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Ask HN: Why tech companies haven't changed their Benefits yet?
Working from home, better health care benefits, flexible hours and more vacation days (versus unlimited time off). These are all the benefits people are really looking for in 2017. Why are companies still offering free beer on tap, in-house yoga room, hipster coffee bar and unlimited time off instead of the benefits mentioned above?
- sidlls 9y agoWhy should they change? The perks you describe (free beer; coffee are perks: they cost almost nothing compared to salary and have little lasting real value for the employee) are cheaper than real benefits and a sufficient number of developers are happy to consider them as part of their compensation. Also, the beer and coffee perks you describe aren't all that common, even in tech centers like the Bay Area. Most of the "perks" in these places are limited to things that are free (amortized) to the company: ping-pong tables, kitschy furniture and the like. Occasional (or even frequent) catered meals and snacks are far more common, but even these are relatively cheap compared to employees' salaries.
- auslegung 9y agoWhat are your sources? I'm not being argumentative or belligerent, I'd consider anecdotes completely valid here. Just curious.