So I took a look at my benefits, and they don't look that hot.

401(k), or 403(b) in my case: 50% matching up to 6% of salary. The kicker is it doesn't start until the January 1st after my 3rd year of employment. I started in May so that sucks the big one.

What do you guys get for benefits, and what do you pay for them (for medical and health)?

3/26/2006 1:35:24 AM

^boo on that, that is piss poor

3/26/2006 2:26:55 AM

30% of pet supplies

God, I can't wait until I have a real job.

3/26/2006 3:00:02 AM

drunk chicks flashing their boobs...and i dont pay for them they pay me, well at least the non-cheap ones do.

3/26/2006 4:45:46 AM

Ok, nobody cry:

-Fully Paid FAMILY medical with a PPO so I get to choose my doctor, also includes Dental & Vision.
-4 weeks paid vacation (new employees now get 3 weeks).
-401k with 50% match up to 6%.
-12 paid holidays.
-Tuition Reimbursement.
-Retirement, Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical & Daycare, Life Insurance, etc etc.

3/26/2006 9:23:08 AM

401(k) 50% match up to 6%, Stock Options, ESPP (15% off of the lowest market price of the start or end of the 6 month period), bonus plan, medical/dental/vision, 4 weeks vacation, free broadband.

and a lot more little things like tuition reimbursement, discount programs, free legal advice, financial advice, etc.

3/26/2006 9:27:16 AM

401k with matching and profit sharing
free onsite healthcare
onsite gym
onsite daycare
3-4 weeks vacation
week off from xmas to new years
35 hour work week

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 9:30 AM. Reason : .]

3/26/2006 9:29:43 AM

^ SAS?

I've always wondered, do you have the option of seeing a doctor off site?

3/26/2006 9:30:48 AM

yes we can go to any doctor really, i just chose to go on campus out of convenience.

3/26/2006 9:33:45 AM

15 days year vacation

7 fixed holidays/2 floating holidays

medical/dental/eye

401k 50% matching up to 6% of my salary, starts on the 1st of the month after you start, and your 100% divested

they pay life insurance disability etc

3/26/2006 9:33:47 AM

you should list the company that you work for as well, so we dont have to just guess

3/26/2006 9:56:55 AM

401K - 5% match
Health, Dental, Life
13 days Vacation
13 days sick
10 paid holidays
Tuition assistance
Fitness Center
Cost of living adjustments

Probably more - I have to investigate.

Job: Working for U.S. Gov

3/26/2006 10:18:07 AM

401(K) they match $2.33 for each dollar up to 3% salary, fully vested day 1
health, dental, vision
flexible spending
tuition reimbursement (granted you earn a B or better)
bonus, and retention bonuses
non-monetary bonus plan
3 weeks vacation, 12 fixed holidays, 2 personal days, sick days
flexible spending for medical, dental, etc.
stock options similar to BobbyDigital
awesome relocation

Next Year:
car, insurance and everything down to car wash allowance
cell phone
home internert
all home office supplies

3/26/2006 10:21:45 AM

-Automatic 5% Gross to Retirement Plan by Employer
-8 Days Sick, 4 Days Family/Personal, 12 Days Annual Leave; all paid
-Tuition Waiver or Reimbursement
-Fairly low-cost medical/dental, Free gym
*Major downside is raises aren't guaranteed and bonuses will never happen.

Working for state government.

3/26/2006 10:27:10 AM

50% match on 6%
Stock options
Network Dental and Optical
120 hours vacation
16 hours personal
A discount on company products ie over/under the counter drugs
90% Tuition Reimburstment
Dell Discount
Car Discounts
Life insurance, Disablitity insurance, Accident Insurance
free water and unused tissue paper

3/26/2006 11:03:39 AM

Best Buy gives me a discount and the EPP stock purchase.

3/26/2006 11:06:24 AM

401k - 100% Matching - first 5%
12 Vacation Days -paid
10 "Banking Holidays" - paid
10 "Sick/Personal Days" - paid
Pension - Vested after 6 months
4k per year Tuition Reimburstment
Medical/Dental/Eye
8k if I wan to adopt a kid
Cell Phone
Blackberry (if you consider that a perk)

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 12:24 PM. Reason : dsf]

3/26/2006 12:23:04 PM

What I reall ylike about my benefits is that any medical test I want done, I get done for free.

3/26/2006 12:40:29 PM

I get the benefit of paid employment.

3/26/2006 1:16:37 PM

My Daddy can beat up your Daddy

cause that's what this sounds like to me

3/26/2006 1:50:51 PM

cheap shit

3/26/2006 2:05:13 PM

Head anytime i want it is my greatest benefit...

3/26/2006 2:05:40 PM

i have no benefits

other than short work weeks & no weekends

i worked 70 days last yr

3/26/2006 2:08:51 PM

600% matching up to 50% salary
90 days paid vacation
200% tuition reimbursement
stock options

bojangles

3/26/2006 2:10:10 PM

SAS wins

3/26/2006 2:17:57 PM

i have no benefits

3/26/2006 3:02:34 PM

403(b) 30% match
Duke HMO (I go to Duke doctors... and it's like $50 a month)
Dental
Vision
Long Term disability ins
life ins
10 paid vacation days
10 paid sick days
9 paid holidays
here's the kicker 80% off duke tuition... so I'll be getting my MBA.

3/26/2006 3:46:01 PM

- 401k: Provident fund where they automatically put in 2.5% at 1 year. At 6 years, 5%. At 9 years, 10%. This is regardless of what I put in. Then of course I have the option of putting in both pre and post tax contributions.
- Pension Plan
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 15% below
- Health/Dental/Eye (all excellent)
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $18k/yr
- 2 weeks vacation (3 weeks at 5 years, 4 at 10, 5 at 20, 6 at 30) along with vacation purchase options
- Every other friday off (I work a 9/80 schedule meaning I work 9 days in two weeks to get 80hrs). This is the equvalent of an extra 5+ weeks of vacation.
- Life Insurance and disability
- No set number of sick days
- Full Relocation - meaning even if I request a move, they will buy my house, pay movers, provide spending $, and real estate agent assistence
- Yearly bonuses based on company and individual performance. Depending on grade level, the % of salary used in the calc is 10%, 15%, 20%, and maybe higher. Mine last year was 1.3 (individual perf) x 1.05 (company) x 10% of my salary.
- Other bonuses for overtime, turnaround, etc. For example, the work I am doing today and over the next few days will be worth $1500-$6500 depending on how well we do environ, safety, cost, etc. And I am in the low range since I am only slightly involved. Others will get $10,000 or maybe more.
- 10% tax adjusted post Katrina retention bonus
- Training, Recruiting, Ability to participate in community functions (i.e. science fairs)
- Various company discounts (i.e. Dell, GMC, Cingular, gym, etc)
- Maturnity and family leave (don't know how much since I haven't needed it)
- There are also some benefits for elderly parents and day care discounts which I also haven't looked into.
- $2000 over the course of my career for things life financial advisors.
- Various flex time options
- Group Auto Insurance, Group Legal Plan

3/26/2006 3:57:19 PM

i get 50% off sandwiches and unlimited drinks while on the clock

3/26/2006 5:43:44 PM

What are these benefits you speak of?

3/26/2006 7:01:49 PM

3 weeks vacation/yr (can buy of up 6 more days)
401k - 100% match up to 4%, 100% match up to 14% after 3 years
profit sharing bonus
performance bonus
flexible spending accounts
medical/dental/vision - medical savings account option
tuiton reimbursement
match 100% of personal donations to charitable groups
37 hour work week

[Edited on March 26, 2006 at 8:24 PM. Reason : ;]

3/26/2006 8:24:23 PM

our benefits are pretty good, about like above

the only thing i wish was better is our 401k matching... it's profit based, so if we do super well one year it might be great but if we don't it might be nothing.

3/26/2006 11:53:47 PM

2 weeks vacation after a year
100% match on 401k up to 6%, during December it's 400% for the month.
Stock purchase plan, 15% below market rate during open periods
dental and vision full coverage
medical plan through Kaiser (ick)
Performance incentive of up to 2500 yearly

3/27/2006 12:09:51 AM

- 401(k): Automatic 3% (independent of individual contribution), 50% matching up to 12%. Doesn't start until 1 full year of employment.
- Annual profit sharing based on company, department, and individual performance
- Pension (vested after 1yr)
- Health/Dental/Eye, all amazing coverage, at NO COST for employee or spouses/dependents
- Life Insurance at no cost (salaryX2 of 200K whichever is less)
- 2 weeks vacation. (3 wks @ 5 yrs, 4 wks @ 10 yrs)
- 10 paid holidays and 4 floating holidays
- Tuition Assistance (80% for A's, 65% for B's, and 50% for C's)
- Gym membership reimbursement up to $250/yr

3/27/2006 12:21:55 AM

mine suck for the most part

401k - 100% match for 6% of salary
get paid $15 a month for med insurance because i'm in shape
dental/vision is a rip off so i'm sans that
flex spending
2 weeks vacation
bonus of up to 50% of salary monthly (hard to hit)
exec compensation in 2 or 3 more job grades (+20% salary at the end of the year)
equity (stock options) after a couple of years
lots of taking people out to lunch
great relocation if i need it

[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 12:29 AM. Reason : monthly]

3/27/2006 12:26:45 AM

I wish i worked for an evil oil company

3/27/2006 12:37:44 AM

me too, but that requires moving to texas

3/27/2006 12:40:20 AM

Awesome Medical free for me, my wife, and all future dependents.
Includes vision and dental.
3 weeks paid vacation
1 week of sick days paid.
1 week of 'personal' days paid (take off for whatever reason I want, basically).
13 paid holidays, assuming I work the day before and after the holiday.
100% 401K matching up to 3% of gross.
Discounts with all our major customers - airfare, cars, hotels, flowers, shoes, you name it.

And I'm part-time. 401K matching ups to 7% for full-time.

3/27/2006 3:03:24 AM

No job, therefore:

Free time
lesiure
unlimited sick days
plenty of time off
52 weeks vacation
168 hour 'work' week
ham and cheese sandwitches

3/27/2006 3:21:32 AM

^^^not true at all really. you can move to louisiana! haha. nm

no really - there are refineries all over the place. denver, philadelphia, martinez CA (i would love to move to our site there!!!), los angeles, seattle, memphis, chicago. for the most part, just look to major port cities and you will find at least one refinery or chemical plant.

word of caution tho. working for an oil company pays really well. BUT you can get called on weekends, called at 2am, if the shit hits the fan the day before your vacation.... too bad, oh and you work in the middle of stuff that can blow up.

[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 7:12 AM. Reason : er]

3/27/2006 7:09:44 AM

Quote :

"Working for state government."

Wow. You got the goods. I worked for state government (NC) but got out because (consider this a warning):

$485/month family medical - and rising
2% raises that occur once every 3 years (must be approved by state legislature - which never happens)

The flip side of the coin was:
24. 24! paid vacation days. The state was big on giving more vacation time in lieu of raises for several years because they knew that no one would be able to take them. Now that I think about it it might have been worth it if you could just take one month off each year and find another job to supplement income.

3/27/2006 7:38:29 AM

401k with matching and profit sharing
37 hour work week (flexible day-to-day hours)
Free Health insurance
Discounted dental and eye insurance
2.5 weeks paid vacation (roll over)
6 paid sick days (roll over)
Paid holidays (but I forgot how many)
2 D-Days, or desiganted paid holidays (don't roll over, but I choose when I want to take them)
No real dress code

[Edited on March 27, 2006 at 10:02 AM. Reason : .]

3/27/2006 10:00:23 AM

403b 3% + 100% matching first 5% of salary
reasonable health, dental, vision
free tuition + free spousal tuition after 3 years
gym discount
kids go free to upenn

here's the one special benefit of UPenn:
mortgage assistance - $7500 forgivable loan + no pmi

[Edited on March 28, 2006 at 4:09 PM. Reason : .]

3/28/2006 4:07:29 PM

SAS does win... I could only wish to work there

gotta go back for MS for that

3/28/2006 4:25:02 PM

not really ^

3/28/2006 5:57:54 PM