My boss lets me live in one of his apartments rent-free with all utilities covered, and he also gave me a spending card.
That I still have one. I’m a software developer, and my entire industry has lost its mind.
Getting paid money
Free boat trips
I have a company van I take home every night and a gas card for it. Also my paid hours start the moment I leave my driveway and stop the moment I pull back in my driveway.
But the best perk is that I have an excuse to spend all my money on tools. I would have done that anyways, but now it’s justified.
Fully remote, decent salary with quarterly bonuses, truly unlimited vacation, and my work life balance is 80/20 in my favor
what the hell do you do
Porn star with themselves on OnlyFans.
Knowing where to not eat, stay, swim, or do any beauty/health treatments (tattoos, mani/pedi, hairdressing, etc.), and knowing how to protect myself.
Scouting out festivals and special events pre-opening and during for free.
Learning secret recipes and secret ingredients to make food level up.
Flexibility.
Edit: Clearly did not read instructions. The top one is the best perk. The second one is on par if I got to do more festivals!
Health inspector?
Several.
- The best coworkers. Really.
- Paid lunch. Like, they pay for the food.
- Generous health benefits.
- Generous stock grants.
- Generous 401k.
- Unlimited PTO. Yes, really.
- Rapid promotion cycle.
- Respect. My department (operations) is frequently called out for it’s critical role in the company’s success.
I work a solid 20 hours a week from my basement and get 200k+
Teach me your ways 👀
lunch is included
Free hugs and cuddles 🥰
98% work from home.
Flexible working hours (39h per week)
6 weeks vacation.
Sick leave nearly unlimited and with no questions (only the legally required doctor’s statement if it’s >3 days at once).
Working from home.
I must admit, I would not decide to have kids without working from home. What is even the point in bringing them to this world if their parents are gonna just park them at care centers for most of the time?
Travel. Sure, it’s not usually thrilling travel, but 4x a year to central Florida, out to San Francisco for Dreamforce, and 1-2 visits to client sites each year is still nice when you’re otherwise WFH.
Office is stocked with beer and liquor.
I’m betting on a lawyers office.
My money’s on FBI or DOJ
I get to be my own boss (because I own the company) not much of a perk because it comes with a lot of drawbacks.
Also, your job sounds an awful lot like a housewife.
It’s way better than that. Full respect to housewives, but I could never be one, I love my freedom way too much. Ironically, I spend more time with my boss than his wife does.
It’s not all that remarkable for being in Europe, but… five weeks vacation per year.
In Spain this year is special for me … I can have a total of 10 weeks off, plus two days of family time, plus two days of bereavement leave (my mother passed in April).
Plus any sick leave I might need, though I have to have a doctor’s note if it’s more than one day.
I feel like I’m a holiday millionaire … pity it isn’t every year!
Different countries (and companies) in Europe have different holidays. Especially German ones are as stingy as they can be.
Everyone who just wants in the US sucks in every way train love this one. It’s all looking for the worst shit in the US comparing it against the best in the EU.
I’m curious how that stacks up with others.
In New Zealand we get (for full-time employment):
- 20 days of annual leave (these can carry over, though the business encourage you to take them - and they can pay you out for 5 days a year, if both you and they agree).
- 10 days of ‘sick leave’ (this accumulates up to, I think, 20 days) - can be used for dependants (eg caring for a sick child).
- Up to 3 days bereavement leave.
- 12 ‘public holidays’ (1 is a different day per region, the others are national holidays)
So we get less annual leave, but it gets more nuanced once all of the other leave types are considered. I think NZ is somewhere in the middle of the field when it comes to leave entitlements.
In the Netherlands it is a minimum of 5 times the days you work each week, so if you work five days it’s 20 each year. Most companies add 5 extra days to this in the collective agreements (basically union agreements). These agreements also cover public holidays, 5 is the average amount I think.
Lots of companies have a 38 or 36 (less common) hour work week. Usually you’ll work for 40 hours under these contracts, and for the extra hours you get “ADV” days, 12 if your contract is 38 hours. Depending on the company these days get scheduled in advance, or it’s extra days off.
Quick edit: sick days is basically limitless if you’re sick. There’s other types of leave like bereavement leave or for care taking, but that is totally company dependent.
Sick days are complex after a long period (like a full month or 2). but thats a different can of worms. And its not like you will lose much pay either.
So yes, they are “limitless”. Suck it usa :')
It’s interesting; I was listening to a recent NPR Planet Money podcast about why the US doesn’t have guaranteed vacation like all other high income countries. Much of it boiled down to history and politics, but one point that stuck out to me is that unions actually at one point opposed guaranteed vacation days, because if the government has laws for worker rights and leave, it reduces the demand for unions.
I don’t know how much of a factor it is today, but for reference, I have a highly sought set of skills and experience in the US, and I get 35 paid holiday days per year, virtually unlimited sick leave, a two for one 401k match, comprehensive medical and dental, continuing education stipend, etc. Not guaranteed by law, but provided as work incentives.
I wonder if much of the middle class here didn’t have such things, how many more laws or unions we would have to get them.
