Perks of the job

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  • ailsalw
    ailsalw Posts: 1,265 Member
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    Hold on... jobs have perks???
  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
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    not much
    ok health insurance?
  • ailsalw
    ailsalw Posts: 1,265 Member
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    CookingWithCumin wrote: »
    I am a mammary plastic surgeon so yeah I guess you could say the job comes with two perks at a time

    I’m a mental health and dementia nurse so I guess my jobs full of nuts 😆
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
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    Close to home
    Fun laid back atmosphere
    Come and go as I please
    No one to really answer to but myself
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,866 Member
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    • 21 vacay days per year plus the legal holidays (about 10-14 of them, depending on whether they're landing on a weekend or week day)
    • Travel. Lots of travel, in Europe. Both a blessing and a curse really with the absolutely hectic schedule, but you get to see and visit cities (mostly during evenings off or nights).
    • Free nice food when travelling. Really nice food. Really free. Awesome.
    • Travel insurance and quite a great pension contribution
    • Not really a job-specific perk but more national legislation: 1 year off fully-paid (off taxes and contributions which I pay monthly), or 2 years paid 85% of the net salary I'm making, for each child
    • Work laptop is basically mine. No internet restrictions. No control. Well... I control the website and email addresses for everyone. I also invoice. Mwaha.
    • Almost no management. If you're like me, it's a blessing to be able to make your own schedule and just have discussions when you need to, since everything's always deadlines all the time anyway. There is little I hate in this world more than micro-management.
    • Working on something completely different every time, every project.
    • Unlimited Italian espresso
  • Mean_Spice
    Mean_Spice Posts: 279 Member
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    Will_Workout_for_food wrote: »
    300 hours set vacation a year
    All holidays off
    Option of 4/10 schedule ( 4 10 hour days, 1 day off)
    Heath care
    Unlimited days off as long as u make up the hours ( overtime )
    Free medical clinic inside office
    Mandatory 1 hour lunch break + 30 minute break in morning and afternoon
    Flex hours means u can stroll in anytime from 630-930am
    Retirement/401k

    We must have the same employer (FedGov)
  • GoodLardy
    GoodLardy Posts: 163 Member
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    Besides the norm insurance, company match yada yada, also unlimited use of company heavy equipment and allowed drs appts on company time.
  • InkgirlKC
    InkgirlKC Posts: 251 Member
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    Friendships with coworkers
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,967 Member
    edited December 2018
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    I work 3 miles from home. I get off at 4:30 every day. Flexible when it comes to appointments and stuff. 401k match is pretty good. Holidays off, don't come from my PTO. Christmas break. I have health insurance?
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
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    pudgy1977 wrote: »
    Close to home
    Fun laid back atmosphere
    Come and go as I please
    No one to really answer to but myself

    All of this, except the close to home part. I travel over an hour each way.
  • brian_can
    brian_can Posts: 219 Member
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    Free spray tan and glitter.
  • mustacheU2Lift
    mustacheU2Lift Posts: 5,844 Member
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    brian_can wrote: »
    Free spray tan and glitter.

    Windmill work is tough...but I didnt know it involved glitter.
  • brian_can
    brian_can Posts: 219 Member
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    mustacheU2Lift wrote: »
    brian_can wrote: »
    Free spray tan and glitter.

    Windmill work is tough...but I didnt know it involved glitter.

    Windmilling is (now) my hobby, not my profession. Sheesh.
  • elsie6hickman
    elsie6hickman Posts: 3,864 Member
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    I am retired, so my perks are unlimited and I no longer have to answer texts at 10 o'clock at night.
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,869 Member
    edited December 2018
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    kindalikevelma wrote: »
    I get to (loosely) set my own schedule

    I would so fail at this. I would never get anything done!

    I also get to go to conventions z695v124e8xs.jpg
    and usually get freebies at them.

    Access to the latest swag. Staff room just got much cooler. Bruh.

  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,793 Member
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    In 2017, they changed my job from Salaried to Non-Exempt Salaried. Now I am making about 20% more working the same hours. On top of that, they paid me for all the estimated OT I had worked for the previous 2 years.

    That's not all. I don't answer to anyone but the Site Manager. I approve my own vacation time and I approve my own Time Card. But even better, I only have 225 days to Retirement.
  • mendes76
    mendes76 Posts: 6 Member
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    After 5 years we get a 4 week vacation bonus to be used on top of our regular vacation. Only catch is that the 4 weeks be taken in succession. It’s a good way to reset. :)

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