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What are your favorite benefits you have negotiated other than salary/equity?
I'm wrapping up an interview process and expecting an offer shortly. I think they will come in close to my desired range, so I'm interested in out-of-the-box benefits I might not ever have thought to ask for.
The role (and the company) is already remote (my strong preference) with "unlimited" PTO, and I'm short on creative ideas!
- qup 3y agoNice tech. An office with a door.
- rockyperezz 3y agohahahaha, office with a door - 100% worth its weight in gold.
- smeej 3y agoThe company is all remote, so I think providing my own door is on me!
- walterbell 3y agoIf you're in a city where it's offered in person, the 12 week (3h/week) Dale Carnegie training course. Costs about $2K. Will help the company and you. Adaptable to any role and level. The remote version or multi-day compressed version cannot replace the 12 week version, because most of the benefits are gained in the weeklong interval between classes.
- horsellama 3y agoExtended parental leave
- brtkdotse 3y ago30 hour work week with full pay.
- jytechdevops 3y agonot super impressive but negotiated a promotion (got it on paper) to be retained if I stayed when I gave my notice. I still didn't take it but it was a small personal victory.
- clubm8 3y agogot to keep the internship laptop
- iteria 3y agoCovering your deductible on your healthcare plan. I had a friend with this benefit and it was super important because she had an expensive medicine. I saw a colleague who specifically put in his contract that he always had whatever dates this one convention occurred in off. Before I was a remote worker, I had it put into my contract that must be allowed to leave work by 1 hour before sunset. I have poor eye sight at night, and must drive when the sun is up for safety. I never wanted to be penalized for taking off early in the winter. Someone could say I could invoke ADA, but it's just easier to just have it in the contract up front. I had a colleague who negotiated an specific office chair because he has a bad back. It wasn't super expensive or anything, but important to him. That's all I could think of off the top of my head.
- antipotoad 3y agoGoing snowboarding with the team if it’s a pow day.