rolleyes:
-
Originally posted by Vulcan
I could also get really really cheap Apple gear - but I chose not to - I see that as some sort of punishment more than a perk.
*sniff*.. you are breaking my heart :cry
Did I mention you could just send it to me?
-
Originally posted by Callisto
Gettin free buisness cards with someone elses name?? You rock.
I only get yesterdays newspapers for free. :confused:
Gotcha beat :)
culero (gets his own card, and TODAY'S paper!)
-
I can buy an RV from any of our companies (We are the largest mfg. in the World now) at 2% below wholesale. On a large deisel pusher that can be a $50k or more savings.
-
No perks other than basic health care, dental, something called "Employee Incentive Plan", good retirement package. But the pay is good, and the stress level is manageable, and I can be virtual (I work from home 20-30 hours a week)
-
My perk is simple. I get paid for not working. I don't even have to show up for work and not work. I just get a nice check deposited in my bank account every month, annual raises and health coverage all without having to go to work. Beat THAT set of job perks!:p
Retirement, it's a tough job but somebody's got to do it.
-
Originally posted by Maverick
My perk is simple. I get paid for not working. I don't even have to show up for work and not work. I just get a nice check deposited in my bank account every month, annual raises and health coverage all without having to go to work. Beat THAT set of job perks!:p
Retirement, it's a tough job but somebody's got to do it.
Good for you Mav! :aok Now get your retired butt up to WA state so we can tour the Museum of Flight and tip a few. :)
-
Hmmm, As an USAF Flight Surgeon I work 0700 to 1600 three days a week in a nice new medical facility. One half day a week I spend visiting other "shops" on base. I fly in any USAF aircraft with more than one seat at least once a week and get paid to do it. Federal holidays off, competative pay. Easy call schedule. No malpractice fees. I live in base housing and pay no utilities. Commissary, health club, BX, golf course, bowling alley, O-club, privledges. All expense paid trips around the world. Medical continuing education paid for. I'm about to be retrained into another medical specialty with a combined masters degree. Don't worry about amount of sick leave I have because I'm paid if sick and can't work (better than Aflak), 30 days leave. Non contribution retirement package. Medical insurance. Awesome coworkers who volunteered to serve our country. Dependant family members who understand what sacrifice means. Healthy patients. Oh, and free rectal exams:aok
-
Originally posted by Scatcat
Oh, and free rectal exams:aok
LOL...coffee through the nose when I read THAT one.
Not so sure that is a perk.:rofl
-
Rip,
I'm headed west this year so keep it in mind later in the summer. This year we want to hit the NW part of the country and Washington is on the list.
-
Originally posted by Maverick
Rip,
I'm headed west this year so keep it in mind later in the summer. This year we want to hit the NW part of the country and Washington is on the list.
:aok If you got a camper or RV, I'm set up for that. Our backyard looks like a campsite complete with a firepit. I even have a sewage hook up. You'll have a deck that overlooks the White River Elk Preserve from 100 feet up and faces the Cascade Mountain range. You'll be centrally located, 25 miles from Mount Rainier, 25 miles from Seattle. You're more than welcome to stay here as long as you desire if you have a camper.
(http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL767/2726312/8605995/140619026.jpg)
-
Rip,
I really do appreciate the offer but our "camper" and tow vehicle combination is about 62' long. I'd send a picture but don't have a hosting site for it. Check your PM's.
-
This may or may not be seen as a perk, but I just left a meeting where another clinet has invited me to swim with sharks off the Great Barrier Reef...in a cage of course. Not sure when I will get out there, but I will definately need to go at some point on business.
-
Originally posted by Maverick
Rip,
I really do appreciate the offer but our "camper" and tow vehicle combination is about 62' long. I'd send a picture but don't have a hosting site for it. Check your PM's.
No worries, I sit on 1 acre. I'm 48' long and navigate in the backyard just fine with room to spare.