How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

[cashqueen]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

Let's see..
Health Ins/Dental - no vision. Premiums are low but we are about to do open enrollment and I know they'll go up
15 days vacation (norm is 10, I negotiated 15 when I was hired)
9 paid holidays
2 floating holidays
I think 5 sick days
Life ins 2x salary, can purchase more
FSA
Free flu shot
401K - match 3% if you put in 6% (takes 6 years to be fully vested)
Pension replacement - put up to 4% of your earnings in your 401K any cash positive quarter

[jodi]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

I have a state job - I am lucky too and I know it, especially after working for a non-profit previously.
My benefits are based on my half-time schedule.
I accrue 4 hours vacation time and sick time per pay period times 13 pay periods = 52 hours of each, or just over 2.5 weeks of each based on my schedule.
All state holidays + floating holidays several times a year (i.e. Election Day - we have to work but can take the holiday hours to use another day)
20 hours per year of personal time (one week)
great salary!!!!
health insurance is $94 for family coverage, co-pays just got bumped to $18 for 2007 - still a lot better than when we were on DH's plan
free vision and dental coverage, although it doesn't cover much unless you go to one of the plan providers
pension, deferred compensation
FSA and Dependent Care account ($500 employer contribution for this one)
many additional benefits offered through union: cheap life insurance, disability insurance, discount tickets on entertainment/cell phone/car insurance, reimbursement for civil service exams, etc.
I believe they will also pay for college, if it's related to your job
Probably a lot more that I haven't even thought of...

[beebop25blue25]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

We have:

Paid health/dental/vision insurance, Plus they pay our deductible
25 paid off days a year (this is total vacation, sick, whatever)
Company matched 401K
4 day work week (that is considered full time)
Profit sharing at each year anniversary your employed with them
Christmas bonus of $1,000
Birthday bonus $100.00 (mines coming up in Jan)
Monthly massage
Free flu shot
Alot of little extra perks here and there

Very flexible

[MonkeyMama]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

I just have to add I live in California and most of the people I know without college degrees have better benefits than me - big pensions and fully paid health insurance. After reading this thread and for once not having the worst benefits it occured to me California as a whole treats their employees pretty well - a lot of labor laws.

I have never come across who had less holidays than me, before this thread. I Am appreciating my job a lot more today.

[34saving]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

Dh and I both have job that have better bennies than pay. Mine: Good health. Good dental. Life, disability, and liability insurance. Pension. 403b match of $700. 3 personal days. 12 sick days. HSA. No vacation days per se . . .I don't think teachers usually get those. . . .

Dh: Good health (but not as good as mine). Crummy dental (but something). Full tuition remission for himself. 75% tuition remission for me and the kids. Life and disability insurance. 10.4% of his salary put in a 403b (not a match, just a contribution). HSA. 20 vacation days. 13 paid holidays. Flexible schedule. "Free" sick days (but too many and he moves to short term diability). Free use of University stuff like swimming pools and counseling services.

[ren]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

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]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

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]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

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]

Re: How Good Are Your Employer's Benefits?

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