What perks do you all get from your employers ?
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I work for a telecoms provider and from my employer I get 1gbps internet, a basic TV package and landline (I know) for £28 a month and then 50% off my mobile bill. I think it's decent value for money and it saves around £130 a month.
So I'm curious, what does everyone else get ?
another_awkward_brit@reddit
I get annual below inflation pay rises.
Conscious_Lawyer3957@reddit
You got a pay rise?
Widebody_lover@reddit
Lucky sod getting annual pay rises
sosig_roll@reddit
Work in the NHS. We get the privilege of paying to park at work.
Widebody_lover@reddit
Take a bus? Many private people pay to park too..
ThatArsenalFan7@reddit
And having to bring in our own milk and coffee
sosig_roll@reddit
In our staff room there is literally a 'kitchen rota' where each discipline (physio team, OT team, medical team etc) have to provide a new sponge and bottle of washing up liquid each month. It's fucking outrageous.
Enough-Ad3818@reddit
Don't forget your paperweight after 25yrs of service!
CrossRoadChicken@reddit
Company provided medical care though
snaszyy@reddit
This is basically what I say to people when I talk about perks of my NHS job... Free healthcare 🙄
PepsBodyLanguage@reddit
My Trust scrapped staff eye tests last year 🤣
Thalamic_Cub@reddit
Continues to drive me insane that nhs staff pay for parking. Even more so as you all have to pay to maintain your qualifications and accreditations too. Any other job both those things are paid by your employer!😡
PennyBunPudding@reddit
It's bad enough patients need to pay tbh but since it's not going to be free I'd rather the patient paid then the hospital.
Bughunter9001@reddit
The problem is that at many hospitals if the staff got free parking they'd probably manage to completely fill the car park between them.
There being a cost attached encourages more of them to get the bus.
Mundo7@reddit
you know literally everyone else has to do this
Broad-Preparation-73@reddit
Never had to pay to park at work, either public or private sector jobs
msully89@reddit
I've had 8 jobs, and only had to pay to park at work for the NHS.
danjwilko@reddit
Perks - hired new staff so got extra time off with the hours cut 🥳 Working hours dropped by about 40% but got a extra £10 a week with yearly pay rise 🙌
PretendPop8930@reddit
Free eye tests. Free flu jabs.
Free railway travel on our TOC. 75% off all others. Free rail travel in Europe.
insomnimax_99@reddit
Free? Really?
I thought most TOCs just get you FIP which is heavily discounted, but not free.
Vulpes01@reddit
As part of fip you can get travel vouchers for some European countries. Each voucher has 4 boxes. When dated, each box gives 48 hour free travel I believe.
isitmattorsplat@reddit
Doing what?
Radiant-Attempt6145@reddit
This is what you normally get for working for the railway.
isitmattorsplat@reddit
For everyone or drivers only?
insomnimax_99@reddit
Everyone. I’m a data analyst and that’s what I get, because I work for a TOC.
monistar97@reddit
My husband works for a TOC and gets all that, definitely isn’t a driver!
IsSheMe@reddit
Crippling depression.
adamosity1@reddit
What’s a perk? Lol
UKBARNEY73@reddit
It's like a Myth I do believe.
DonBenson@reddit
I work in education so I get nice holiday time but still only get 28days paid holiday per year. Also I get lots of opportunities for unpaid overtime and emotionally traumatic experiences. But once a year I do get to sit in a room with someone who gets paid over £150K who tells me, "Your work is important" Which is nice.
oohliviaa@reddit
Don’t forget that we get free sickness bugs, colds and flu throughout the year!
likeyournamebutworse@reddit
So like most jobs then?
PullUpAPew@reddit
It's on a different level
likeyournamebutworse@reddit
Of course it is. Silly me.
DonBenson@reddit
Don't listen to them. It's excellent pay and conditions that haven't been eroded to be basically worthless, and you only work 9-3! In primary school they just colour in! In fact it's such an easy option you should immediately train to become a teacher.
Don't believe the stories about violent pupils and parents, or inspections that drive people to nervous breakdowns and suicide, or the constant degradation at the hands of the media, or the ever moving goalposts from the government, or the pointless admin, or the funding gap, or the ever increasing needs of children with less and less resources, or the fact that teachers buy their own class supplies because of lack of funding, or the fact that academy CEOs take more pay than three teachers combined, or the support staff on minimum wage who are expected to actually BE the parents for some children. Trust me, it's so easy, join us.
likeyournamebutworse@reddit
Sorry, I must've missed the part where I mentioned any of that.
ImScaredofCats@reddit
Oh fuck off
No_Wrap_9979@reddit
No. I’ve done many jobs before I became a teacher and the propensity for sickness is something else in teaching. You get over one only to have another.
PositiveTurnover8923@reddit
I've definitely been more sick since I was a teacher. Spending the day with 6 different sets of 30 kids who aren't mature enough to understand personal hygiene will do that to you.
Fluid_Pause2149@reddit
Teachers are amazing, I would not be where I am without them.
surfdan88@reddit
Don't forget the constant condescension from all those outside of education who say it's only 9-3.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
I always thought 9-3 were the teaching hours when the school was 'open' so to speak, with the teachers coming in an hour or so before, and leaving an hour or two after.
Silver-Appointment77@reddit
No. Teachers normally get in for around 8ish, then depending what time of year, leave between 4-5. Parent and teachers day and Christmas plays can keep teachers in school until after 9.
hellothereitsonlyme@reddit
Material perks are just material.
Great teachers leave a legacy that lasts a lifetime and more!!
CrossRoadChicken@reddit
9-3 core hours (or there about), the rest is Flexi time
PennyBunPudding@reddit
You get to meet a CEO! What a privilege.
BrieflyVerbose@reddit
Genuinely, how many hours do you actually work a week?
I'm in my final year of my Biomedical Science degree. I had to resit my second year (I lost my Dad and my best mate during second year and I went a bit off the rails!), one of my friends graduated a year before me and hasn't been able to get a job through the degree just yet. So I've been toying with the idea of teaching Biology if Plan A doesn't work out.
I'm seriously considering it now, but I don't know a single teacher I could speak to about what it's actually like!
Do you get any free time in the evenings and weekends?
LongjumpingLab3092@reddit
I do think it depends on the school. My parents were both teachers (recently retired). They've worked in some schools where they had pretty good work life balances, others where they're drowning in unnecessary paperwork set by the school and working every evening and weekend to get things done.
Mum was a primary school teacher and she'd spend a good chunk of her summer setting up classrooms for next year etc. Dad in secondary schools did not.
Both of them found actually being in a classroom super hard as they got older, but that's not a problem for you in your 20s!
PositiveTurnover8923@reddit
It depends on the school and the person. I can manage to do very little at home but only because I've been teaching 10 odd years. But when students have mocks etc I do have to do most of that at evenings and weekends.
If you go to a school where they have a shared curriculum and everything is planned, that makes everything quicker.
Most people who have a small workload aren't the type to tell everyone about it on social media, in my experience.
hyper-casual@reddit
I quit after my first year of teaching high school maths.
I was probably doing 70 hours a week on average and spent more than half the holidays working. The impact the job had on me mentally and physically was insane, too.
I heard it got easier after a few years, but I get paid double the salary and work half the hours now. It's a busy week at my current job if I do 35 hours or more.
Miss_Type@reddit
I'm in from 7:30am to about 4:30pm, unless there's something after school. I no longer take work home, apart from coursework or mock marking for exam groups. I rarely plan or work at home anymore, BUT I did this a lot when I first started. I'd say my first 5-6 years were a lot of weekends and evenings, just trying to stay on top of planning and marking. I still have lots of planning and marking now, but if I can't do it during my directed time, then sorry but it doesn't get done!
It is hard work but it's also a lot of fun. I love how creative I get to be, I love working with kids, and genuinely like my job, especially the bit in the actual classroom. The hard work bit is just because it is super intense, but it's only ever intense for a maximum of 8 weeks, and a minimum of, sometimes, 5! I work flat out during term time, and then enjoy the holidays.
There are bonuses, which for me include the trips and residentials. I am an honorary member of the bio dept for the annual A-level residential, which I LOVE! I get onto as many sciencey trips as I can as well, going to places like We The Curious in Bristol, or the Space Centre in Leicester. You can go to places like New York, or on skiing trips, or foreign exchanges, or CERN.
HOWEVER, big caveat. I became a teacher because I wanted to be a teacher, not because I couldn't get a job in my field. It's a tough job emotionally, mentally, and often physically. There are things you can't switch off from, like worrying about the kid in your form who hates holidays because they're abused or neglected at home. A lot of stuff in schools happens only because of goodwill, the goodwill of the staff. It's not a fill-in job, it's not something easy you can do for a bit, it's a profession with it's own set of skills and competencies, which you need to be good at, on top of having good subject knowledge.
If you're serious about teaching, get some voluntary experience in a school, or at the least arrange a half day tour of a local school.
frumentorum@reddit
It depends a lot on the school you work in. I tend to work long days so that I can mostly avoid working at all on Saturday and Sunday. The regular holidays are much needed recovery time, and though they're long they are when prices are high for flights and hotels. It's toughest when you first start as you have to prepare everything as you go, once you get the hang offl what you're doing and have teaching resources you've used before it becomes easier - there are of course lots of resources online, but since many are crap it takes almost as long to sift for good stuff as to make it yourself. A good school (or even just department) will have a lot of resources already prepared that you can dip into as well.
the_badgerman@reddit
I'm a teacher. It's ace. And hard. I would imagine that I'd be better paid had I chosen a career elsewhere, but it's still ace. Do it. And if you don't you can always switch to something else. I'm usually tired. It's ace though. Oh. 13 weeks holiday a year. I rarely bring any work home. Maths. 21 years in. That said, kids are kids. Bear in mind that the human brain isnt fully developed until ~21. So they're idiots. All of them. Some of them are nice idiots, some of them have td me to f*** off. They can't make sensible decisions, which often makes it entertaining. I work at a state comprehensive and we've sent kids off to oxbridge as well as prison. Just know what you're getting into. It's ace though.
TSC-99@reddit
We’ve got access to laminators too
Bilb-@reddit
Sounds like most private jobs too :(
Icy-Tear4613@reddit
I'm starting to realise why you go into consultancy/interim, be fucking useless and get paid more to give anyone else your responsibility.
Slutty_Foxx@reddit
I got added to that the lovely comments that it’s my job to deal with x, y and z… that anywhere else would either be refused to be spoken to or would be removed from premises. Oh and the ‘you get a good salary for the area’ comments and ‘the you have plenty of time to do x’ in your very minimal own time.
hellothereitsonlyme@reddit
Applause to all great teachers!!!
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
That sounds motivating
Lexiepie@reddit
50% off vet bills even if I’m doing the consult/diagnosis/surgery myself - and still cheaper to get long term meds via online pharmacies
latrappe@reddit
Energy supplier. 15% discount on Energy, annual profit share (in free shares with rules), annual bonus and fairly derisory pay increases. Also a basic health plan, holiday trade to buy more holidays and discounts at lots of vendors. It’s not at all bad.
rainbowsaintreal@reddit
My son worked for Asda . At Xmas they gave everyone a 69p selection box as they had overstock , and they where made to feel appreciative
BigWork2739@reddit
Private healthcare. Used it a few times and it's been fairly shite (although not NHS levels of shite of course).
Gym pass silver. Which means I get free access to my local Nuffield health.
Health cashback plan. So money off dentist and opticians. Up to something like £100/year. Not life changing.
Pension is pretty standard. Like 5% employer contribution.
Now get 27 days holiday+ bank holidays.
Enhanced paternity leave. Think it's up to 6 weeks but never been interested in that.
Study budget. Something like £300 to spend on anything.
Software engineer. London.
Independent-Tax-3699@reddit
My office has a bowl of free Freddos
EnormousD@reddit
I'm a butcher, basically get free food (meat, veg, cheese etc) as long as I don't take the piss I can have whatever I want for me and the missus. Most other items I get at reduced price or cost price. Nice little Brucey bonus.
thegerbilmaster@reddit
That is a huge perk.
concretepigeon@reddit
A huge pork
Such-Distribution943@reddit
u/EnormousD what’s the biggest pork you’ve ever gotten for free?
cupidstunt01@reddit
Can I have a steak in that business?
rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit
I think that would be the final push I need to get into the morbidly obese category.
Kobiash1@reddit
Fun-loving chubster to roly-poly lardy.
EnormousD@reddit
Yeah I do give good hugs.
TobaccoEarlGrey@reddit
😭😭😭
TobaccoEarlGrey@reddit
💀
stevey83@reddit
I used to work for a butchers like that. Go around 15 years didn’t pay for anything. Got a new job with a different butchers, get fuck all now!
YetAnotherMia@reddit
Do you get beef shanks, make smoked beef shank it's so amazing.
Thalamic_Cub@reddit
Used to do this as a job, expanded what i ate so much 🤣 after all, you have to try it to sell it!
Either_Custard_7438@reddit
Massive Chopper?
EnormousD@reddit
That would be a perk but luckily I was able to supply my own :P
Sea-Ganache-4330@reddit
This is the perfect perk!!!
DryJackfruit6610@reddit
Condescending remarks and a sad gender pay gap.
Im a woman in engineering, so guess I brought this upon myself really
MinimumSilver5814@reddit
You guys are getting perks?
Agent_-Ant-_@reddit
My Christmas bonus worked out to £7. It's good to feel appreciated.
Jealous-Wishbone@reddit
Free travel on all public transport.
pelvviber@reddit
After three decades in the Nash I got severely depressed and a hefty dose of stress trauma.
Leaving for calmer (but not really) waters in an elective hospital we got given a pen each. The organisation had rebranded and they had loads of old style logo biros. 😐
REidson89@reddit
Teabags and Nescafe coffee in the work kitchen.
TobaccoEarlGrey@reddit
Anxiety
DryJackfruit6610@reddit
Oh hello fellow colleague
TobaccoEarlGrey@reddit
And being institutionally gaslit
Josh_Bear22@reddit
Hi, UK Based. Before I retired, I got the usual mobile phone (Iphone), Laptop, Mileage to business meetings paid, business class flights (Work trips), Free lunch via a caterer every 2 weeks. Private Healthcare for my family and myself. Cash bonus up to 35% (Depending on level) with a corporate multiplier for all employees if the company had a good year. Yearly performance also was rewarded with shares in the company being awarded. Note, if it was a bad year then the multiplier was a negative so reduce your bonus. 30 days holiday. Family days (5 per year) where the entire global company closed and no emails were allowed unless an emergency. The goal was to allow people to recharge fully with their families.
Think that was all.
rapafon@reddit
Big one nowadays, I don't pay for fuel. As in my contract my vehicle is exclusively for work, I pay everything on a fuel card.
My bosses have said they're not bothered if I use it to nip to the shops or for a small errand here and there, just don't take the mickey and drive to the lakes at the weekend as the mileage has to seem plausible.
Seeing the pump counter go to £130+ (70L tank) still gives me anxiety even though I don't pay for it.
KeshTheWolf@reddit
Telecoms here as well.
2x80% off my own mobiles.
4x60% friends and family.
20% off my Internet
alfa_omega@reddit
When I worked for British Telecom it was free.
griffaliff@reddit
Annual above inflation pay bump, I can buy additional days off (never had a job with this option in the past), banging pension.
Mrmagicdan@reddit
A fuel card. Which currently is worth its weight in gold.
gm85g@reddit
My wife and I work in the whisky industry, combined we get around £2500 worth of free whisky per year.
I enjoy having most of the non age statement single malts and keep all the 12 y/o and above as well as the rare and collectibles.
30 days PTO per year, private medical cover, and hybrid working.
crzycatldy91@reddit
Gym membership, dental insurance, life insurance, and critical illness insurance, eye test vouchers, and flu jab vouchers. Free breakfasts and fancy coffee in the offices. A yearly company "fun day" with free food, drink, and entertainment. Flexible, working from home contracts. Feel pretty lucky.
bigbadpeon@reddit
I work in Security and get free fuel and personal vehicle maintenance.
jim__nightshade@reddit
With my job we get a bunch of benefits we can opt in for on a yearly basis. I usually choose private health/medical and 10 extra days holiday. If you don't choose anything you just get it spread across your pay for the year.
It's a business security role for a big financial firm for reference.
Top-Significance8791@reddit
Is there a company who facilitates this? How does it work?
Would love to implement this at my company
zolo9@reddit
10 extra days holiday would be bliss!
Altruistic_Safe_8776@reddit
Life insurance, income protection, critical illness cover, dental (bupa), birthdays off, 25 days leave
MDL1983@reddit
Used to get wines, beers, and spirits at cost price, as well as many freebies working in the wine trade (inc. a 3 day trip to Sancerre, Chablis and Champagne). That was probably my best one 😂. I was young though so best time for it. Now I predominantly WFH and get my internet paid for and plenty of rope
Wood-Pigeon-125@reddit
I’m a bus driver. On top of free bus travel (obviously) I also get a rail pass, this saves me at least £200 a year for trips to London.
BraveLordWilloughby@reddit
£130 a month for fuel, even though I probably don't even use £25.
Access to free private therapy thing
Death in service payment
And a very reasonable salary finance plan
Winklemans_Fringe@reddit
Full health cash plan, Perks at Work, subsidised staff social events, company paid summer and Xmas do. Extra day holiday over Xmas as well.
Scratchy-cat@reddit
A small discount and the possibility of having a mental breakdown during a shift
__mz@reddit
Public sector - pension is decent, but the salary is not comparable to private sector so I do feel it’s a bit of a moot point. I get 33% in a local coffee shop and 50% gym. I get access to an employee assistance programme too.
Broad-Preparation-73@reddit
Ever tried to use the EAP though? I did during a pretty bad time and their advice was to pay for therapy
Solid_Western_138@reddit
I rang the one at my old work and they made things much worse lol.
Civil_Classroom6399@reddit
Generaly any dental/ doctors/hospital coverd without affecting any time off, company van with use, full sick pay indefinitely,"bonus" days off (at full pay), small car jobs are usualy looked after, when we travel for work (pretty often) always in nice hotels all expenses paid. Bonuses for what I can see no reason (other than doing the job under time and budget). Family is a big thing for them so its encouraged we go to any school plays/appointments etc (on pay). Children's birthdays off (on pay without using holidays). Generaly pretty relaxed set your own hours along as the works being done in a good time its no drama.
Purp1eMagpie@reddit
Share scheme is probably our best one. It comes off pre tax and they match everything up to £75/month so we can get £150 worth for not much cost to us at all.
21stcentury_idiot@reddit
Free food 👍
MisterD90x@reddit
The perks?
I get paid every 4 weeks.
That is it
whocanbearsed@reddit
That's a huge perk. 5 week months can get to fuck.
Crayen5@reddit
I deliver for Amazon so absolutely nothing, not even holidays because we have to register as being self-employed
StrikingWear974@reddit
Get a week off over Christmas as well as 30 days paid leave, I work from home if I don't have any jobs I don't have to go to the office, I usually work about 20 out of my contracted 37.5 hours a week.
A_hungry_triceratops@reddit
4 Day work week, private health care which includes dental (with a £250 excess per year) and any opticians is included with no excess. Vitality also which is separate to my healthcare which includes GP appointments and gym memberships etc. Fully remote but travel and expenses paid when I'm asked to come into office which is like three times a year.
Hookton@reddit
Free pizza each shift.
Browntown-magician@reddit
Private healthcare and dental, yearly bonus - get taxed on it though as it’s team performance related and not a great deal to shout home about cause this year we’re doing shit.
Williams F1
10simbahunde@reddit
Free access to golf sim and free greenfees at nearby course. Gym access also. Really good breakfast and lunch
Many-Giraffe-2341@reddit
Dental, health ins, life insurance, final salary pension, salary sacrifice car, cycle to work scheme, 25days and bank hols off. Company ccd, car allowance.
Pretty much standard package for most places now.
Six6iX@reddit
Work for an airline. Get the usual pension… discounted travel on anything travel related. Hotels, trains and cruises etc. get unlimited 90% discount on flight on my own airline. And industry discount rates for other airlines. One free flight a year in business class if there’s space but the issue is that when it’s busy we get bumped off and if it’s busy so are the hotels so we end up paying for a few nights and have had to buy last minute flights home due to needing to return to work so end up paying premium last minute prices for a family.
Solid_Western_138@reddit
I used to work for an ISP and got free broadband, landline and Youview.
CrabMan545@reddit
Last time a patient assaulted me I got seen in A&E pretty quickly, so there's that...
BlueHoopedMoose@reddit
I get 1k a month "car allowance" which hasn't changed for 13 years.
Back then it was perk, not sure now if its an excuse for me to not got a payrise
darkerthanmysoul@reddit
Work in a dental practice.
None.
Dude_Dudovich@reddit
We get £40 Amazon voucher for Christmas. And we got a whole Easter egg each last week!
Special-Audience-426@reddit
I do property maintenance on expensive rentals and holiday lets.
I get any unopened booze left that the alcoholic cleaners don't want so nothing.
I did have some frozen Cornish pasties that were left in the freezer the other week though.
gxb20@reddit
Construction - free materials. Sometimes get really lucky but can usually find whatever i need for free
Charming-Ad-6293@reddit
You guys are getting perks?
hyper-casual@reddit
I personally get less benefits than everyone else as I negotiated to permanently work from home and most of the benefits revolve around the office, which is fair enough.
They pay for memberships to the gyms near the office and they have staff food vouchers for the mandatory office days.
There's stuff like health and beauty treatments on certain days of the month.
I don't have an office ID so I can't use any of them, but I'm fine with that.
Otherwise the holidays are pretty good. I get 38 days of my choice + bank holidays and a Christmas shut down. Finish at 3pm on Fridays during summer.
The 'death in service' is pretty good, too. I took the basic package as I was single at the time I started but if I died tomorrow my partner would get £250k.
We get free physio, GP, counselling, and a few other things as standard and then we upgrade to a higher cover but it then comes out of your salary, but still pretty cheap.
Accomplished_Leg3462@reddit
BT or Openreach?
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
👀👀
scottgal2@reddit
Self employed so...umm...
PennyBunPudding@reddit
All the state mandated ones
Bellatrixforqueen@reddit
Tea bags provided, laptop and phone for work. That’s it . My last job got free fruit, incentive trips ( which I’d didn’t go on ), Friday afternoon off for a while then they resinded it
bopeepsheep@reddit
Used to get access to a huge copyright library; need to investigate setting that up again (new-ish job). Have lost my free access to various touristy places, and discounts in a few shops (but can still get partner or daughter to buy things for me with theirs). What else? Oh, I can read ebooks for free, and watch vintage TV through BoB. And I can watch squirrels jumping around our grounds from my office window. A window with a window seat, in a lockable office I don't have to share - which is a major perk after hotdesking in a miserable concrete carbuncle for a few years.
Exita@reddit
I work in the public sector, so I get paid and I get a pension.
Fwoggie2@reddit
The public sector pensions are exceptional though.
tomcat_murr@reddit
They used to be exceptional. They're not bad now, but they definitely get more exceptional the further you go back. For anybody under about 50 they've definitely gone past the point where they really make up for the lower salaries.
Ok_Adhesiveness_8637@reddit
Sex, a roof over my head, fed... My wife and I own a company together lol.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
I'm glad you finished that, I'd have thought you were a prostitute otherwise
Paul_my_Dickov@reddit
Thought he was the gimp from Pulp Fiction.
DanielReddit26@reddit
Prisoner.
OrganicToes@reddit
Are you hiring?
WrongExplanation1065@reddit
Depressing how companies make out the legal obligations that they have to give to all employees are "perks"
Namiweso@reddit
A very good pension (which I’m not currently taking advantage of because I can’t afford to).
Bonus once a year which to be honest just forms part of the salary. Not an amazing salary so see it as that.
Nothing specific to the employer though
Bughunter9001@reddit
If you're literally on the breadline fair enough and I hope you get yourself in a better position, but if you've got a generous employer contribution, max it out if you possibly can. You're just leaving money on the table if you don't.
The cruelty of the situation is that due to the nature of compounding interest, the more you contribute earlier when you're younger and can less afford to, the better a position you'll be in.
Xcelcius560@reddit
Onsite parking AND free parking separately listed
sully-_-420@reddit
Got an 18month final stage, second written warning for defending myself after some bully boy threatened me and tried to assault me. Have since lost my job because of it. Smh
UnexpectedRanting@reddit
Unlimited food/drink at work.
Free product from our range monthly and a few freebies every so often.
Electric car charging for free on the company and a car wash..
Pretty decent but I dont drive an EV so miss out on that perk
BarbiePeonies@reddit
Live rent free and bills free
(I work for my dad and still live with my parents)
kelleehh@reddit
Do you not feel bad for making them pay for everything when you’re earning?
BarbiePeonies@reddit
Nope.
My dad put me through a lot as a kid and all throughout high school. A lot of financial and emotional abuse went on in our household.
Now as a young adult I’ve had to put a stop to further education due to my disability and surgeries I need. So considering everything he put me through it’s the least he can do.
Sea-Ganache-4330@reddit
I’m sure they can afford it if they offer it
InternetPerson00@reddit
Heavily discounted annual bus pass. Like 70% off. Also coffee club at a discounted price too. saved so much money with just those 2 perks. Other than those, I get some anxiety and sadness (night shift security)
spammmmmmmmy@reddit
I get a £40 per month "working from home allowance "after having gone through their home workplace assessment procedure.
I also have a mobile phone service paid for 100% by the employer. But the phone itself is mine.
For my five-year service award, they gave me a pen or something, sent it to the wrong address, it got returned and I never received it.
For my 10 year anniversary, they gave me £200 but grossed up of tax which was cool. I've never seen anything like that before.
One of these days, I'm expecting a swift kick in the nuts.
CindysExtraTesticle@reddit
£6 train tickets Glasgow to London. Reduced fare bus travel. Life insurance. Online medical consultations and discounted private medical. Discount/cash back scheme for retailers, restaurants, holidays etc.
Low_Blackberry3460@reddit
Might not sound like much but office/home based we get a bank holiday annual leave allowance meaning we can choose to work or not on the bank holiday and take the days back whenever we want.
The bank holidays are so peaceful without calls and emails coming in we can actually get shit done and then choose when to take the time back.
Bank Holidays in the UK are always chaos as everyone is off and everywhere is packed. Taking the time back when we want it works so much better.
Personally I find this a bit of a perk. Don't know if ths is common place though?
trek123@reddit
Free rail travel on the rail company I work for plus a couple of other companies via agreements. 75% off flexible tickets elsewhere in the UK. Effectively free travel across Europe too with some limits/surcharges. Possibly the best pension in the UK.
Your perk doesn't sound that amazing given I pay £27 for 1gbps internet anyway... If the 50% off includes a device that's good but if it's just a SIM then not so sure given how cheap they are anyway. I know Sky employees get the whole lot free including sports I believe.
isitmattorsplat@reddit
If you don't mind me asking, what do you do?
trek123@reddit
Work for a train company that's it
isitmattorsplat@reddit
Amazing. Thank you.
blxcklst@reddit
The biggest one for me is medical insurance. I’ve had 4 MRI scans in the last 2 years, and it cost me a grand total of £100. That’s including all the relevant consultations + the longest wait was 4 weeks.
For comparison, my friend’s girlfriend in the same city had an MRI under NHS, and had to wait 6 months for the scan, and another 3 for results.
Tasty-Explanation503@reddit
Free travel on the network of the TOC I work for and 75% off all other train services, some other small neglible benefits that are standard everywhere too
londonlares@reddit
Final Salary Pension?
FrostyRydia@reddit
I work for a insurance company.
25% off my car insurance plus all additional products like breakdown, legal cover, substitute car and personal accident cover at cost.
This works at about £20 all in for all the extras.
There is also no admin fees to make any changes so not too shabby
CanWeNapPlease@reddit
Christmas eve off without using our holidays, that's it.
l33yds@reddit
I get the same perks as you so I assume we both work under the same company umbrella. I work for the network engineering side.
mesub7@reddit
As a uni student doing CS, how does one get into network engineering? 👀
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
The people that make the net work ?
l33yds@reddit
Indeed, we get some great perks on the perks@work site too.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
I'm in that part too, that's a good site that, I got a few bargains on appliances for the kitchen using it
l33yds@reddit
Oh nice, where do you work? I'm in Manchester.
JohnMatrix1986@reddit
Free use of a large skip.
Sounds .... Rubbish.... but when in the middle of a house renovation it's easily saved me a couple of grand on skips.
ozyri@reddit
"saves" £130 for THAT?! wtf? How? I do not know what your mobile bill is, but I would price it at like £50 all together?
_Brooder_@reddit
10% discount on the £80,000 cars we build
Useless.
MindlessMuddy10@reddit
Free train travel, private healthcare, salary sacrifice vehicle. Only work on average 3.5 days a week over the course of a year. Good pension Can opt into extra like income protection, dental etc at couple pounds a month out of my pay
EmergencyGoggles@reddit
Company car with private use and fuel card. Now I know technically it’s BIK and it lowers my tax free allowance, but I don’t notice it. I’m getting a car and never have to pay or worry about fuel, insurance, tires, repairs, maintenance and servicing.
gettin-swole@reddit
I get a phone for work and personal use along with a brand new MacBook, I get Perkbox (never used it), I get private healthcare for me and my family, I get unlimited mileage at 45p per mile, and a credit card for all my expenses with 3.5k limit a month. Feel pretty lucky
Keeganamo@reddit
I get Perkbox too. It took me a while to get into it, but I use it all the time now. I’ve saved about £1K in food shops, home decor purchases, travel, takeaways, Ubers, eating out and much more since I started using it religiously. Every little helps right now!
One of the main reasons I don’t use it more is because my local Tesco has terrible signal so it makes buying the voucher a stressful experience.
Fwoggie2@reddit
Get the auto renewal gift card and save it to your phones wallet.
gettin-swole@reddit
Yeah I’m not keen on apps etc, they do my head in, but I guess they have their uses. I hate going into a shop and the first question they ask is “have you got the app”? 😂
I try and limit my phone use to about 45 mins a day unless it’s work related!
Fwoggie2@reddit
Perkbox is good. Get the auto renewing supermarket gift cards, save to your phone and get 5% off. That’s two weeks of free groceries a year…
Fattydog@reddit
You make it sound like the credit card is for personal expenses. Surely not?
gettin-swole@reddit
No it’s for work expenses obviously lol. Food, accommodation, travel, office expenses etc.
ThinkIshatmyself@reddit
What the hell do you do?
gettin-swole@reddit
Training/Consultancy
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
That is good
Brenduke@reddit
I got 6 months parental leave at 90% pay and I can't imagine a better benefit than that honestly
Fwoggie2@reddit
In my particular case my boss allows me to flex my hours as I see fit. Provided I attend meetings to which I’m invited and answer his calls during normal German work hours he doesn’t give a shit when I do the job as long as it’s done.
YayaTails7@reddit
Health care, dental care, company car and fuel card, allowed for personal use too.
steven71@reddit
We get a really stupid 'discount' scheme on things that you can get cheaper elsewhere, or would never want or use. Case of wine free when you buy 8? Nah. Don't drink wine. Ski insurance? Don't know anyone here who can afford skiing holidays.
My employer is such a cheapskate company. They present minimal wage increase as a pay rise.
hhhelpineedhelp@reddit
Work in football, we get two free tickets to every home game, free breakfast and an afternoon snack every day but that’s p much it
zero_sevenn@reddit
Just started at a new company as a salesforce admin. Dental cover, platinum Gym membership (David Lloyd’s is my local), £500 allowance to spend on a home work setup, £1200 yearly self development funds, a credit card for work related expenses (travelling/ fuel, lunch, social events)
At my last company of the sale role, it was free fruits and some bike to work scheme. So a big step up, still trying to wrap my head around it all
Spaztic_monkey@reddit
Nice, I’m a salesforce developer and wish I would get a premium gym membership from work, and that is a serious amount of self development funds. Congrats.
notthetalkinghorse@reddit
Below inflation pay rises and no pay progression for doing a good job (other than a non consolidated bonus).
The only thing that keeps me there is my part time term time contract. I obviously take a hit on take home pay but I'm around to do fun stuff with my kids and watch them grow up.
Legal_Result8766@reddit
The opportunity of going back the next day for more bullshit.
Don’t get any bonuses, perks.. absolutely zero.
Pray the day I can leave
pgnlzbth@reddit
10% off groceries and 15% on Fridays and Saturdays at Sainsbury’s. 20% at special times of the year.
Longjumping-Fee-9201@reddit
Company car, free EV charging, private medical insurance, discounted gym etc, decent bonus, often fed on Fridays with pizza or fish and chips etc, decent pension, free financial advice, discounted personal loans. It’s pretty sweet to be honest especially as I predominantly WFH.
Mog_X34@reddit
Yep, 20% last weekend, which also overlapped with the '6+ bottles of wine, 25% off' promotion.
Needless to say, I've topped up my wine cupboard (no cellar unfortunately)
EntrepreneurAway419@reddit
So good with argos deals, I'd combine my dad's with my perkz and everything would be 27% off
WhyToHide@reddit
You work at Sainsbury’s? 😅
Captaincadet@reddit
A newspaper article complaining about free coffee, then lack of free coffee
Then another article about working at home, then back at home
Joys of public sector
avamissile@reddit
Free private medical insurance, and free income protection insurance.
j_the_inpaler@reddit
A Tesla and unlimited use for £100 a month
Maffers@reddit
Discount gym membership. Cycle to work scheme. Life assurance (4x yearly salary to my kids in the event of my death) Can claim £80 a year back from dentist, opticians, sports massage etc. Childcare vouchers. "Perks to work" scheme with a number of discounts, cashback deals and collect points when shopping with a huge amount of retailers. Eg I got over £100 off my new washing machine.
starsandshards@reddit
You get perks?
pc-plod@reddit
Work for an aerospace company, we get paid private healthcare, 6 months full pay sick, 5 years group income protection at 60% or you can upgrade to 75% for a few quid a month.
Share incentive plan matching 1:1
Ability to buy or sell or holidays
12% non contributory pension
A few other smaller perks but they are the main ones
Ok_Contest3903@reddit
I'm a hack. Ball point pens and that's about it. In the old days you could screw exes. Not any more...
atworkorpooping@reddit
I work for a company owned by Mars. I'm a very active and proactive dad, currently living the parental dream of a 6-month long paternity leave (at 90% pay) with my 2nd child. This paternity is dubbed "equal parental leave" and I'm so incredibly grateful for it.
NB: I worked for a different company with our first child and only had the statutory 2 weeks' paternity (~£150/week). It felt impossible to live with all the hardships new parenthood brings whilst maintaining integrity at work, not to mention supporting my wife through the aftercare of birth whilst I'm working 10-12hr shifts and paying the mortgage on such a significant drop in pay.
leclercwitch@reddit
I get one extra day off a month with flexi time, I can claim back prescriptions and eye tests, that’s about it really.
ToasterMonster69@reddit
I get a fair amount of perks but the one I use the most is private healthcare. 24/7 GP access and most of my healthcare bills paid. I added on dental care this year - gonna save me over £1k in the next few days.
Claire4Win@reddit
Work from home half of the week (I work 4 days a week) and dental.
Dental save me a lot.
Oh and free fruit... which I never take.
Witty-Following6541@reddit
Company car, 6% pension if I put 3% in, private health with BUPA, 4 x salary death in service.
kernowjim@reddit
sweet F A
BarNo3385@reddit
Financial services. We dont get any kind of preferential rates for mortgages etc anymore (pre financial crash thing).
Pension match is quite good (We put in 7%, employer puts another 16%), and we get some tax efficient share option stuff (buying shares with pre-tax income or at below market rates). Does rely on the firm doing well though, some years you'd lose money since the share price has tanked.
Biggest non financial benefit is probably BUPA cover.
Puzzled-Barnacle-200@reddit
We get free fruit in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays. I work from home those days.
ams3000@reddit
Free fruit. £5 towards coffee/lunch each day. Free bupa Gym Unlimited holiday Birthday off
It feels pretty crap but reading others here I’ll rethink that
spindledick@reddit
I can buy one of these for cost + 5%. The only problem is I don't own a farm.
glitterswirl@reddit
In my last job I got a nice cooked meal at lunch (I hate cooking, plus this saved me money on food as the portions were big too), and I could take some stuff home from the kitchen sometimes like bread rolls and butter and even microwave meals etc.
Also a taste card for discounts to places (although I didn’t actually use it).
paulbdouglas@reddit
I get to work extra hours, smash all of my KPIs, exceed my figures, and get told they are not giving bonuses this year (10% of my salary)
TheNotSpecialOne@reddit
Work for a major food conglomerate, get free food on certain items while heavily reduced on other brands
moonfarmer89@reddit
Money towards eye test/lenses and shoes. Free train travel on my TOC and 4 others, 75% off all others, free parking at one station, free/discounted rail in Europe, free flu jab.
Either_Custard_7438@reddit
I get stressed to fuck and have to have my plans turned upside down on a whim.
Well paid though so meh
Salgado14@reddit
Same but we're also made to feel bad about our pay
BigLittleSlof@reddit
Same but not well paid at all lol
horridbloke@reddit
My last employer cited "pay slips" as a perk.
Prestigious-Might406@reddit
Fuck all, but that's fine because they get nothing in return.
North-Village3968@reddit
A crushed soul
Tammer_Stern@reddit
The pension, life insurance and private health insurance you typically get in Financial Services roles is hard to top.
dcute69@reddit
I recently said to my manager that I don't feel very rewarded. He said that I was and I asked how? He said that people sometimes thank me in the group chat channel...
Kellysmunt69@reddit
Free Golf ⛳️
palacepaulse25@reddit
A salary
PaulKarlFeyerabend@reddit
Private medical insurance (benefit in kind), £7k car allowance (taken as cash), 4.5% pension match (does that count?), life assurance, and critical illness cover.
And various other options, e.g. healthcare plan, buy/sell annual leave, etc.
louwyatt@reddit
My boss offered me free rent if I lived in the hotel. It would have its own kitchen and bathroom, but it is very small. Sadly, my misses didn't like the idea of downgrading our accommodation even if it was free.
Dinesaur@reddit
Local Authority so £30k with free access to 7 sessions of counselling and a Rewards scheme which last I checked was things like local discounts for things like golf centres. I think we have Cycle to Work too. There are no "local" perks within our department, so to speak.
Salary alone admittedly has me looking elsewhere.
Accomplished-Art7737@reddit
I work in public sector so wage stagnation and hatred from the media and general public. It’s not all doom and gloom though - occasionally external providers we work with might give us a free promotional pen.
Tuarangi@reddit
We have health insurance but I don't use it
Periodically can model for our training sessions so free laser hair removal (and other treatments if needed), plus we get the odd team meeting/awards do where we get hotel, food etc
Stewstar73cyclism@reddit
158 a month on phones and TV?
Kamoebas@reddit
75% off UK wide rail travel - free on my TOC as well as discounts on Eurostar and European travel too. Car and Bike schemes. Free training courses.
NoFewSatan@reddit
Pension, private health insurance.
TomtheWise42@reddit
All my work travel paid for, expenses (coffee’s etc), phone bill paid (which includes Disney+).
I landed a sweet deal & I’m gonna enjoy it as long as I can.
orange_one48@reddit
I work for the railway, I am extremely fortunate to get free travel for my wife and I Scotland wide and 75% off the rest of the uk rail network. We even get free overnight sleeper services from Scotland to England and a good discount on Eurostar and European travel which we have used for Paris and Amsterdam. Cash medical plan and a strong DB final salary type pension scheme and a 4 day week. I still can’t believe it when I say it out loud. Hoping for a long career.
-Skengbiscuit-@reddit
Free Taxis anywhere
Integritee@reddit
Free travel for myself and one person in London. 75% off trains in the UK. 50-75% off trains in Europe. Limited free travel in Europe.
Eye tests covered by work. Second glasses up to a certain value covered.
thorn312@reddit
I get to work from home and my manager is really nice. Working from home is such a bonus for me, especially now the weather is getting nicer. I saw mining bees for the first time today!
Sea-Ganache-4330@reddit
I thought the joke was that this was a picture of your manager at home 😂
thorn312@reddit
Maybee it is!
RobTheMonk@reddit
Free lunch on site. Can be a cooked meal or sandwich and crisps kind of lunch.
Various discounts on retail and local businesses.
38 days starting holiday which rises after certain thresholds.
frontroomhog@reddit
A few years ago my company changed the way they did job adverts and started adding a benefits section. The first few adverts listed the benefits as free onsite parking. That was it.
RandomPsychic20@reddit
I do on call work overnight, don't get paid for the time I'm on call but get a free house instead so definitely one of the better perks around.
rbaut@reddit
I get a 10% bonus each month which is very nice, to the point where I essentially consider it salary, and an annual bonus on top of that if we meet target. A decent on call allowance for which I haven't been called in 2 years and a company car.
Also some standard corporate perk benefits, for random services I dont have an interest in.
robo_invader@reddit
Free use of the local scooter/bicycle scheme saves me a hell of a lot on transport
What_Reality_@reddit
If you work for the company I do, you have to live on site. So they give you a house and pay all the bills. The only thing you pay is tv and mobile phone related. They even provide the internet. You take home about 2k a month, they regularly give you pay rises etc. they also take top preforming employees to a race track for the day where you get to rag the bosses race cars/cars all day then get food on the way back. I’ve known them pay for new fridges, cookers, dishwashers etc
You get 40 days holiday and they pay you any unused days at the end of November, we get about £500 as a Xmas bonus in Decembers pay, payed on like the 18th
sihasihasi@reddit
My old job gave us £60/m to cover broadband, when we switched to full time WFH.
Current one - fuckall, but significantly more salary.
fergie_89@reddit
I kind of really don't want to say.
I get a lot of perks. It's the first job I have had this kind of support in and I never intend to leave.
Salary, bonus, benefits, wellbeing checks, death in service (good cos I am uninsurable due to family history) discounts, fully remote so all office furniture provided,
Genuinely the best company I have worked for in my 18 years in the workforce.
My previous jobs just gave me anxiety and depression, and I still had to pay for my prescriptions.
Western_Abalone3132@reddit
Free hot drinks, lots of snacks,cakes, sweets, travel covered.
Don't have to spend more than an hour, hour and half tops in one place.
Fairly flexible working times to suit.
Meet lots have people daily, have a lot of fun, laughing and joking often and interesting conversation.
No management or supervision or targets to hit,
If I work 60 hours and do it in 45-50 hours, I still get paid 60 hours.
I'm in full control of my hours, add or drop jobs to suit
saltwatersunsets@reddit
The NHS trust I work at recently did Fabulous Fruit Friday. Some of the people who work in offices on the top level of the hospital made it to the canteen in time to get an apple before the limited supply ran out.
Thalamic_Cub@reddit
Really good pay for the role, annual pay rises x2, company car, discount scheme, financial and health support, private healthcare and an early death due to stress or the dangers of the job.
ADIParadise@reddit
Err, people kind of clapped for us.
Drath101@reddit
Just got my eye test paid for. That was pretty good
StGuthlac2025@reddit
Not a perk but a legal obligation depending on what you do.
Drath101@reddit
Not really bothered tbf, it's more than I got comped in a decade of retail
glasgowgeg@reddit
If any point of your job in retail involved using a screen, it was a legal requirement there too.
Drath101@reddit
It's only for continuous periods of an hour or more, mine was more sporadic use of 30 mins or so, so they were probably right to not comp them in this instance
TheNorthernMunky@reddit
I also work for a telecoms provider and get 1gbps internet and entertainment tv package (with kids channels, sky stuff and multiroom) for £20.50 a month and free unlimited mobile.
hannahbeliever@reddit
A hot water tap and a fridge in the office kitchen
New-Line-7816@reddit
Remote work
Beanbag_Ninja@reddit
Sounds like Virgin Media to me!
yoy78@reddit
I interviewed for a job and asked what the benefits were (meaning healthcare, the cycle thing, hybrid options) they told me that they get a supermarket delivery on a Monday that that staff can eat……. Woo and May I say hoo.
charlottedoo@reddit
6 months full paid sick leave per year, can buy 5 days holiday (28+ bank hol +5), really flexible (I have no jobs to do tomorrow so I’m going to go for a walk and have a picnic). Company car for personal use + my partner is insured on for free. Free dental and eye tests.
summerdog-@reddit
I work in childcare. So every now and again I get free headlice but mostly I get colds, flu like viruses and stomach bugs because kids don’t care about coughing into a tissue or their sleeve.
General-End4503@reddit
75% off on shift. 30% off. Free stock on use by. Bunch of other random. Wagestream
Salt-Trade-5210@reddit
I know how to do maths really, really well. I get a lot of holidays, most of which are unpaid.
roibaby5@reddit
You defo work for BT
mattcannon2@reddit
Health insurance, BOGOF share plan, decent pension match.
Also just taken 18 weeks at full pay for becoming a dad
Artistic-Cream6921@reddit
Private medical insurance, free eyesight checks, discounts on many named brands, upto 75% off national rail travel, discounted gym memberships, 5 paid volunteer days, cycle to work, flexible leave.
VolcanicBear@reddit
I get money and free highly respected training and certification for. My industry.
It's mainly about the money.
I'm also quite sure I've done work for your employer lol.
SophieDiPietro@reddit
You guys get perks? I'm on a never ending wait list just to get a parking space, we dont get any perks lol
insomnimax_99@reddit
Work in rail
Free train travel on all our trains
10 days of free travel on other TOCs in our group
75% off on all other TOCs
50%-75% off on most European train services
Final salary pension
Bunch of discounts here and there, like 10% off my gym membership
ultraboomkin@reddit
It’s not really an employer perk but the biggest perk of my job is doing my own MOTs.
rbskaa@reddit
I work for a major utilities provider/generator/distributor. We get our gas and electricity bills paid.
Is what I would say if I worked for our organisations European overlords. Sigh. We get nada.
FeDUpGraduate87@reddit
Not much.... I pay 5% in to the pension, they pay 3%, I do ok on bank Holidays and pay is good too.
Free parking and probably a cycle to work scheme.
beatricelaus@reddit
Doing four people’s jobs for the price of one. At NMW too!
patogatopato@reddit
I get £10 towards my broadband bill as I have to work from home. Also a company car.
Existing-Rhubarb-972@reddit
Free lunches in the office. My husband also gets free meals while on shift and it saves us a small fortune.
Would love private medical though.
ChelseaMourning@reddit
I get paid once a month. That’s the beginning and end of it.
Marvel--Jesus@reddit
Nothing that would be considered a "perk"
Adzx93@reddit
I get a home, food, warmth and electricity lol
sakmentoloki@reddit
I work when I want to work unless there is a specific event I need to attend. I set my own hours, I have everything from flights to hotels and all food etc paid for. I can take holidays anytime I want
MazerTanksYou@reddit
I worked for them for 25 years and got a little tin badge on a 3x3 inch piece of card saying well done for working 25 years.
Yep.. I'm ballin'
13Mads@reddit
I get paid. But I met up with a client earlier today who works for a major car manufacturer and they get access to a company car plus additional cars for family members, which sounds like a sweet deal.
Sea-Hour-6063@reddit
Every 2 years we go through consultation while upper management promise organisational change to adapt to the changing world.
hunsnet457@reddit
I work for a pretty big online shop and we get 20%-40% discount, most of the stuff we sell is fairly overpriced or low quality but for electronics it’s great because we sell a lot of brands that are notorious for never having deals or discounts.
No other decent benefits… At all.
MarieCry@reddit
My new job pays 9% pension without me having to contribute which I'm pretty hype for! It's only a 12 month contract but I've been struggling since last May to find a full time job after my last one ended in a full on nervous breakdown. I'm just really relieved to have a(n actually decent, too!) job for a while and no one to really share it with lol.
811545b2-4ff7-4041@reddit
Private health insurance, we have a 'discounts' site (sometimes better than blue light) to access, and my work phone is an iPhone, my work laptop (WFH a lot) is a Macbook Pro. The pension is ok too.
BUT.. no decent coffee at work, you've got to buy your own - although it's subsidised.
occasionalrant414@reddit
Hmmmm I work for the public sector and am senior enough to not get pay rises, but junior enough to not earn those bigger bucks.
Aside from that, stress, boredom, resentment as well as almost certain redundancy in 2028 thanks to LGR - 18yrs well spent.
To think I chose to enter public service under the misguided notion that I would be able to do some good for my city.
No-Reason-8205@reddit
Absolutely no perks. Just pay slightly above the minimum wage and stress.
Smudgeon89@reddit
6 months of fully paid paternity leave, which was great until my laptop wouldn't log on as they upgraded everyone to windows 11 whilst I was off
katiekat2712@reddit
Free rail travel in scotland for myself and dependents/ spouse / partner, 50% off the ferry to Belfast, free or reduced rail travel in Europe and the rest of the U.K. Really good death in service benefits, money back for dentist & optician costs, we submit receipts and they reimburse the costs. Great pension with an option to add extra tax free.
Typical_Arm_8008@reddit
Annual holiday. Pension contributions. Free parking. Free coffee/tea (when it’s in stock).
sneakerpimp87@reddit
Acces to a savings platform called Vivup that probably saves me about £20 or £30 a month on discounted gift cards for groceries, uber, deliveroo etc. I buy all my groceries using the platforms gift cards which is around 4-5% off which is nothing to sneeze at these days.
It has a load of savings with other retailers too if I'm keen. Ikea, argos, marks and sparks, etc.
thebuff1@reddit
Half a day's leave for Maundy Thursday and a day off for the Kings birthday
Sparky_TF@reddit
I get 16% pension contribution if I contribute 10%. Pretty good.
Also get a car on an ECOS scheme which costs basically nothing compared to standard BIK company car schemes.
thereisalwaysrescue@reddit
I’m a nurse and I can easily say “none”. But I have a job for life, I make a difference, I’m endlessly learning, I work with my best friends and I am genuinely happy in what I do.
I’d like to be paid more however.
BrieflyVerbose@reddit
I'm nearly 40, I've never had a perk from a job in my life until I started working for Spoons while I went through university. 20% off on a night out goes a long way when you're broke.
But from my other jobs, and working since I was 14... not a single one.
KingLoscos@reddit
Perks? I guess management occasionally remembers my name.
Rekyht@reddit
We’re all going on a 3.5 day ski trip soon, so that’s quite cool
heysundaysie@reddit
Private medical insurance is honestly the only one I care for and use. It's gotten me much better glasses than I would've bought myself, yearly dental hygienist appointments, and a free coffee every week.
I'm also hybrid/remote but with no set hybrid hours, so I very much only go in when I feel like it. That's one of the best perks for me, though it's not an official one
mandyhtarget1985@reddit
10% employer pension, bupa private healthcare, critical illness cover, 25 days hols plus 11 stat days, free city centre parking through my current employer. Mobile phone, gym membership and a few all expenses paid trips per year still through my previous employer (never burn your bridges, they still want me back)
NomadsoftheSolstice@reddit
Free Online GP appointments. Life Assurance, if I pass away whilst employed my wife would get a years salary, for pennies a month, I can bump it up to two years. Healthcare plan where for £5 a month I can claim back my £9 prescription. Wagestream, take out 40% of my wage before payday. Saving program where once a year can buy shares of my companies parent company using the money I saved, at a lower price. 20% discount, varied discount in other businesses under owned by the parent company. I got 5 extra holidays for two years when my daughter was born. Undertook an apprenticeship paid for by the company, still on my normal wage, which gave me a nationally recognised qualification, currently onboarding for the next level.
This is for a national retail chain. Started with them as a Supervisor (with minimum retail experience and next to no supervisory experience, never done a key holder role before) and after a year and a half became Branch Manager.
Xaavuza@reddit
£30 a month to spend on anything health and fitness related.
nibolin@reddit
I get paid every month and get free access to coffee, tea and a fridge..
MountainMuffin1980@reddit
Flexi time.
40ish days off a year.
A good pension (for now...)
R2-Scotia@reddit
Private healthcare, eye exams, decent coffee
Bose82@reddit
Private Healthcsre, dental plan, £50 towards gym membership, cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice EV scheme, free eye care and glasses, 10x salary death in service payout...a few others that don't come to mind but there's a fair bit
Material_Machine822@reddit
Dental and health insurance...but im on the verge of redundancy like all devs so hey hoooo
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
That's a good one, we've to pay for ours separately
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
You don't have to...
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
I use the NHS
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
Siiii barone
EquipmentUpbeat4814@reddit
free tea and coffee.
luckeratron@reddit
6 months fully paid paternity/maternity leave, free heath insurance, decent pension, 8 times death in service, yearly bonus and pay rise. Very good share schemes as well, which helps you save. As well as all the usual stuff like cycle to work etc.
_mister_pink_@reddit
Free EV charging. It’s actually pretty incredible
Various_Extreme_8773@reddit
Used to work for Sky.
Got the lot free full sky package, mobile free,free internet.
I think this has changed now though.
I left 12 years ago and still get my sky free, must of been a lifelong thing. I'm not saying anything.
veganfoolsdontrule@reddit
Free parking, no dress code, use of a microwave...
klmarchant23@reddit
Bonus every 12 months, pay rise every 12 months. 2x or 3x annual salary death in service, some health benefits reimbursed (like glasses, prescriptions etc), some discounts for gyms etc.
We have slightly above basic annual leave allowance and no pay loss for things like medical appts etc.
But what the best thing is, is how you’re treated if there’s unexpected circumstances. Not just talking kid is sick and I need a day, but something major.
I had kidney failure 2 years ago and got full pay while I was for almost 2 months plus all recovery and appointments covered. My supervisor had a stroke and had 4 months off full pay and then still full pay on a phased return to work.
The usual days off for a cough or sickness are only covered up to the first 10 days per calendar year, but you really feel looked after and to not need to worry if something major happens.
R-TTK@reddit
Whatever I need for work is bought for me (which is not alot really these days) unlimited PTO, can take time off for appointments etc whenever I want. Big yearly bonus. Get to work from home full-time. Pretty goood
StGuthlac2025@reddit
Free parking.
Key-Seaworthiness227@reddit
Do you get free fruit as well?
Bilb-@reddit
We used to get that until COVID meant no need for an office
StGuthlac2025@reddit
No fruit but there is a microwave we can use
brummel57@reddit
Paid
banisheduser@reddit
I work on the railway.
Free travel though many places in the UK, 75% off fares for some train companies. Final salary pension. Good union. Work 3 days a week, albeit 12 hour shifts.
crgoodw@reddit
Private health care. Never had to use it and I find it uncomfortable in terms of NHS privatisation knock-on potential. I would prefer Death In Service (Income Protection is probably way too expensive for only 30 employees).
No other perks other than sensible management and pretty sensible team mates where nobody takes the piss, so sick days and the occasional early finish in the sun are not monitored or used against you.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
I had the option of getting private health care, but I had the same dilemma
GrabbedByTheGhost@reddit
I get paid. And I get more holidays than most other people. That's it.
Rasty_lv@reddit
High blood pressure, stress and bad mood..
I also have a lot of positive benefits. 1 free meal in canteen, 15% discount on products, we have coworker discount website, which I'm actively using, health insurance, interest free loans on specific things. Christmas gift and meal, occasionally bonus pay (though I haven't seen this one for few years).
I don't use it, but 4hrs of free ev charging on site, which I think is nice thing for people with evs.
TheInitialGod@reddit
Free cinema tickets. Sizeable discount on the food counter, but it's still fucking expensive 😂
IHoppo@reddit
I retired 8 months ago - my work had paid for my broadband for years (ISDN prior to BB) and BT can't seem to be able to turn it off/ swap it to me. So one of my perks has continued into retirement.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
Say nothing
ashyjay@reddit
MOD so a job, as if anything nice gets offered the masses kick up a fuss that we're wasting taxpayer money, we don't even get tea and coffee, we only get water because it's the law.
itsShane91@reddit
I get my birthday off which is nice
TechnicalTrash95@reddit
A blue light card and a government backed pension is that's worth anything
ThickTadpole3742@reddit
I get paid each month
DangerousSeesaw@reddit
I get £26 a month working from home allowance, 9% employer pension contribution and a company car
Routine_Ad1823@reddit
I mean, doesn't everyone get the £26 a month thing?
Isn't it literally just a tax break that everyone is entitled to?
DangerousSeesaw@reddit
No idea to be honest. My employer sends me £26 to my bank account every month as part of my expenses.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
Does £26 cover your electric, gas etc ?
DangerousSeesaw@reddit
Yeah, it’s pretty much a free £26 a month to cover the extra energy usage for working from home
Timely_Egg_6827@reddit
We had a similar package for a time but company stopped when it became a tax chargable expense. We did get an extra £30 on the salary as compensation so not all bad. Pension, health insurance, group income insurance, dental insurance, ride to work by bike deal, season ticket loan, travel insurance, coffee club membership, canteen, special offer at gyms, byond card - you get given a lump sum that can either be used for these or straight into salary.
VodkaLimesAndSoda@reddit
Amongst the common benefits most employers offer like a cycle-to-work scheme, employee assistance program, free eye tests and so on, the main one for us is unlimited annual leave. It often raises an eyebrow as most people will have never heard of it or previously worked somewhere that had it.
There is no universal way to implement it, but the way it works for us is that we still have a contractual holiday entitlement (statutory, so 28 days including bank holidays), and then the unlimited annual leave benefit sits on top of that. You essentially request it as and when you want holiday, it's approved at your manager's discretion. If/when you use up your statutory entitlement, your unlimited annual leave then kicks in.
It's nice for things like taking the odd day off if you need to go do something or in general just take a bit more time, though the tricky thing is that each manager tends to implement it differently. Some take a very strict stance and cap holiday at 30 days, others are very lax about it and let some people take like 45-50 days of holiday in a year.
EyeAware3519@reddit
I don't starve to death.
WiseBelt8935@reddit
it's what I wrote on indeed when they asked why do you want the job
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
That's always a plus
superiner@reddit
Free coffee and tea…
Working-Wealth7056@reddit
I get lunch when in the office up to £7.50 a day. Travel costs up to 3k a year to the office and £100 'lifestyle allowance' a month which I put through an electric bill to claim.
Alert_Mine7067@reddit (OP)
That sounds pretty decent
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