https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 12 Jul 2026 03:21:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had/page/2#post-859797 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 04:18:49 +0000 dc yoga bee 859797@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work for the govt, which is a perk in itself. Compressed work schedule, so I'm off every other Friday, no limit on amount of sick/annual leave you can accrue and then roll over up to 240 of those days each year, can work from home, flexible duty hours, great thrift savings plan. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had/page/2#post-859796 Sat, 15 Jun 2013 03:53:02 +0000 HabesBabe 859796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>past: free Disneyland entry.</p> <p>current: working from home 95% of the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had/page/2#post-859702 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 23:01:28 +0000 Mrs Hedgehog 859702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only "perk" I get is the 3-4 day weekends... The only downside is that they start at 6 am on Sundays. But it will def help once LO is here having so many days off to be with her! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had/page/2#post-859697 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 22:51:00 +0000 shopaholic 859697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Wow! You ladies have had some very WONDERFUL perks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859465 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:25:22 +0000 Boogs 859465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The only perk I ever had was flexibility in my schedule where I could make my own hours depending on my school schedule. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859464 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:24:42 +0000 petunia354 859464@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Company car (jeep grand cherokee) and free gas! And I work with my family (Dad, brother, sister, DH &amp; BIL) so the schedule can be flexible when I need it and I can bring Owen to work with me as needed. Also, I got paid while I was on bedrest for 11 weeks and then a paid maternity leave. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859185 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:05:21 +0000 BlueWolverine 859185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked at big law firms in the glory days (2006ish). They flew me to the firm's home city to hang out with the summer associates. We did a tequila tour of SoHo. Sunset dinner cruise around Manhattan. Yankees games in the firm's box. Dinner with summers at incredibly nice restaurants. Scavenger hunt around a huge US city in limos with coolers of beverages. Casino night during firm-wide meeting weekend. Broadway shows. Trips the spa with my mentee. Catered dinner at a partner's awesome home. Cooking classes. Oh, and the etiquette class that ended with dinner in a private room a very very expensive restaurant. Yeah, those were the days. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859053 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:16:17 +0000 MrsStormy 859053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm really jealous of the people who have a lot of travel opportunities with work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859049 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:15:32 +0000 MrsStormy 859049@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>-3 weeks vacation<br /> -1 week sick<br /> -the week between Christmas and New Years off<br /> -7.5 percent in my 401k (not matching)<br /> -4 10 hour shifts<br /> -Amazing co workers<br /> -Monthly birthday celebrations with food<br /> -Allotted money monthly to use on a variety of things we choose (401k, childcare, HSA, medical reimbursement, cashout, etc) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859034 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:11:55 +0000 GrapeCrush 859034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never had a job with good perks(free meal at McDonald on shift, 10% off purchase at a retail store) and nothing really at my current work. But at my husbands work, he gets tons of perks so its nice. Lots of dinners at fancy restaurants, tickets to football and hockey games. He's gotten 2 travel vouchers. He won an all inclusive trip to panama last year that I would have been able to go to as well(for free!). We ended up not going because I was 37 weeks pregnant at the time of the trip </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859009 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 15:00:46 +0000 autumnlove 859009@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots of travel (international and domestic) in the past. I was single at the time and it was great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-859008 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:59:20 +0000 MrsBrewer 859008@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My last job I had 4 weeks of vacation. Right when I started too, not even after having to work there a certain number of years. It was amazing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858989 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:54:17 +0000 MamaBehr 858989@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>When I was a teacher at a charter school, I got to order books all the time! I needed to preview the books first, if I thought I might teach them. It was FANTASTIC! And, that school sent me to the National English Teachers Conference (wherever it was in the country) and a library conference where I got at least $300 in free books! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858983 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:52:54 +0000 ineebee 858983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Summer vacations, holla! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858974 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:49:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 858974@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>5 weeks of vacation (which I never take all of)<br /> 20% given to my 401 and 403. (no need for matching!)<br /> Great colleagues and a job I love coming to every single day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858746 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:33:21 +0000 lilteacherbee 858746@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work in a field that pays very little (early childhood education), so it's nice to find some perks! I will get to bring my child to work with me (he'll be in a different class), I'll get 50% off daycare costs, and I'll get nursing breaks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858698 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:22:16 +0000 matador84 858698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>is summers off a perk if you work your ass off the other 9 months of the year? ;-) great vacations...2 weeks at christmas, 5 at thanksgiving, national holidays are usually off. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858690 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:19:37 +0000 BKCaribBaby 858690@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Free dinners at nice restaurants, attending shows, cocktail parties, sporting events, etc. Also free taxis home if I worked late. Another place had tons of free snacks and drinks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858677 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:15:51 +0000 shopaholic 858677@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: @Dandelion: @blackbird: @PurpleUnicorn: @bamblm: @Smurfette: @mrskc: Nice perks!</p> <p>@regberadaisy: Fun! DH used to get to travel a couple times a year and everything but my flight and food would be covered! Miss that!</p> <p>@FutureMrsMcK: oh my gawd... I would be in SUCH big trouble! 10% below cost? Amaze!!!</p> <p>@BabyBruins: @mediagirl: @kjpugs: Olympics and WDW?!?! Best perks!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858655 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:10:39 +0000 LindsayInNY 858655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I worked at a large company that had two mandatory conferences a year - a large division-wide one and a smaller one. But people came from all over the US. I was only able to attend one while I was there but it was in Vegas. We stayed at the Wynn and got the group rate if we wanted to stay longer before or after.</p> <p>Current perk? Casual dress, LOL. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858651 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:09:39 +0000 shopaholic 858651@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@banana: Good &amp; Bad work perk! I'd be hitting the drink bar like crazy!</p> <p>@.twist.: That is AWESOME!</p> <p>@Mrs. High Heels: My cousin worked for Google for years. Definitely some AMAZING perks!</p> <p>@bamblm: Fun! I think hotel and airline mile points are top-notch perks if your company lets you keep them! I've had family and friends who can travel internationally from all their work points! </p> <p>@babyjmama: 4 10s are so nice for people I've known to have them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858642 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:07:05 +0000 sunny 858642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a pretty awesome maternity leave benefit of 12 weeks paid and 8 weeks unpaid leave. I also worked my way up to 4 weeks of paid vacation! I was pretty sad to leave that behind!</p> <p>Other than that, we had a pretty flexible schedule, a subsidized cafeteria with cheap food, free drinks and fun employee morale events every so often. Oh and free parking in my city which was awesome... paying for parking would have cost me $100+/month. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858597 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:53:56 +0000 kjpugs 858597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH works at WDW so it's nice that we get to go there for free 18 times a year with 3 guests. Plus the discount on merchandise, Disney hotels/cruises, etc.</p> <p>My favorite was when I worked at a cupcake bakery... they were closed Sunday so we'd donate whatever we had left. No shelter/food pantry would do pick up though because we couldn't guarantee it (if we sold out), so we'd drop off at hospitals, nursing homes, etc, that we had ties to. But we were also able to take some for ourselves! I brought goodies home almost every week on Saturday night! Small but fun benefit :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858592 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:52:22 +0000 mrskc 858592@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Besides them giving me 24 weeks maternity leave &amp; the great benefits, we occasionally get free fruits and veggies from farmers and honey sometimes too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858586 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:50:18 +0000 mediagirl 858586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4 free tickets to Walt Disney world every year. Discounts @all parks and resorts<br /> 6% 401k match<br /> Free cable, Internet and phone.<br /> Fridays off all summer (current). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858551 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:41:26 +0000 BabyBruins 858551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to travel a lot for work and even though I was working, I got to go to 4 Olympics.<br /> Now, I'm pretty happy that they pay my cell phone bill and I get a new phone every 2 years. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858532 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:34:03 +0000 Smurfette 858532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One job we got free soda's and bagels every Friday. </p> <p>This job, we get lunch 2 times for quarter close (accounting) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858527 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:32:41 +0000 bamblm 858527@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In college I worked concessions for special events held at the stadium. That meant I basically got all the free food I wanted during the shift (granted it was all junk food) and got to see tons of concerts for free-hardly anyone buys food while the acts are on. Especially awesome since I couldn't afford to buy actual tickets. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858522 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:31:06 +0000 lovehoneybee 858522@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There was a kitchenwares store I used to work at, and I would get a 40% discount on most items, and 10% below cost on things like Cuisinart, Le Creuset and Kitchenaid. And they did "house charges" so we would take whatever home and pay for it a bit at a time...like $10-$20 a week or however much you wanted. </p> <p>They would also sometimes have promotions with certain companies where you could get a few very heavily discounted items (50% below cost) from a specific cookware line, take them home and use them and answer 3 easy questions about them (like "What did you make?" "What did you like about the piece?" "What did you dislike?") the idea being that it's easier to sell a piece on the floor/give honest feedback to customers if you have had experience using it. </p> <p>Man I loved that job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/best-work-perks-youve-had#post-858518 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:29:15 +0000 regberadaisy 858518@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my old job through a product rep my husband and I both got to go to Chicago for the weekend, for FREE! They paid for hotel, airfare and transport to and from airport! </p>