What are your company benefits/holidays/perks? [[ROUND TWO]]

[Zeze]

Let's share and compare!

My new job is pretty darn good:

* Great salary + 15-25% bonus
* 3 weeks PTO & 1 week sick
* 100% match of 401k for first 6%
* 11 holidays & 4 half days (prior to major ones like Xmas)
* Awesome life insurance- $60/mo and 100% covered after $2000 deductible. But employer contibutes free $1350 into my HSA annually. So effective deductible is $650~. And HSA balance carries over year-to-year until I die. Family plan is only $60/mo more.
* Also includes dental & vision at no additional cost.
* Kitchen has tons of free Keurigs pods, teas, hot choco. Also fridge full of soft drinks and juices.
* Free life insurnace (500k)
* Free gym membership reimbursement ($50/mo)
* Tuition reimbursement
* An observation-deck quality view of WTC, Statue of Liberty, and NYC.

[edit] Added some more.

 

[purbeast0]

- 27 days PTO
- free health insurance, with high deductible ($3k for family) but company puts $110/month into my HSA.
- great salary
- end of year bonus
- they put 7% of your salary into 401k regardless of you contributing
- flex schedule (currently working like 6:30 - 2:30ish, sometimes leave earlier)
- never worked more than 40 hours a week
- gym reimbursement

there is other stuff like tuition reimbursement and life insurance, but i haven't used any of that stuff.

 

[blackdogdeek]

I'm a contractor so I don't get any We do have a pod coffee maker in the pantry that I get to use. I also get to see Times Square.

 

[repoman0]

-21 days PTO
-10% retirement match for 12% employee contribution
-8 holidays
-tuition reimbursement up to $1200/credit, up to 20 credits anually .. doesn't fully cover my MSEE but it's close. Have to stay for 1 year after final payment then they pay $2k bonus and I am free to leave
-flexible schedule, easy to work from home
-$150 / year gym reimbursement (about half the cost of work gym)

 

[JDawg1536]

Zero vacation days my first year, now .83 days per month.

Sick leave is whatever the CA minimum is now..... 3 days I think.

Six holidays.

0% 401k matching.

I got a gym membership and some hockey tickets, though. And they do pay for classes.

 

[Zeze]

I'm a contractor so I don't get any We do have a pod coffee maker in the pantry that I get to use. I also get to see Times Square.

I was a contractor before. While I got no benefits, boy did I make ridiculous moola, even factoring in unpaid vacations & getting my own insurance.

-21 days PTO
-10% retirement match for 12% employee contribution

Wow, free +10% of your salary. That's very aggressive.

 

[Slew Foot]

I got nothing as a self employed. My wifes benefits plan at work is ridiculous, its worth well over 140k in cash value.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

- 27 days PTO
- free health insurance, with high deductible ($3k for family) but company puts $110/month into my HSA.
- great salary
- end of year bonus
- they put 7% of your salary into 401k regardless of you contributing
- flex schedule (currently working like 6:30 - 2:30ish, sometimes leave earlier)
- never worked more than 40 hours a week
- gym reimbursement

there is other stuff like tuition reimbursement and life insurance, but i haven't used any of that stuff.

Care to comment on how it is with a High deductible insurance? I'm contemplating investing more into it since me and my wife are at healthy ages....

My main concern is we are planning to have a kid shortly, and I picture typical doctor visits except instead of $25-35 deductibles having to pay $200.

 

[purbeast0]

Care to comment on how it is with a High deductible insurance? I'm contemplating investing more into it since me and my wife are at healthy ages....

My main concern is we are planning to have a kid shortly, and I picture typical doctor visits except instead of $25-35 deductibles having to pay $200.

it's fine by me. i have asthma and have to get advair every 3 months or so and it's $250ish, but every 3 months that is covered. i would put $75/check (pretax so probably like $40 after tax or so) so that i would get about $260/month into my HSA just to max it out at around $3k for the year. then my wife and i would use it to buy glasses too.

i had a kid back in march, and for the 3 months prior, i put $1k/mo into my HSA just to cover everything. since it's all pretax, it was closer to like $550 or so after tax a month that was taken out.

but needless to say, i now have enough in my hsa and will probably have like $1k or $1500 by the end of this year because my company keeps putting $110 in it, and I think i'm still puttign like $100/mo into it (not even sure at this point). but i just bought advair today and it was $25 instead of the normal $250 cause my deductible has been met.

still - consider the amounts i have put into my HSA compared to what insurance for a family on a traditional plan costs. it's still WWWWAAAAYYYYY less. at my previous job, it was like $550/month (pretax) i put into it for my wife and i. not sure how much it would have been for a family.

 

[Zeze]

I'm a contractor so I don't get any We do have a pod coffee maker in the pantry that I get to use. I also get to see Times Square.

it's fine by me. i have asthma and have to get advair every 3 months or so and it's $250ish, but every 3 months that is covered. i would put $75/check (pretax so probably like $40 after tax or so) so that i would get about $260/month into my HSA just to max it out at around $3k for the year. then my wife and i would use it to buy glasses too.

i had a kid back in march, and for the 3 months prior, i put $1k/mo into my HSA just to cover everything. since it's all pretax, it was closer to like $550 or so after tax a month that was taken out.

but needless to say, i now have enough in my hsa and will probably have like $1k or $1500 by the end of this year because my company keeps putting $110 in it, and I think i'm still puttign like $100/mo into it (not even sure at this point). but i just bought advair today and it was $25 instead of the normal $250 cause my deductible has been met.

HSA is good for life. So it may be of interest to keep putting your $$ into it regardless of meeting the deducitble. When we get old & senile, that tax-sheltered money will be good to use.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

it's fine by me. i have asthma and have to get advair every 3 months or so and it's $250ish, but every 3 months that is covered. i would put $75/check (pretax so probably like $40 after tax or so) so that i would get about $260/month into my HSA just to max it out at around $3k for the year. then my wife and i would use it to buy glasses too.

i had a kid back in march, and for the 3 months prior, i put $1k/mo into my HSA just to cover everything. since it's all pretax, it was closer to like $550 or so after tax a month that was taken out.

but needless to say, i now have enough in my hsa and will probably have like $1k or $1500 by the end of this year because my company keeps putting $110 in it, and I think i'm still puttign like $100/mo into it (not even sure at this point). but i just bought advair today and it was $25 instead of the normal $250 cause my deductible has been met.

still - consider the amounts i have put into my HSA compared to what insurance for a family on a traditional plan costs. it's still WWWWAAAAYYYYY less. at my previous job, it was like $550/month (pretax) i put into it for my wife and i. not sure how much it would have been for a family.

So are you saying you have a shit-ton built up in your HSA account? Or barely scraping by? I'm kinda thinking along the lines of making it into an investment account instead of for health costs.

If I recall, I can still do an Flex Spending to get the tax, in hopes of not touching the HSA account and let it build into a 2nd (more free) retirement account.



Anyone else have experiences with HSA and kids? How much does a simple doc visit cost you?

 

[Schfifty Five]

Let's share and compare!

My new job is pretty darn good:

* Great salary + 15-25% bonus
* 3 weeks PTO & 1 week sick
* 100% match of 401k for first 6%
* 11 holidays & 4 half days (prior to major ones like Xmas)
* Awesome life insurance- $60/mo and 100% covered after $2000 deductible. But employer contibutes free $1350 into my HSA annually. So effective deductible is $650~. And HSA balance carries over year-to-year until I die. Family plan is only $60/mo more.
* Also includes dental & vision at no additional cost.
* Kitchen has tons of free Keurigs pods, teas, hot choco. Also fridge full of soft drinks and juices.
* Free life insurnace (500k)
* Free gym membership reimbursement ($50/mo)
* Tuition reimbursement
* An observation-deck quality view of WTC, Statue of Liberty, and NYC.

[edit] Added some more.

1. How many times do you have to create brag threads about your "new jobs"?

2. You do know the difference between life insurance and health insurance right? :biggrin:

 

[jlee]

I need a new job.

 

[Scarpozzi]

I get 2 vacation days a month and 1 sick day a month with 13 paid holidays
10% salary pension plus a 401k match (set dollar amount), but I always try to put more in retirement.
Free gym membership and cheap parking $4.50/month.
Tuition reimbursement (not that I plan on using that)
Great health insurance with premiums half of what my wife's plans were (so we dropped hers)

 

[Zeze]

1. How many times do you have to create brag threads about your "new jobs"?

2. You do know the difference between life insurance and health insurance right? :biggrin:

1. Gimme a break, I hardly post anymore. And it's not so much brag, but it gives us good context of what a good holiday/vacation/401k match should be.

2. Oops.

 

[purbeast0]

So are you saying you have a shit-ton built up in your HSA account? Or barely scraping by? I'm kinda thinking along the lines of making it into an investment account instead of for health costs.

If I recall, I can still do an Flex Spending to get the tax, in hopes of not touching the HSA account and let it build into a 2nd (more free) retirement account.



Anyone else have experiences with HSA and kids? How much does a simple doc visit cost you?

i definitely don't have a shitload built up in it, but i am contributing enough so that i will have at least $3k/yr put in there so if i hit my deductible it will meet it.

as for child doctor visits, it should be like $20 as long as it's the primary care physician. that is how it was for my normal visits to the doctor prior to hitting the deductible, but i can't say for sure.

 

[gorb]

pay is based off of area wage determination

120 hrs vacation (80 hrs prior to 5 yrs, 160 hrs after 15 years)

no 401k matching, just $400/yr of company stock lol

no sick time

0.47/hrs of personal paid time/week which adds up to ~24 hrs/yr

ok medical/dental/vision for a single person, but really crappy medical once you add a spouse and/or dependent so I am on my wife's medical plan

paid federal holidays

 

[deadlyapp]

Company Specific
- 10%-20% bonus
- 10 days PTO (increases to 15 at 5 years)
- 11 floating holidays
- 3 "personal days"
- 3 "sick days"
- 3 "paid volunteer days"
- 401k with 75% match up to 6% income (full vest after 5 years)
- Cash retirement plan based on age & years of service (full vest after 3 years)
- Tuition reimbursement (100%)
- Gym reimbursement (think something like $25/mo)
- Decent healthcare including vision/dental (BCBS PPO)

Position Specific
- Super flexible (work from home 2+ days a week)
- Flexible travel (no problem extending work travel to include vacation)
- On-site gym

 

[ImpulsE69]

Pay and benefits suck, but occasionally I get to fly in Air Force One.

 

[blackdogdeek]

I was a contractor before. While I got no benefits, boy did I make ridiculous moola, even factoring in unpaid vacations & getting my own insurance.

That's pretty much the only reason I'm still here.

 

[JimKiler]

My company gives us free beer to socialize over on Friday afternoons.

 

[dank69]

1. How many times do you have to create brag threads about your "new jobs"?

2. You do know the difference between life insurance and health insurance right? :biggrin:

This. Couldn't just necro your other e-peen thread? It isn't even that old.

 

[quikah]

Usual benefits, some of the more unique ones we have:

-We have zero PTO (zero guaranteed, totally up to your manager). Pretty much just tell my boss I am taking X time off. Hasn't been an issue.
-We have real espresso machines & coffee grinders in every break room. Keurig? Blech.
-Twice monthly beer parties
-free concerts (usually B-list pop stars, but we did have Ariana Grande come for our Halloween party last year).
-movie parties
-Weird celebrity talk things, usually B/C list celebrities come to talk (I don't get these, but some people apparently like them).
-Tech talks, usually internal presentations, but get occasional outside presenters.

 

[brianmanahan]

i like my job. some of the benefits:

- great salary and bonuses for the area
- 0$ deductible health insurance for like 20$ per month premium
- %100 match up to %7 of 401k
- pension that vests after 5 years and gives you 1.5 * salary * years service
- 4 weeks vacation, 12 holidays, week of sick days
- WFH multiple days per week usually
- never more than 40 hours per week, ever

 

[brianmanahan]

1. How many times do you have to create brag threads about your "new jobs"?

only every time he gets a new job :awe:

zeze's last job post was a big motivator in me finding a new job, so i salute him!