How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

[ren]

Health/Vision/Dental (premiums go up $10/month as of 1/1/07, but the copays aren't bad)
22 days paid time off, base of 20 increasing 1 day per year of service
401k match 2/3s of the first 6% of pay contributed (so a max of 4%)
Paid jury duty, bereavement leave, ten holidays and five half days before holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Professional certifications/exams are paid for, plus bonuses for completion
Paid continuing ed
FSA
37.5 hour work week w/ flex time option (work 75 hours in 9 days, take the 10th day off)
Basic short term and long term disability coverage paid for by the company w/ cheap additional coverage
Life insurance (2x annual wages comp, additional coverage is cheap)
Paid doctor visits (up to three visits per year)
Amazing employee assistance program -- counselors, adoption assistance, relocation services, lawyers, etc.

The pay is a bit low for the industry, but the benefits make up for it. Additionally, it's a company that pays more than just lip service to promoting from within -- I've been promoted three times since I was hired in 1/2005.

Also, I can play on the internet at lunch!

ETA: Forgot to say, we get a lot of discounts from our clients (20% off Verizon services, full copies of MS Office for $20, that sort of thing). That's a nice perk as well.

[frugalmomof1]

Health and Dental Insurance, with no copays $300 deductable for in-network physicians (free for individual plan, ~$40/week for family plan) Cash-In allowance (~$700 per year less taxes) if you don't use individual insurance (will get this next year....comes out just in time for Christmas!)
10-12 paid holidays depending on how they fall...one year we had 13
20 Vacation days
Unlimited personal time (for salaried personnel, which I am)
Life Insurance
Paid jury duty and bereavement days (amount of time depends on relationship)
401k match of 5% up to $30/week (used to be 5% no limit )
Up to 6 months disability
DH and I have laptops and cell phones paid for by the company
Paid training (I need RCRA/DOT and OSHA training every year,....(each class is $500+)
Tuition Reimbursement (100% for A's) 50% book reimbursement (got my engineering degree almost free this way)
$100/year reimbursement for health club membership
Starting 1/1/07 discounted AFLAC insurance

[Elgin526]

Health, vision, dental, company pays for 90% or more of premiums and little out-of-pocket expenses.
18 days vacation (been here 7 years)
12 sick days per year, can roll over, I now have 65 banked.
401k with 100% match up to 3% of employee contribution with 8% of your annual salery as a descretionary contribution (we get it every year, but technically they don't have to do it).
Paid holidays, we all of them except Columbus Day and Good Friday.
Tuition reimbursement up to $3000 per calendar year
Employee assistance program
Year end bonus in years company meets financial goals (which we do 90% of the time)
Flex spending account good for health care and/or child care
Life insurance and short/long term disability insureance
Various holiday parties through out the year with raffle prizes (really good ones at the Christmas party, too!).
Flex hours and work-at-home options for some positions (not all positions are eligeable due to the type of work involved).

My company ROCKS!

[neatdesign]

I work at a private university on an 11-month rotating schedule, but HR still considers me full-time. Here are the benefits that I currently partake in, or plan to in the coming months:

• Free health care for me (Mark gets his health care separately through his employer, because if he was on my plan then I'd have to pay for mine, too, and that costs A LOT more)
• Vision care included in the free health care plan; dental is extra
• 11 paid vacation days
• 6 paid holidays PLUS winter break (12/25 thru 1/01)
• 11 paid sick days
• 403(b) contributions -- I can contribute from Day 1; after one year the University will contribute 5% basic contributions AND up to 5% matching contributions. (If you only contribute 3%, the University will only match 3%, etc.)
• Discounts on sporting events, art & cultural events, etc.
• Free ticket to an art & cultural event per year (you get that coupon on your birthday, which I got yesterday!)
• Free use of the University library facilities and resources, including books, DVDs, computers, scanners, etc.
• Free diagnostics on your home personal computer by the tech support department
• Free usage of the foreign language lab (I'm planning on brushing up on my Spanish)
• Free non-credit classes for employees/spouses (5 per year) -- these include everything from cooking to dancing to computer classes
• Free safety checks/fluid & air top-ups on employees' cars each semester
• Discounts on food at campus eateries
• Free counseling services (marital, psychological, etc) for employee/spouse
• Free access to gym facilities

Wow, the list just goes on and on. And those are just the ones I can think of. I can't wait to take advantage of all these things!!!

I don't have any kids yet, and I doubt I'll still be working at the University when they're ready to go to college, but if I am then they would be eligible for FREE TUITION. This is exceptional when you consider that this University was rated the #2 most expensive four-year university in the country last year. It's an especially great benefit for those employees who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford such a top-notch college for their kids. For instance, a woman who works in maintenance and emigrated here from the Ukraine asked me how her daughter would go about applying for admission. (I work in the Int'l Education office so she thought I'd know.) I have no doubt that otherwise she wouldn't have been able to afford the $38,000/year tuition. So, it's excellent.

~ Jenney