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In order (Western European perspective): - base salary - 100% remote - flexible schedule (I can start to work at 7am/8am/9am/etc.; If I need to do some erran
by danwee 3y ago
In order (Western European perspective):
- base salary
- 100% remote
- flexible schedule (I can start to work at 7am/8am/9am/etc.; If I need to do some errands at 2pm, I can just do it)
- culture, product and tech stack. A standard no BS culture would suffice, but every company has its own shenanigans. A good product to work on would be nice, but I accept that the majority of products out there are just not needed at all. Also, I'm not anymore a zealot when it comes to the tech stack; and learning something new at the job is welcomed.
- standard vacation days (as dictated by the law of the country). I see the majority of unlimited PTO as a scam. There's a difference between what it's my right (my official 20-30 vacation days per year as per the law that no-one can take away from me) and what company says should be my vacation days per year (wich is highly dependant on my team/manager).
- at least in Western Europe, the health insurance is more or less the same everywhere, so it's not a perk in itself.
- free lunch/snacks/videogames is not a perk from my perspective if you are over 30. Even less now if we work remotely.
- education reimbursement could be nice, but I don't mind at all. I try to be self-substained when it comes to gathering knowledge that benefits my career
- no on-call rotation. But I accept that this is getting harder and harder to negotiate
- balfirevic 3y ago> free lunch/snacks/videogames is not a perk from my perspective if you are over 30. What does that mean? If someone considers it a perk - it's a perk, regardless how old they are. If you don't consider it a perk then it's not a perk for you - again, regardless how old you are.
- JambalayaJim 3y ago>Free lunch/snacks/video games is not even a perk if you’re over 30 The effort of commuting to the office is far less than me preparing lunch for myself. Financially too since I just ride a bike. Not sure why my age matters. I don’t understand the appeal of video games at an office at all. Do people actually play them? If I didn’t have any more work to do I’d prefer just to go home. I guess playing games with teammates might be fun, but I’d rather just have free beer or something like that.
- shyn3 3y agoOne of the executives mentioned i.t. people have no friends so gaming gets them to adopt a work friend and they game at work. The drawback is when a hard worker befriends a lazy person.