Why all these “buns”: What will IT companies offer you besides salary?

    In the struggle for the best employees, startups and international corporations go a lot. Including, they offer various bonuses. It turns out that there is already a tennis table in almost every office, and IT companies have to come up with more and more extravagant “goodies”.

    Some may seem very useful, while others do not always correspond with the real state of things. Today we will analyze the strangest and really needed bonuses. And in our digest you can find a few more articles about corporate culture. / Pixabay / StartupStockPhotos / CC0




    Employee Care


    Many technical companies make the office not only a place of work, but a multifunctional platform where you can get a wide range of services. For example, in many companies there is a hairdresser and dry cleaning service (for example, at the Google office ), their own restaurants (at the Facebook office ) or delivery of healthy and free food (Spotify). What about the concierge service (see “The Facade of the Concierge Service” here ), whose staff will pick up your things from the laundry room, organize a party, or carry out any assignment while you work?

    Such services can make life easier with a busy schedule and create a comfortable atmosphere. And if the employees don’t have a headache about how to manage to redo all the affairs, including personal ones, then they will be able to concentrate on work.

    Evernote also takes care of employees and wants them to not have to spend all their days off doing housework, so they can get free housekeeping twice a month. But this is not the only company that attracts employees in this way. If you want to receive regular cleaning in the apartment, we advise you to pay attention to the company Exec.

    And Google cares about the education of its employees and is ready to pay for any courses. You can upgrade your skills, attend language schools or even gardening courses. In addition, if you do not like to adhere to a strict dress code, then almost any company in Silicon Valley will suit you.

    Health


    You have probably heard that many companies equip their own fitness room with additional sections from yoga to martial arts (Yahoo, Mail.Group and others ), and also offer massages and acupuncture. Such services can serve as excellent prophylaxis (see paragraph Employee wellness program) of many diseases. And as you know, in America, and in Europe, treatment is quite expensive. Therefore, sports can help reduce the size of hospital bills.

    Other companies find an alternative way to solve the problem of paying for treatment and provide employees with access to a doctor directly on the office premises. Although not everyone has a positive attitude, since many diseases are delicate, and not everyone would like to solve such problems at work.

    Everything for parents


    Netflix is ​​considered the ideal place to work for parents, as it allows mothers and fathers to go on the longest parental leave for a whole year. In other companies the decree is usually only a few months. Another plus is a flexible schedule after leaving such a vacation, periodic work from home or just the opportunity to take time off. And Facebook pays 4 thousand dollars to new parents.

    Adobe is helping employees adopt children. This, of course, is not useful to everyone, but still a good socially significant bonus. Another unusual service (which is available, for example, at Zillow) will be able to please only nursing mothers - this is the delivery of breast milk.

    And at Microsoft they offerfinancial assistance, but already to children of employees with autism spectrum disorders. The company is ready to pay for therapy, which is quite expensive. By the way, the corporation also employs people with such disabilities. (We already wrote an article about why Western companies are interested in autistic employees).

    In addition, Silicon Valley IT companies have long been concerned about improving the demographic situation and are paying employees for infertility treatment. But Apple and Facebook have gone even further in caring for employees and are now sponsoring egg freezing procedures , the cost of which for 2016 is about 10-15 thousand dollars. And the most unusual operation that can be carried out at the expense of the company is a sex change operation (as long as it is ready to payAccenture only).

    Entertainment



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    Some companies (for example, the company for the development of Zynga games) give the opportunity to play in a set-top box to work. But usually there is one caveat - this can only be done after hours. Of course, sometimes it's cool to hang out with colleagues and relax after a hard day, and avid gamers will appreciate this bonus.

    Others (Twitter, Thrillist, Booze) generally offerfree alcohol at work - from fridges with beer, to stocked bars. Somewhere it can be consumed during the working day, somewhere such an option is available only once a week, for example, on Friday. Such a bonus will definitely help to make the morning brighter after a fun party and contribute to a relaxed atmosphere. The main thing is that the atmosphere remains working.

    And Asana pays for the repair of a workplace for a new employee in the amount of up to 10,000. You can choose any table, chair and computer. If you want to make everything around with flowers, then they also do not have to be dragged from home - you can just buy it. In general, a good initiative, which is also a kind of entertainment, because spending money can be fun, and most importantly, that you spend it absolutely legally.

    Relaxation


    Of the really useful and working bonuses for travelers, we can mention the Thrillist company, which always gives employees leave on their birthday. At Airbnb, every employee gets the opportunity to spend $ 2,000 on a trip to anywhere in the world. And Evernote compensates for the money spent on the trip in the amount of up to $ 1,000.

    Unlimited vacation is another trend, which is distributed in technical companies (see "Take all the time you need"). Have you long dreamed of leaving for the winter in Asia? Or live a couple of months in an oceanfront villa? However, there are some nuances. Most likely, you can go on such a vacation only if it does not interfere with your work. Even with limited leave, workers rarely manage to spend all days for this very reason. Read more about how such a system is arranged, and other vacation “goodies”, we wrote here .

    Another travel bonus offersExpensify, which arranges annual business trips with colleagues at sea - Croatia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines ... It's really great to see new countries, sunbathe and swim. Of course, this is not a complete vacation, but you must admit that working on the seashore can be much more pleasant.

    Social bonuses


    Many companies are more socially oriented, for example, at Salesforce you will be paid a week of work in a volunteer organization and will be given the opportunity to donate up to $ 1,000 to any fund. Perhaps someone was thinking about creating a foundation named after himself. But the company probably controls where it transfers the money, and it’s a good deed to help those in need of treatment at the expense of the company.

    The abundance of various bonuses is understandable, but whether they are always really useful remains a question . A ping-pong table and an office fully equipped with Apple appliances are, of course, cool. But can only such “bonuses” attract young, ambitious specialists? According to statisticsPWC 52% of employees value career opportunities much more, 44% - high salaries and 35% - free training. Spotify employees confirm that bonuses provided by the company make work more comfortable. But the feeling that you can do yoga, and even free food, do not compensate for the salary level below average.



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    And what bonuses would you like to receive?

    • 17.2% Everything related to medical care. 154
    • 15.5% Holiday Bonuses. 139
    • 14.7% More entertainment in the office and / or developed infrastructure. 132
    • 45.5% Can I have money? 407
    • 6.8% I want to work for work, and not receive bonuses. 61

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