Standard/Usual
- Medical/dental/vision plan(s)
- Two-four weeks' vacation (more time off for those in job longer)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid personal days & holidays
- Set number of paid sick days
- 401k/profit-sharing plan
- Transit Check or MetroCard (deducted from paycheck)
- Discount on healthclub membership
- 3-months' unpaid maternity leave
- Moving expenses
- Corporate credit card/expense account
- Mental health/maternity/catastrophic illness/disability/life insurance
Unusual
- Clothing discount (design houses/manufacturers, fashion PR firms)
- Company car
- Pager, Blackberry, AT&T monthly access
- Flex spending
- Paid temporary living at new location
- Real estate house/apartment-looking fee paid
- Three months' unpaid paternity leave
- Car rental (until car can be transported to new location)
- Group legal services
- On-site manicures/pedicures/massages
- Paid lunch every day
- Paid dinner & cab fare home if one works after 8 p.m.
- Free sodas/coffee/juices/water/snacks in office kitchen
- Flex time or option to work from home one day a week
Very Unusual
- Clothing allowance (design houses, fashion publications & PR firms)
- Paid maternity leave
- On-site day care
- On-site lactation rooms
- Job-sharing arrangements
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Source: Spring Associates Inc.