joemontana Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Airline VIP/Sky club membership (only for one > airline). Incredible perk for those of us that > love endless free booze, cashews and newspapers +30
NakedPuts Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Free beer in the office fridge. It’s frowned upon > if you dig into it before 4 pm though. Our drinking lamp is lit at 4 p.m. also. 3 p.m. on Fridays. 2 p.m. if we can come up with a good excuse (Friday before Father’s Day, Friday before July 4, Opening Day at Del Mar, etc.) Best benefit is 25% PSP contribution; fully vested day one.
goes to eleven Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NakedPuts Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Free beer in the office fridge. It’s frowned > upon > > if you dig into it before 4 pm though. > > Our drinking lamp is lit at 4 p.m. also. 3 p.m. > on Fridays. 2 p.m. if we can come up with a good > excuse (Friday before Father’s Day, Friday before > July 4, Opening Day at Del Mar, etc.) > > Best benefit is 25% PSP contribution; fully vested > day one. 25%!!! That’s ridiculous! Our 401k match got axed 18 months ago. Haven’t heard a word about it since.
goes to eleven Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > NakedPuts Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Free beer in the office fridge. It’s frowned > upon > > if you dig into it before 4 pm though. > > Our drinking lamp is lit at 4 p.m. also. 3 p.m. > on Fridays. 2 p.m. if we can come up with a good > excuse (Friday before Father’s Day, Friday before > July 4, Opening Day at Del Mar, etc.) > > Best benefit is 25% PSP contribution; fully vested > day one. Whoooooaaaa!!!
25% match is nice if its unlimited…is there a cap on the amount they contribute?
mp2438 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > 25% match is nice if its unlimited…is there a > cap on the amount they contribute? None other than the one imposed by the IRS.
50% off any 2 Halloween costumes I want, per year I also get paid double time to go the major costume trade shows in Vegas, NYC, and Houston. Woo
Zero interest loans for some justified expenses, up to 9 months salary, up to 5years repayment. 70% off for rent of vacation properties of the company, quite many locations throughout the country and some abroad. 11 dollar lunch for all working days. Low mortgage rate. Discounted private medical insurance (apart from state social ins. which is obligatory and paid in personal tax). Free online finance classes that you can freely register for if you want, other courses should be offered to you by the education center. Alcohol, beer or wine, is generally accepted here for lunch, and is included in the price of a set menu in all the restaurants.
my firm went down and we were picked up by another firm… however the person to take us off payroll was laid off before finishing the job… so day one after the merger… we got a paycheck… this went on for 4 months… so just take us off payroll right? well once we got a check we were also subject to the money due to laid off folks which was one year salary… funny it took them 4 months to find out then another 3 months to work out what to do with us… so I double dipped my base salary for 7 months…
Oh for the days of perks. Best perk I had was in 2007, 100% match on first 10K in 401K contributions (no vesting period), 100 paid medical insurance and unlimitted free soda, coffee and snacks, and most lunches provided by our sell side sales relationships.
PROS: -I have PSP but it’s vested depending on years of service - not as good as NakedPuts. 401(k) is on our own. -Now also have free soda, coffee, tea and clean water. Emphasis on clean water. -Breakfasts once a week. -Partially subsidized company-wide trip. -Somewhat flex-hours - however, we’re expected to work late and be flexible as well. Example, yes I can come in by 10AM, but this is because I have to work until 2AM in the morning. Telecommuting and part-time schedules for some, which is uncommon in the professional world. -Medical insurance is subsidized by the firm and free if it’s only you. -My firm pays for limited licenses / designations. Unintended pro is that since my work is somewhat diverse, I can qualify for different designations. However, it does not pay for MBA, let alone anything outside 1-3 designations deemed necessary. CONS: -6-7 holidays a year. We have so few that they list New Years twice. -Work follows you home the higher up you go. -Work/life balance is possible but during the 8-12 hours you’re working, you’re expected to be billable every second. Tight deadlines and turnaround. High-pressured attorneys, clients and sometimes staff. Does anyone’s firm pay for MBA? I consider this a major perk (100k+!!!). My friend that works for Boeing told me how they pay for any accredited class… even salsa classes!
I worked for a firm that paid 80% of MBA but they ended that in 2006. My firm is changing to pay 100% of MBA but doubt anyone will take adv of it
Valores Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Zero interest loans for some justified expenses, > up to 9 months salary, up to 5years repayment. 70% > off for rent of vacation properties of the > company, quite many locations throughout the > country and some abroad. 11 dollar lunch for all > working days. Low mortgage rate. Discounted > private medical insurance (apart from state social > ins. which is obligatory and paid in personal > tax). Free online finance classes that you can > freely register for if you want, other courses > should be offered to you by the education center. > > Alcohol, beer or wine, is generally accepted here > for lunch, and is included in the price of a set > menu in all the restaurants. Like the sound of your place. Zero percent loans sounds like you should get a loan and then earn the spread on a five year bond. Give yourself a free pay rise. It wont be much, but then it is free. Just have to justify the loan - car? 70% reduction in holiday homes. I’d be having some of that. Not MS by any chance?
Muddahudda, I don’t think any inv.bank without a strong commercial bank can afford zero percent loans for their employees. If anybody finds out about the bond, you are out in half an hour (it’s a fraud, and somehow ppl do it from their employee account in the same bank, pretty stupid) One can get it for postgraduate studies for kids, home renovation, car, furniture, medical expenses, tax payments, death of relatives, divorce, marriage, moving, birth of kids, domestic violence. that’s about it. Furniture is pretty sweet, you can return it, or ask your friend to give the bill to you, whatever. Not ethical though.
Fair enough and just saying. I remember some people got out the max student loans on their parents behalf (not me!). It’s not a big loan amount to be honest. I remember MS subsidising mortgages by 1% back in the day. Pretty sweet to be honest.
1% total? Here it’s interbank plus zero for employees
Actually I’ve seen some offers for employees when the bank’s property was on sale, it was interbank minus 0.15
1% off current rate offered by a preferred provider.
ok, then it’s probably still worse
Obama has some sick perks…