Employee Perspective
MONEY or PERKS?
CAREER Magazine talked to a few employees and here's what they said... As a mom I prefer Perks, but if I was single with no children I'd prefer Salary. I would take the money and take care of the perks myself. Because when you take less money and the perks, it balances itself out. At my age (51) I would take the higher salary. There are some perks that are not needed and therefore wouldn't benefit me. Perks I can do more for myself and my career with education I would go for the perks. I actually had a job where the pay was not all that great, but they paid my day care at $150.00 a week, I had medical and I got to leave to nurse my baby at her day care whenever they would call... How often do you think I had them call!! LOL ;p If the pay is not too much lower than what I was making at my last job and the perks (especially benefits) are great, then maybe go for perks Salary, perks are always what they seem at first. Salary. You can always find a way to address the benefits but once you lower your salary it can be difficult to come up. Women traditionally accept a lower salary in exchange for benefits, and it often hurts them in the long run. I prefer money. I am able to manage it well enough to get the perks. Also, alot of the times the perks will fade away as their costs increase. I would say Money. B/C I would use the income as a pathway to other endeavors. I personally don't need the paid daycare and I prefer to self-educate through books, webinars, networking, etc. Not the traditional route. I don't plan on being anyone's LONG-TERM employee. If I were married and had a helping spouse I would take the perks over the money, assuming I enjoy the job. Sounds like because there is tuition reimbursement involved I obviously have the means to further educate myself ultimately resulting in a better paying job/promotion @ said company with even more pay and perks (Shoot Making Me Ultimately The Boss)!!!!!!!! Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing.......Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. I’ll take perks for $1000, Alex!
CAREER Magazine | 30 | January /February 2010