[Eastwood]

Does anyone have any cool benefits through their work? Like for instance, I get free stand-by flights through Air Canada, my employer. My cousin works in an office environment and every year if the company meets their quota, every one in the office gets a free one week paid vacation - he went to South Carolina this year. My brother works for UPS, so he can ship any package, any size, anywhere in the world at anytime.

Does anyone have any cool out of the ordinary work benefits? Medical and dental don't count.

[kookoobird88]

i dont really have a career yet im still thinking about what i wont to go to school for
so in the mean time i just work at a grocery store but i get some cool perks

Free flowers, Free food 2 days before expiry, profit sharing, free deli and produce goods

nothing crazy, i save tons on food basically

[shenmecar]

none, unless you count occasional bbqs a benefit......free lunch!

[!Shuya80]

2 free rentals from rogers video daily..50% off my cellphone plan...parties if a new phone launches *not so much anymore* contests to win phones? not really perks...but good enough for a part time job.

[quasi]

I don't get anything like that but I do get a New F150 every three years that I use for work and also doubles as my personal vehicle when not at work. It's not some basic bare bones model either, 4x4 with every option available. They pay for my insurance and all my gas which is good because my montly fuel bill is almost equal to my mortgage payment on my house, no joke.

[Dragon-88]

Computer parts @ or below Cost..

[tiger_handheld]

Free pizza + beer every friday
No cover/No line entry into the hottest nightclubs
Flex days ( Go to work M W F , work from home T,Th)
Free booze during Dec 29 30 31

That is all...

[El Bastardo]

This should be in the Employment forum

[Eastwood]

This should be in the Employment forum
Why? It has nothing to do with where you work, just the cool benefits you get.

You don't get any benefits do you???

[El Bastardo]

I used to have awesome company parties, staff poker tournaments, plus the opportunity to travel. My company sent me to Dublin last year for two months to set up a branch office.

They moved the entire organization to Montreal and despite them throwing cash at me to come with them I declined.

[CanadaGoose]

My company pays 6% of my gross income into my RRSP....(not match, they straight up pay, no matter what I do) :D

5% of my total gross annual income (including overtime) given back to me as a bonus every year

$1000 in massages covered per calendar year... not the happy ending kind though LOL

[johny]

paid cell phone and laptop.... and sometimes I borrow some company power tools for the weekend.

[wahyinghung]

Electronic stuff, GPS, Car Audio, Computer parts, printers, cartridge etc......

[heleu]

The usual for a construction related industry:

cellphone, laptop, car insurance, gas, and maintenance.

[murd0c]

my company gives me me 5% above cost on anything we sell. thats anything that has to do with propane parts/appliances impco and home furnaces and heat pumps

[tonyvu]

i get free dental, medical, and free food :)
i'm a line cook for worksafe BC haha

[Xnova]

i get free blowjobs from my employers

[Alby]

i get a free transit pass, including west coast express and the seabus. if im not mistaken also includes a free massage/acupuncture kinda deal every month.

[Shun Izaki]

The only thing I get is, invading your privacy of your account with us, and the ability to have an $8 phone plan (tax in) with everything included. oh and they match up to 40% of my contribution to the company share holder plan thing, up to 6% a paycheque.

[winson604]

Nothing really lol unless you count 4 weeks of sick days + 3 weeks of vacation/year and pension.

At my old job we got unlimited free pop.

[InvisibleSoul]

At my previous employer, we had lots of free snacks and drinks... and my cellphone plan was paid for. That's mainly it...

[FiveDime]

free colocation hosting

[johny]

molson workers just lost a lot of their benifits !


Molson retirees losing their free beer to cry in

KIM GOODYEAR FOR THE TORONTO STAR

Pensioners protest as their allotment of 864 brews a year will be cut to nothing
Jun 09, 2009 04:30 AM

ANDREW CHUNG
STAFF REPORTER

If you sang that well-worn campfire song about the beer bottles on the wall, you'd have to start at 864.

That's the annual complimentary beer allotment for retirees from the Molson brewery in St. John's, Nfld., the same amount of free suds they received while still working.

But, without consulting them, Molson has decided to shut the tap.

Come Jan. 1, the allotment will be a dozen bottles a month, down from six dozen a month (or 72 dozen a year), and in five years, it will be zero. For current workers, who also get 72 dozen bottles a year, the allotment will drop to 52 dozen. No five-year cut-off is planned.

Retirees held a protest outside the brewery last Friday. They've demanded a meeting with top company officials and will get one within the next two weeks.

In Vancouver and Montreal, where the allotment is less than in St. John's, the unions have launched grievances. Vancouver's case goes to arbitration June 16.

"There was no consultation, we just received a letter that this is a done deal, which is totally unfair," said Bill Bavis, who retired six years ago after 32 years at Molson's in St. John's. "I think with the economic downturn they're trying to take advantage of us, as a way to cut retirees' benefits and justify it."

Molson says it is "standardizing" its complimentary beer policy, which was originally intended not only as a perk but also to allow workers to share their beer, thereby helping to market it.

"This was a decision made by management after reviewing a number of cost-cutting measures," said Molson vice-president Ferg Devins. "We strongly feel the benefits package for our employees and retirees is still very generous."

The measure, announced in a letter in early April, came just before parent company Molson Coors announced its net profit more than doubled in the first quarter compared to last year, to $75.7 million, and increased its dividend.

There are 2,400 Molson retirees in Canada. Their free beer costs the company about $1 million a year.

Critics say all they've done is alienate their workers. "This does nothing for production inside" the plants, said Greg Pretty, a director for the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union, which represents the St. John's employees. For the average retiree, it means the loss of the equivalent of about $1,300, he said.

[IMASA]

I work in a hospital lab. If I want lab tests done on myself, I don't have to see a doctor, I just do it myself or get my co-workers to do it. I've heard of hospital employees skipping the wait lists for MRI's and other medical procedures, but I've never tried it myself.

[orange7]

err.. free study space as long as i pay my tuition fees

[miss_crayon]

first pick on units before it goes to market
$5000 down only before development completion

[slammer111]

My last job I had a company van (2007 Caravan) that could also be used for personal travel. EVERYTHING was covered. It was a taxable benefit, but that was pretty sweet, especially when I went to Seattle and Whistler. :thumbsup:

[hotjoint]

free gym pass that works in any gym in surrey, company matches up to 5% for rrsp, I can work from home

I don't get anything like that but I do get a New F150 every three years that I use for work and also doubles as my personal vehicle when not at work. It's not some basic bare bones model either, 4x4 with every option available. They pay for my insurance and all my gas which is good because my montly fuel bill is almost equal to my mortgage payment on my house, no joke.

lucky you

[buddy]

all you can drink coffee that taste like shit ..

[bsftong]

I get to go on Revscene at work, unlimited coffee, and unlimited water.


6% RSP matching, occasion company functions (lunch, dinner, bbq, golf tournies), small private gym, get paid cash for carpooling, wellness program (basically get free gift cards for exercising), tickets to events @ GM place in company's box.

[taylor192]

My company pays 6% of my gross income into my RRSP....(not match, they straight up pay, no matter what I do) :D

5% of my total gross annual income (including overtime) given back to me as a bonus every year
Where do you work and what do you do?

[124Y]

I get to go on Revscene at work

Best benefit ever!!

[dark0821]

lol.. i also gets to go on revscene.. haha.. and play starcraft.. and NO i am not korean haha

[Tapioca]

All I get is a pension indexed to inflation. It doesn't sound like much now, but I imagine that I will be a lot better off than most people when I hit my 60s.

RRSPs contribution/matching schemes sound great in theory, but I don't know anyone who maxes out their contributions (~15-20K/year) in their 20s.

[taylor192]

RRSPs contribution/matching schemes sound great in theory, but I don't know anyone who maxes out their contributions (~15-20K/year) in their 20s.
That's cause you know a lot of dumb people.

What other investment do you know that returns XX% on day 0?

I'm been maxing mine out since my last company starting offering it and my new company offers it too. I'm 30yo now with enough in my RRSPs to retire comfortably ($40K/yr inc CPP and OAS) without putting another dime in.

[Gumby]

Free tuition (well, 18 credits) at UBC. And for every $1 I pay into pension, company pays $2.

[quasi]

That's cause you know a lot of dumb people.

What other investment do you know that returns XX% on day 0?

I'm been maxing mine out since my last company starting offering it and my new company offers it too. I'm 30yo now with enough in my RRSPs to retire comfortably ($40K/yr inc CPP and OAS) without putting another dime in.

Thats awesome for you and your in a good position but like he said very few people max them out. You're in the huge minority Canada wide of people able or other wise that do it.

[Tapioca]

That's cause you know a lot of dumb people.

What other investment do you know that returns XX% on day 0?

I'm been maxing mine out since my last company starting offering it and my new company offers it too. I'm 30yo now with enough in my RRSPs to retire comfortably ($40K/yr inc CPP and OAS) without putting another dime in.

That's great for you, but I imagine that you made well-above the average salary in your 20s.

Maybe I'm underestimating, but I would say that 50K is the average salary for a yuppie in their 20s. After taxes, what is that - 30-35K? So, basically the average person would need to be extremely disciplined and put away half of their income towards an RRSP - the fruits of which won't be realized for a very long time. Mind you, the average person in their 20s is susceptible to all sorts of other things, like cars, vacations, women, and other useless things to blow money on. I'm not saying it's right or smart; I'm just stating the reality.

I don't claim to be a financial expert, but if you have enough in your portfolio now to retire comfortably, I must say that you're pretty darn shrewd (which the average person isn't) in light of what the markets were doing 6 months ago.

[johny]

All I get is a pension indexed to inflation. It doesn't sound like much now, but I imagine that I will be a lot better off than most people when I hit my 60s.
.

I would rather have a set pension. both my parents were gov. workers and now get xxx every month no matter what happens to the world ecnomoy (unless the governent folds...) were as anyone with RRSP lost a crap load of money last year... my company plan droped 30-40% in the past 12 months. luckly I'm young and there isn't much in it yet!

[johny]

That's cause you know a lot of dumb people.

What other investment do you know that returns XX% on day 0?

I'm been maxing mine out since my last company starting offering it and my new company offers it too. I'm 30yo now with enough in my RRSPs to retire comfortably ($40K/yr inc CPP and OAS) without putting another dime in.

if the avg person maxed out their RRSP every year from highschool to age 30 they'd have around 100-200k total in it... So I don't know what the hell you did. even if you made over 100k each year between 16 and 30 you'd still only have around 300-500k in an RRSP account. a few million short of retiring at age 30.

but the avg person is not going to do that because it's imposible. the avg person can't even buy a small apartment and make mortgage payments with todays prices let alone mortage payments + RRSP.

[bcrdukes]

The only thing I get is, invading your privacy of your account with us,

Post an example and screen shot of this and where you work or I'm calling your bluff.

[RFlush]

I get paid to do nothing. Pretty good perk albiet it's for only a certain amount of hours since I'm capped per semester. Thanks for paying your tuition guys :)

[tiger_handheld]

I get paid to do nothing. Pretty good perk albiet it's for only a certain amount of hours since I'm capped per semester. Thanks for paying your tuition guys :)

elaborate please.

[Poonpee]

Free or $5 hkd jackets/bags/Tee from The North Face, Vans, Jansports, Lucy, Kipling, Napapijri, Lee, Wrangler, Nautica 7 for all men kind....etc and i get ice cream day, popcorn day and alot more

I work at VF Asia =P

[RFlush]

elaborate please.

Im a research assistant for one of the profs and I get paid through the school. Basically she gives me a simple task like making powerpoint slides, takes me 1-2 hours to do and then I log in 11 hours a work per week. Im limited to small hours as it's suppose to only be part time and not effect your school work, but it's not bad pay and like I said, I don't do much.

[impactX]

Medical, Dental, free softdrinks, company matches 1.5x of my contribution to the retirement fund I think, CAD$50 for meal and free cab home when I work overtime on a weekday, CAD$50 for each meal and free cab to and from work if I have to work overtime on a weekend, wired/wireless network for my laptop, housing reimbursement... etc

[DC5-S]

6% RRSP match, 1k bonus end of year before tax, pizza sometimes, $70 safeway gift card for christmas!! :D

[HC^2]

i get to drive supercars. :D well super nice cars.

[Blinky]

I would rather have a set pension. both my parents were gov. workers and now get xxx every month no matter what happens to the world ecnomoy (unless the governent folds...) were as anyone with RRSP lost a crap load of money last year... my company plan droped 30-40% in the past 12 months. luckly I'm young and there isn't much in it yet!

Lollerskates.

You don't get it, do you?

Pension that's indexed to inflation is a defined benefit pension. And a (defined benefit) pension that isn't indexed to inflation sucks ass relative to one that is indexed.

Taylor, I don't mean to pry, but I can't see how you could save that much money that early unless you had an unusually high income, or are projecting a certain rate of return for contributions that you've already made.

...and so this post isn't completely off topic, my company provides:
medical/dental, matching contribution dollar-for-dollar for the first 6% of each paycheque that I save, pension contribution on top of that, company car (for my position at least) and some other stuff that would matter if I had wife and kiddies.