EF recently got a promotion from the kitchen to the bakery at the deli/grocer she works. (Yay!) As part of her benefits package, besides the raise and the health insurance they offered her a free gym membership. Groovy, eh? Apparently there are other companies who offer interesting compensations.
David Jacobson has a little piece in CNN's Money Magazine on the perks that particular places provide for their people.
Free beer, pet insurance, Corporate Chaplain support- yeah that's all very nice. The one that caught my eye was with Patagonia. Patagonia has an internship program whereby their employees can work full time for an environmental group of their choosing on the company's dime for up to two months.
I close my eyes and try to imagine BP or Shell employees getting paid time off to help clean up oil spills or preseve natural habitats or build schools in some of them countries where they drill for oil ...
... hmmm ... *beam* ...
Aww 'cmon, it could happen. *blinks widely* Life is full of surprises.
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