10 Cool Work Perks To Come Out of the Pandemic

Bicycle Reimbursements

Software company ServiceNow gave every employee a $700 stipend to spend on items to improve their well-being while working from home. That includes the cost of a bike—an easy way to get outdoors and exercise, according to an employee interview inThe Chicago Tribune.

Complimentary Sessions with Wellness Experts

T-Mobile isprovidingup to five free sessions each with a counselor, money expert and life coach to their team of 80,000 employees to help them navigate these uncertain times.

Childcare Assistance

For parents employed by Slack, the company is offeringchildcare creditsand unlimited days off to anyone who has to juggle full-time work and watching the kids at the same time. (All Campusis doing something similar, allowing their employees to apply their professional development credit to their child’s professional development—the need for school supplies, paying a tutor, covering childcare—instead.)

Stipends to Cover Work from Home Setups

GoHealth provided either $250 or $400 per person (the amount depends on company tenure) to spend at an online shop that sells home office equipment. Some people spent it on a nice desk chair; others bought themselves a standing desk,according to interviews.

额外的休息日

Numerous companies—ranging from Maestro Health to VSCO to children’s clothing linePrimary—have leaned into shorter work weeks or extra days off to allow their employees time to recharge and focus on mental health. Some, like BrightInsight, have even implemented one mandatory three-day weekend a month to help their employees prioritize family and self-care.

Food Stipends

Since they’re no longer shelling out for in-office snacks, companies like Better.com are pivoting to send employees cash to cover groceries. Sendoso, which helps streamline direct mail, offers weekly office-wide work from home lunches by sending employees gift cards, according to LinkedIn’s recentTop Startups to Work for in 2020report.

Virtual (and Socially Distanced) Events

Team building doesn’t always have to be work-related. Per LinkedIn, Robinhood, an investing and trading app, and Samsara, which works to improve physical operations for essential businesses by using data, have both been offering virtual yoga classes to their employees whileA Cloud Guruhas been hosting virtual events like drawing sessions, magic shows and socially distanced drive-in movies.

Free iPads for Parents

Another Samsara perk: If you’re a parent on their team forced to navigate distance learning, they’re providing iPads to help make sure your kids have the digital tools they need to succeed. (SMS Assistrefurbished old company laptops and distributed them to employees with children to help with distance learning needs.)

Care Packages

Some companies—likePerk SpotandOfferUp—have distributed custom care packages to their employees that include things like plants, puzzles, snacks and coffee.

Protest PTO

The Black Lives Matter movement and the duty to fight racial injustice across the U.S. has put a strain on employees who want to participate, but don’t want to risk their job by missing work.Icertis,合同management platform, added seven days of paid time off to their benefits package that can be used specifically to volunteer and protest.