5 Companies Who Give Good Employee Benefits

By Silicon India   |   Tuesday, 13 September, 2011
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Bangalore: Benefits play an important role in your choice of an employer. There are some companies which benefits reflect the changing needs and wants of its employees, and they provide industry-leading benefits to employees who rely on them. Some companies offer complete medical insurance, some pay for children's education, and then there are some that provide just about everything.

Here is an outline of 5 best companies, which provide incredible perks to their employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success on the job and to live a healthy and balanced life.

Microsoft:

Established on April 4, 1975 to develop and sell basic interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft offering great perks for its employees. The great perks offered by the company include paid time off for new mothers and fathers, discount of child-care services, adoption fee assistance, financial help for college education, plus complete medical coverage, including dental and vision coverage. Along with this your family will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including, maternity leave, and if you have a breakdown in your regular child-care arrangements, take advantage of backup care that provides temporary center-based or in-home care services. Microsoft is also the first major corporation to offer a benefit for autism therapy, providing coverage for Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) therapy through Certified Autism Providers.

Apple:

Apple is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. It offers education assistance, paid vacations and holidays, discounts on Apple products, fitness centre, canteens where organic food is served, among other benefits. You’ll use your technical expertise, creativity, and passion to improve people’s lives and put a smile on their faces. You’ll impress, engage, and inspire, all from the comfort of your own living room den or bed room. It also provides discounts on Apple products.

Google:

Google has been voted #1 as the best place to work in America, by Fortune Magazine. Variety of internal programs and policies makes Google a great place to work. The benefits are specifically focused on creating an inclusive environment for its employees by focusing on Adoption Assistance, Day Care, Mother's Rooms, Maternal/Paternal Leave Program, Domestic Partnership Programs, Accommodation Policies, Transgender and Transitioning Workplace Support. Google also provide a standard package of fringe benefits, first-class dining facilities, gyms, laundry rooms, massage rooms, haircuts, carwashes, dry cleaning, commuting buses. No wonder Google gets 1,300 résumés a day.

McKinsey & Co:

McKinsey & Company, Inc. is a global management consulting firm that focuses on solving issues of concern to senior management. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious firms in the management consulting industry and has been a top employer for MBA graduates since 1996. McKinsey has about 9,000 consultants in 99 locations in 56 countries. The firm does claim to serve more than 70 percent of Fortune's Most Admired Companies list, roughly 90 percent of the top-100 corporations worldwide and 80 percent of the 100 largest U.S.-based companies.

Goldman Sachs:

Founded in 1869 Goldman Sachs is an American multinational bulge bracket investment banking and securities firm that engages in global investment banking, securities, investment management, and other financial services. The Goldman Sachs Wellness Exchange provides an integrated suite of services designed to support your personal health and well-being and to help you manage your personal and family responsibilities. Goldman Sachs provides a variety of benefits that includes Insurance, Holiday package and retirement and financial plans.

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