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Are Job Perks Coming into Vogue Again?

Posted by Cliff on from the corporations-with-carrots dept.

Pharmboy asks: "The Register is reporting on a company that was awarded 'Best Small Company to Work for in America' by the Detroit Free Press, in part, for providing Free beer to their employees. They offer free breakfast, lunch AND dinner, gym and snacks. This sounds similar to the late 90s, where companies were offering extreme benefits to attract extreme talent, before the bubble burst and most workers were just glad to have a job. As the job market gains strength, what are companies willing to do in order to attract the best talent? Are we about to enter another era where employers are willing to make work fun again, in order to attract and keep talent? Will this have any effect on other employers, forcing them to again offer benefits to keep pace and talent? How important are these kinds of perks to the average employee anyway? What kind of perks would you have to have to switch to a job that pay the same?"

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  1. You Insensitive Clods! by darth_MALL · · Score: 4, Funny

    My only job perk is Vogue!

  2. Redundancies in the article summary by nytes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free beer... They offer free breakfast, lunch AND dinner... and snacks.

    Once you say "free beer", saying "breakfast", "lunch", etc. are redundant.

    "Beer" pretty well covers everything.

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  3. mmm... by mikeeeeeee · · Score: 5, Funny

    free beer all day, personal hammock, and massages every hour....cant beat bein' a kobe cow....

    1. Re:mmm... by Poseidon88 · · Score: 5, Funny
      free beer all day, personal hammock, and massages every hour....cant beat bein' a kobe cow....

      Sure, but the retirement plan sucks.

  4. How about this by KillaForTheScrilla · · Score: 5, Funny

    I guess a good perk would be for the company to buy my plane ticket to India when they outsource my job there.

    Language classes would be good too.

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  5. Self Employeed by rf0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Being self employeed I give my self my own perks. So for the long hours, sleepless night I get a meal out at the local pub on a Friday. God I'm a cheapskate

    Rus

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  6. Re:Are jobs coming into vogue again? by jrockway · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry about the OT random reply, but look at your obfuscated email:

    gene@teaCOFFEEmtri.com minus caffeine

    you have tea and coffee in there... which caffeine do I remove :-)

    What were the odds that your address would get split there and that the de-obfuscating recipe would call for the removal of it :)

    Sorry, I just found that amusing.

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