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How much does everyone's employer contribute to your 401k? Mine will match our contribution up to 3%, is this pretty decent?

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Has anyone taken the CEBS GBA2 that was revised in 2023?

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What kind of fertility or adoption benefits does everyone's employer offer? My current employer doesn't include these benefits but every other company I've worked for has had them

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Are there still professions that earn pensions? My grandparents were set for retirement because of my grandfather's pension. What kind of employers still offer these?

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What kind of mental health benefits or support does everyone's employer offer? We are given 10 paid "mental" health days a year. Which I'm pretty sure this is just their way of not d… more

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I’ve worked at my job for almost three years now and we’ve recently hired a new Executive Director who has been with the organization almost 8 months now.

It’s been absolutely horrible. But besides that, he’s withholdi… more

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How do other Ansco employees like the benefits offered?

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How long has everyone been at their current job? Despite hating the job hunting process, I usually leave a job every two to three years. And most of my friends do the same. It got me thinking, does anyone stick it out with a company for the long term anymore?

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I'm curious to learn more about companies with sabbaticals. How does it work? How do you justify the value to the company and to the employee?

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OMG, the pun is killing me. But seriously, how pissed would you be if you got laid off out of nowhere with an email? That would enrage me on its own but if the HR team was so careless they attached cute little duckie photos...🤯😡

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Curious to hear benefits offered at other places because don’t think the ones we’re offered are particular great:

-fully remote but no WFH stipend
-$50/mo internet
-15 days PTO
-no 401k match
-HSA + match
-no L&D stip… more

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What's a fun little "perk" of your job? My company has an overpriced soda machine and all too often a decent amount of the soda in it expires so once the managers think they can't ge… more

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My office still has the holiday decorations up. Anyone want to take bets on how long the management team will keep the tree up? It has to come down sometime in the next week, right?

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How much is everyone spending on health insurance? I'm a single female, with no kids and I'm still paying nearly $600 a month for basic health insurance, I buy through my company, seems like a… more

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Hi guys I’m just curious if your employees told you that you get paid based on your availability… I used to work at giant eagle and that’s what I was told that they pay you based on availability… and … more

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I used to work at giant eagle and when I first got hired they told me that I was full time so and then I went to clock in for my shift it said that I was full time/part time and I asked my manager abo… more

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Does your employer do any kind of tuition or training reimbursement? My boss strongly implied that it would be good for my career if I went back to school to get an MBA but it doesn't look like th… more

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Does everyone view remote work as a benefit employers offer or something that a lot of us should be entitled to at this point? I mean all of these companies forcing people back to the office doesn'… more

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What health benefits or plans do you offer your employees? How do you create a sustainable strategy when open enrollment rates are so expensive and increasing from 40 to 70 %? Utilization reports, for… more

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Health insurance in general can allow a parent as a dependent (screenshot bottom). Which major companies also provide this benefit option? And is the added premium very high?

Thanks for the help.

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Why does it take so long to get unemployment in texas? I was let go without cause on Dec 3rd and filed that same day. And still no updates still showing being reviewed.

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Well, what a thoughtful and weird benefit. What's the "oddest" benefit anyone has received from an employer?

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My company is changing up the healthcare benefits they offer and the new plans are awful, almost like taking a pay cut. Is there anything I can do? How is this legal?

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Is everyone expected to be available during the evenings and over the weekends if their boss or a client needs something? Or do you work for someone who understands people need their off time? Because I always seem to end up with a boss who expects me to be on-call 24/7

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Does anyone work in a pet friendly office? Is it great or chaos? Because I interviewed for a company and they had like eight dogs running around and I don't know if I'd love this or get overwhelmed lol

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My current job gives us each two weeks of vacation time each year but I just received a new job offer with a company that gives 80 hours of PTO each year. Is there a difference?

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What kind of vacation time does everyone get? My current employer gives everyone 10 PTO days, and that's it. Pretty horrible, right?

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What is everyone's employer contribution to their 401k? Mine does 6%, is this a good amount?

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Does anybody here use Wellhub (fka Gympass)? I am curious about the Club Pilates and Pure Barre memberships. Is it the standard 1 check-in per day or do they limit the membership to a certain amount of cl… more

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