Following are sample benefits offered across many organizations. Use this list to think creatively about your current benefit package. Is it giving you the competitive edge in attracting and keeping the best employees? Is it helping you to create a workplace in which employees are motivated, happy and productive?
Bonus (extra compensation) options
- Performance bonus
- Attendance bonus
- Longevity bonus
- Profit sharing
- Discount stock purchase plans
Medical and health
- On-site medical clinic
- Medical care programs (HMO, health insurance)
- Dental care programs (insurance)
- Vision care programs
- Flexible spending accounts for healthcare costs
- Employee assistance programs
- Wellness programs
- On-site fitness facilities
- Fitness facility membership
- $50 to take annual physical; $200 reward if vital signs are positive
Paid time off
- Sick leave
- Well pay
- Mental health days
- Holidays
- Vacation
- Bereavement leave
- Ten paid hours a month for volunteer work
- 35 extra vacation days in 10th year and every 5th year thereafter
- Personal or emergency business days or floating holidays
- Paid sabbaticals
- Professional association participation
Insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Mental health insurance
- Travel accident insurance (when traveling on company business)
- Insurances mentioned under "Medical and health"
Retirement
- Defined benefit pension
- Defined contribution
- Financial planning assistance
- 401(k)
- Profit sharing
- Discount stock purchase plans
Children and Family
- Free child care
- On-site child care
- Free elder care
- Vouchers to help pay for child care
- Information about cost and quality of day care
- Discounts on day care
- Flexible spending account for child care
- Sick child care center (to cover when providers won’t accept children)
- Financial support for infertility treatments and/or adoption aid
Pets
- On-site kennel service
- Dog and cat grooming
- Animal sitting for business travelers
- Pet walking services
- Bereavement period for the loss of pets
- Pet insurance
- “Bring a pet to work” day
- Allowed to keep pets at work (an office cat)
Education and Development
- Tuition reimbursement or payment for seminars and classes
- Educational assistance (interest-free loans for own or children’s education)
- Career planning and development
- Scholarships for children of employees
- Professional association meeting, conference or seminar expense
Concierge services
- Car wash and oil change
- Dry cleaning service
- Maid service to clean home
- Errands run
Food
Free drinks such as pop, coffee, tea, juice and espresso
Free lunch
Free popcorn, ice cream or other snacks
Discount meals
Holiday turkeys
Already prepared take-home meals
Paid mini-bar snacks at hotel (while on travel)
Paid meals for entire family if working on weekend (to allow some family time)
Beer, wine, meals included in company-provided refreshments at company events
Clothes
- Free uniforms or uniform cleaning
- Free clothes for personal use (such as shirts, sweaters, jackets, hats)
- Shoe repair
- Safety shoes
- Safety eyeglasses
Personal
- Beautician on site
- $5 haircuts
- Free on-site massages
- Nap time during the workday
Discounts offered to employees
- Leased automobiles
- Life insurance
- Discounts (up to 50%) of closing costs in the purchase of a new home
- Clothing
Transit
- Van-pool programs
- Company car
- Free or subsidized mass-transit passes
- Free parking (car or bicycle)
- Free taxi rides home
- First-class travel
- Free ride in jump seat of company planes
- Free airline passes
- Keep frequent flyer miles for personal use
Other
- Relocation expenses
- Subsidized or free housing
- Employee referral bonus
- Boomerang bonus (employee rehire bonus)
- Prepaid legal services (telephone advice, wills, purchase of a home)
- Award or gift certificates (redeemable at the employer’s or another local store) as bonuses for attendance, productivity, and punctuality
- Game rooms (pool, foosball, video games, etc.)
- Free movies
- Free cigarettes
- Company sponsored/subsidized events such as trips to athletic events, concerts and hikes
- Theme days such as Halloween costume days and holiday cookie exchange days
- Condominium, hotel, camping or other recreational area for employee use
- Annual family trips back to the "home country" of H1 B visa employees
- Relocation back to the "home country" if the job doesn't work out
- Relocation back to any United States location in case of "no fault" layoff or termination
- Birthday card or note from executive
- Assistance in obtaining a visa to visit the United States
- In-plant bank branches for employee banking services
- Life Cycle account of $10,000 to help employees cross major thresholds such as buying a first house or financing college education
