What's your favorite work perk?

[natto fire]

Well, I work retail which kind of sucks, but we get free food, and because I work for a Pueblo, I don't have to put on an ass-kissing charade like I did at my last retail job. We have told plenty of customers to get bent.

 

[sniperruff]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
None. Work at a shitty grocery store.

when i was working at stop&shop i got dibs on sunday coupons which translates to 50 cents for half-gallon of edy's ice cream or a box of cereal or something. i also got dibs to the 6 for 99 cents left-over pastry from the day before. once i scored a rotisserie chicken for $1 at closing time too.

 

[ric0chet06]

on the first day of a new remodel job, you pretty much just charge in and beat everything possible with a sledgehammer, sawzall, and chainsaw. It's chaos.

 

[potato28]

Free beer when it falls off the truck.

 

[LS21]

international travel and meeting people of different nationality (which are mutually inclusive)

 

[NoShangriLa]

Being able to work with other bitter divorce guys.

 

[sonambulo]

Originally posted by: sniperruff

Originally posted by: sonambulo
None. Work at a shitty grocery store.

when i was working at stop&shop i got dibs on sunday coupons which translates to 50 cents for half-gallon of edy's ice cream or a box of cereal or something. i also got dibs to the 6 for 99 cents left-over pastry from the day before. once i scored a rotisserie chicken for $1 at closing time too.

Bitchin! Thanks for the idea!

 

[Chiropteran]

I love everything about my job. Ability to tinker around with Linux and such during offtime, the fact that my boss *knows* I know more than him about a lot of things so he is willing to listen and base decisions off my advice, paid parking space, access to work printers.

 

[Cattlegod]

1 - 100% Paid tuition (~23k/year)
2 - Free Gym

Those are probably my top two. There are others perks, but there are also large drawbacks for the company I work for.

 

[JEDI]

Originally posted by: 1sikbITCH
Extremely laid back atmosphere considering I work in a law firm.

Free legal representation has come in handy too.

how laid back?

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[herm0016]

... lots of dust and chemicals?? uh.... unpaid time off when ever i want.....
I work as an engineering tech. at a fiberglass manufacture.

good people though.

 

[Rudee]

Working from home 5 days a week!

 

[kamper]

Being able to run any operating system that I want on my workstation. Doesn't seem like a big deal, but it's really nice and previous experience indicates to me that this is not common.

I generally consider the free pop to be a bad thing but for some reason I keep drinking it The location is pretty good and allows me to walk to noon hour concerts on Thursdays.

 

[Squisher]

When I was working my favorite perk as a die maker was being able to bring stuff into work to fix it or make stuff at work. I had access to mills, drill presses, hydraulic presses, welders, etc.

This is so prevalent in the trade that its got its own name, "government work." Don't ask me where that comes from.

 

[kamper]

Originally posted by: Martin

Originally posted by: Kev

Originally posted by: Martin
There's a few things to like...

-pretty flexible working hours (though they prefer you be there at least half the normal working day)
-posh office with concierge service
-free in office massages
-free lunches
-nap room
-wii in the lunch room
-free drinks on fridays
-its really tech-focused - about half the company is made up of software developers, so there's no idiot suits running the show.

are they hiring?

If you're a developer in Toronto, yeah.

That fits my description, more details?

 

[YoungGun21]

Favorite perk? Either Martyrdom or Bandolier.

Oh wait? Real life.... hmm... my favorite perk then is not having a job and getting to sleep in.

 

[Vegitto]

Sheesh, you guys are so lucky.. My perks:

-We get either 1 soda pop or 1 beer (Heineken.. ) on the last day of the month (well, the last Saturday but okay..)
-We get fed if there's 4+ hours of OT (McDonalds, ?5 limit)
-Most major holidays off

So, basically it sucks balls.. This is just a Saturday job, but when school's out, I'm there about 60h a week..
The best part? My line of work doesn't have minimum wage since we're supposed to get 'benefits'. Too bad I'm 17 and you don't get the benefits like 'free dental', 'free health insurance' and (our variant of) '401k' until you're 18. Oh, and by the way, over here if you're still living at home, you get all those things (minus the 401k) until you're 21.

I make ?3,75/h.

 

[Perknose]

"What's your favorite work, perk?"

Many folks have asked me this question . . .

 

[MotionMan]

All You Can Drink Free Diet Snapple and other free drinks, too.

MotionMan

 

[se7en]

Originally posted by: Lounatik
The ability to pick up my 2.5 year old son in my work truck after I am done working (around 10 am) and be able to keep him with me. No daycare and I get to spend all of my free time with him and my daughter. Probably the best perk I could ever hope for. Can't get these moments back and they are absolutely precious to me. Best. Perk. Evar.


Peace


Lounatik

Damn dude as a dad I envy you. I wish I had some of these perks rather than my crap ass employer.

 

[RichUK]

Company Car (BMW 330ci) + Fuel card (includes personal use),
Mobile phone,
Laptop,
Internet allowance,
PDA,
Company credit card with entertainment allowance,
The ability to work from home,
etc,
etc,

Hmm, it?s hard to choose.

 

[Gothgar]

gas card, company truck, making my own hours, super laid back office

 

[seti920]

Access to secure Federal computer networks.

 

[ultimatebob]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
None. Work at a shitty grocery store.

When I worked at a grocery store, I was allowed to take home the leftover soup from the salad bar at closing. State law said that they had to throw it out anyway, so I took it home instead! I must have ate gallons worth of Cream of Broccoli soup, Broccoli Cheese soup, Cream of Mushroom soup, and Chili while I worked there

The best perks I ever got was when I worked for mplayer.com... I got free copies of every game I beta tested the multiplayer options on, along with free t-shirts, hats, jackets, mouse pads, and free pizza or Chinese food if we had to work past 6 PM that day.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: seti920
Access to secure Federal computer networks.

Same. Except in my case it's the MoD.

Although, it's not really a perk IMO.