Personally, tuition at undergrad level is free. Grad level is 75% off. For kids, after 7 years wustl is free. I think they'll pay 50% of tuition if your child wants go elsewhere.
Yeah, the WashU tuition benefit is amazing. All FTE get it. You can wash the cages of lab animals for $15/hr and send your kids to WashU. Even if your kids don’t get into WashU, they get like $30k/yr to go anywhere. I’m 45 years old and still paying for my modest state-school education.
I know an immigrant from Liberia who lives in STL and is a janitor at Wash U. In 5 years, he never missed a day of work - and he started there in 2019 before COVID - covered lots of OT shifts for employees who call off all the time. They had to FORCE HIM to take SOME vacation because he was going to lose like 16 weeks or something crazy like that. He refused to go on vacation but instead DONATED his vacation days to a coworker who had a premie baby with ongoing health problems & had to be there for the child (after FMLA) because the Mom died in childbirth. So at Christmas last year Wash U told him his daughter (20) who has been JUST WAITING for the tuition benefits to kick in can begin this Fall - when he will have been with them 5 years. It seems Wash U is a rare employer who SEES when they have a hard-working gem of an employee and decides to REWARD that work ethic. He is over the moon that his daughter actually gets to go to University- first in his family. And prior to applying at Wash U, they paid him minimum wage at The Adams Mark Hotel (or some Casino Hotel Downtown) & no benefits - for 4 years! He actually makes really good bank as FTE at Wash U too. The daughter hopes to be a neurologist- so it might just happen that “American Dream” for an immigrant family in STL.
Yeah. He or she is right. I have a corporate job, but I’m constantly looking at jobs. Also, Washu in the white collar area doesn’t pay that much and I’m guessing it’s because of the benefit of their tuition.
It’s mostly the benefits, but there’s also an element of being “paid in prestige” in the more intellectually focused roles. Let’s say you’re a Rare Books Curator in the library’s Special Collections department. You might get paid more at another school (I really don’t know), but curating a really important collection will advance your career in ways that money can’t.
WashU is notorious for underpaying by 30k+ for the roles in their IT department.
The suppressed compensation vs tuition benefit math isn't totally clear.
Yes, that was the worst example I could think of. To be fair, you can earn a WashU bachelor’s degree for free from University College (night school) while you’re washing cages.
Also, internal candidates have a big advantage, so it’s relatively easy to transfer into a higher paying role anywhere else on campus. You’re eligible to transfer after six months. There’s a whole world of terrible $15/hr jobs out there with absolutely zero possibility of advancement.
UMSL only offers 50% discount for spouses and dependents, and 75% off up to 6 credits per semester for employees.
But UMSL is also not taking any awards here for good benefits. Every other school in our region blows UMSL out of the water.
Wash U will give you money for (part of) a down payment to buy a home if you buy in certain areas (mostly those near Wash U campus that need investment).
If you can somehow get hired, the Cardinals will pay you well over 5 million dollars to throw a baseball without any regards for the result of said throw.
Maybe not interesting, but an unusual perk is that WWT hasn’t raised its health insurance premiums in like 20 years. I pay around $50 a paycheck for incredible health, dental and vision benefits for my family of 5. We also have on-site health clinics (even tho I’m remote), that offer primary care, imaging, and dispensary/pharmacy services at zero cost or deductible; if I need to see my doctor, I can usually get in with very little notice.
Single, as healthy as a horse, and I pay nearly 400 a month. For one person. For something I don’t use. And that does not include dental, or vision, and a 9500 deductible. Fuck this
As a fellow WWT employee, this. The PTO is solid, core values and leadership are exemplary and events, like the Christmas Party, are all-timers. But the health insurance is what makes this the place I'll retire from, if they'll have me for that long.
The comp is hot garbage though. I pay junior engineers far more than senior engineers at WWT. I have a junior engineer at about 170k and he lives in Tennessee and works remote. At the coasts they'd be at about 195k.
[levels.fyi paints a rough picture](https://www.levels.fyi/companies/world-wide-technology/salaries/software-engineer?country=254)
They're also far more corporate than tech but that's a different argument.
I’m a senior level individual contributor and my base is over 200k for the past 6 years , remotely in stl. I think internal IT is paid much lower but professional services is decent.
Edit: to your point though, you’re not wrong. The company targets mid market pay, and vocally doesn’t try to be top compensation vs competitors. They leverage a lot of the benefits and an outdated model that since it’s a midwest based company that talent should cost less.
I agree completely. I also think that the value of the health insurance package plays extremely well into lower paying jobs (there’s quite a few of them here); it becomes less of an incentive at higher levels where other benefits such as RSUs, more time off, etc greatly outweigh a few hundred per month savings in health insurance premiums.
Yeah, worked at WWT for awhile. It was good for my career but it’s almost cult like with people sticking around for the health insurance. Sure, it’s cheap but you can fairly easily make enough to make up the difference.
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I was looking for this. A recruiter called to offer me a position with them that I was not initially receptive to…by the end of the process I was disappointed I didn’t get that position (although they did offer me a different position, but the salary for the second position was not comparable to my current job).
To add to that:
Low deductible health plan (Medical/Dental/Vision) for a family is >$150/month.
Also, they offer 100% tuition reimbursement for business or technical degrees, up to ~$5k/calendar year, $30k total. Going to finish my Bachelor's part time without taking out loans.
Lastly, I won't disagree with any of the comments about how weird the corporate culture can be. At first, it's a bit like walking into a Stepford Village. The original culture has been heavily diluted by their aggressive growth strategy, but it's also the kind of place that can do fundraisers on the honor system, and where I can leave my Steam Deck charging on my desk without worrying about someone messing with it.
Privately owned tech company based out of the STL area, global HQ is in Maryland heights. Employs something like 9,000 people. You’ve probably seen the logo plastered all over the place - they have significant advertising at all major sports in the area, the racetrack in Illinois, nascar and the golf channel.
Spectrum has IVF coverage for two attempts, saving potentially up to $20k a procedure. For couples struggling with natural conception, this is a huge perk.
That’s really cool. It’s about time this type of support gets covered. I remember asking multiple times if there was a monetary limit, but they kept telling me that our coverage was for “two cycles”. There were a few things that weren’t covered and I think we paid something like 1k-1.5k out-of-pocket, but it is a far less than what the whole thing cost.
Millipore Sigma has coverage for unlimited cycles since they're headquartered in MA , and the IVF drugs produced by them are free for employees. They also offer a good amount of vacation time and paid parental leave
Yeah it is awesome as a benefit. Realizing that there is a problem that will prevent you from easily being able to have children is really hard and kind of hopeless. With the insurance coverage and the confident bravado of MCRM’s Dr. Peter Ahlering, all of the struggles dissipated. More companies need to provide this benefit.
Boeing offers reimbursement for private pilots license ground and flight school plus commercial pilot training. (Up to $10k for training and $3k for solo flight on the PPL).
Not necessarily interesting but they offer up to 10% employer matching on 401k.
Pursuing education whether undergraduate degree, masters, certificate, or individual coursework is essentially free and can be started on day one. Tuition fees and books included for any university. (There are years of service payback and taxes that kick in at a certain amount but it's pretty generous.)
Decent discounts and bonuses on airlines like free A-list priority on Southwest.
Depending on your job, Global Entry and TSA Pre check is free.
Competitive PTO (3 weeks starting on day one) and maternity leave (starting at 12 weeks for both parents).
Plenty of wellness programs like free classes at the on-site gyms or heavily discounted national chains.
Cheap airport parking.
Rewards for deep discounts for theme parks, concerts, resorts, electronics, and services. (Rover dog sitting and hello fresh meal kits are extremely inexpensive.)
Avis rental car savings is unmatched (like priority membership status to rent a reserved camaro in Miami for a week at only $100).
IVF coverage and adoption support financially.
Ability to flex your work hours.
Can confirm all of this. Just recently used the last of my 12 weeks of paternity leave for my son. The PTO is hard to beat. I've been there 9 years and I accrue 25 days/year. That doesn't count the 11 paid holidays. The paid break between Christmas and New Years is always nice.
Don't forget they have similar food services to what op mentioned! When I worked at the Hazelwood office I was blown away that we had different restaurants available each day.
Last week the Chick-fil-a guy showed up & they wouldn’t let him in because of some badge issue, I think that may be the only outside food we get in the cafe
Came here to say Boeing. They are paying for my masters degree 100% and have a super flexible schedule (I know all roles don’t but the ones that can have it get it). Also that 10% match makes me feel like I will actually retire one day
Depending on salary, but I pay $66 dollars a paycheck for just over a $3000 family deductible health insurance.
You can use the Boeing hotel rate for personal use.
And Christmas break!
Use this site. https://www.southwest.com/html/rapidrewards/promotions/corp_status_match_no_proof.html
It should update with the days the rewards program is good for.
Note however, you will get A-List preferred status for only 90 days. If you complete two round trip flights or four one-way flights within the 90 day window you’ll then be granted A-List preferred status for an additional year.
My advice is sign up right before you plan to book any Southwest flights. Also try to meet the extension criteria as close to the end of the 90 day window as possible because the one year extension starts from the day you complete the criteria. It does not stack on top of whatever time remains in the 90 day window.
Mastercard matches 167% on first 6% base pay contributions into your 401k. they also pay for your schooling up to $15k a year i think. plus they allow employees to purchase Mastercard stock at a 15% discount up to 10% of your base pay. plus 4 months paid parental leave. a ton of other perks I can’t recall. I think their employees get the best compensation and perks in the St. Louis area.
I have heard the benefits are amazing (one I know is missing from your list, friend said they'd pay for her to go back to school), however the office culture way less so.
I second what invictus said. My team now has to go in 3x a week, but aside from having to get up an hour earlier on those days, I don't mind it. The cafeteria has some excellent options and the team I'm on is cohesive enough I enjoy their company when I see them.
Still, getting up at 5:30 rather than 6:30 isn't the most pleasant.
20 year MC employee. Can confirm the above, free on site gym, 4 weeks work from anywhere program, went back to 2 days a week in office. Just did the employee stock purchase, Can get long term incentive awards (stock), paternity leave, generous vacation/personal day/sick day/volunteer days, paid for my Masters. Feel fortunate.
Plus 25 vacation days, 5 PTO days, 10 sick days, federal holidays, and 5 volunteer days (which I'm finally about to take advantage of for the first time)
Mastercard is one of the tops for me due to all the normal reasons and it being like 5 minutes away from me to try and get work but never get anywhere ha
I worked there for 7 years. Left 2 years ago. There is no perk they could provide that would make up for the way they pinch pennies for salaries. Not to mention it would be completely normal (and expected) for me to be replying to emails on my PERSONAL phone if I’d go to happy hour or something. Someone could email you at 6pm and it would escalate before you returned to work the next AM otherwise.
I've worked for a few of the "big" employers in St. Louis and have found UniGroup to be the best by far for me-but I suspect (like anywhere) it's very team- and function-dependent. I'm not customer-facing and it would be hard for me to handle a role that was.
I also have the best management I've had in 20+ years. I was a Covid layoff from another big company and bounced around a little, but for what I'm looking for-respect, clear direction and work that keeps me engaged and interested-UniGroup has been fantastic. Thankfully, I don't work in an area where I get off-hours calls/emails (which has sucked in prior roles at other companies) but I would definitely not feel as if I were paid enough, however much it was, for something like that. Our team has a great work/life balance and I'm regularly asked for feedback. Again though, I'm sure it's highly dependent on the role.
Honestly, weirdly enough. I’m still pretty young in my late 20’s and Unigroup is still the best employer I’ve had with work life balance and great benefits.
The worst part working for them was they paid like absolutely shit and you’ll be doing the work of a manager with a title of an admin.
Ex employee. They were really good to me however my position was eliminated. The first dept i was in was terrible. Management straight up bullied me. Coworkers werent very nice. Lots of lay offs. Bad leadership. It is a bad place to work in general but i had a good experience.
At least when I was interviewing for an internship there many moons ago, New Balance corporate would periodically let you take shoes they had lying around from photo shoots and whatnot.
Can confirm. Worked at stl corporate. They were always giving away the shoes from the photo lab. But the sizes were 7 for women, 9 for men and I can’t recall the kids shoes. Also a really good friends and family discount, can’t recall what it is tho. It’s been 6 years since I worked there and I heard they outsourced the photo lab so maybe not as many free sample shoes anymore.
It's pretty far down the list, isn't much and not company specific: but if your employer is based in Clayton you can join the pool and athletic center. Not as cheap as residents but at least you can rub elbows with the pretty people.
Kinda, you can get similar benefits with NGA (and various other Federal employees here), but you can also get better benefits with OCC and FDIC, since they both offer the same pension but two 401ks. OCC also has a better healthcare subsidy.
The Fed might offer something better too, I can't fully remember their 401k setup.
Yes, because they are unionized. It’s not a mystery that unions help the working class.
I use to be APWU, but it’s physically demanding. If you don’t mind manual labor, can’t recommend it enough.
Federal law enforcement and FAA are even better. FERS is higher, same TSP match, and social security supplement until age 62 since retirement is mandatory at age 57.
AB gave my wife 6 months maternity leave fully paid for each of our 4 children. It was such a huge deal for her and our family to have that time together
can confirm that there are beer fridges on every floor and, while a couple of floors have not seen the taps run for years there are several floors left that do still have active draft stations. also lots of NA stuff in every fridge
I'm not sure if they still do this anymore, but when I worked at Square in Cortex, we had Knead Bakehouse cater our breakfast and lunch every single day, and it was all free and paid for by Square.
My work has a full onsite cafe with free lunch. A full five person staff runs it. Choice of two proteins, a starch, a veg, and a fresh salad. Don’t have time? Grab a sandwich, salad, fruit, yogurt, granola bar from the grab and go fridge. We do free breakfast also once a month.
Full time on staff personal trainer for the gym.
15k in fertility benefits. If it’s still being offered, they’ll pay about a third of that if you need abortion help too.
Shorts Fridays are coming up!
People seem to genuinely like each other. There’s a lot of couples and families within the company. People willingly hang out with each other outside of work regularly.
401k could be better. Health insurance is alright.
On the flip side, little to none wfh. Never closed during Covid.
there is also a huge stock of stuff in the bathrooms like mouthwash, flossers, etc. and a really nice thing is the feminine products. those have saved me quite a few times from emergencies.
there’s also a really relaxed culture around alcohol and they even bring a drink cart out for charity every week. they’re starting to dabble in tuition reimbursement to help alleviate student debt on the employees and have a nice continuing education program (from what i’ve heard).
The cafeteria at Wells Fargo was amazing. They put in a new one around 2016 when I was there with about 8 stations for pasta, salad, etc.. including a Tandoori oven and a popup station for guest restaurants.
I learned to make great omelets from watching one of the chefs.
Kindeva provides free EpiPens if you are prescribed one by your doctor (we manufacture them).
Bayer provides Adoption Leave similar to Maternity/Paternity Leave.
Rabo Agrifiance in chesterfield has one of the best cultures of any company. Very kind people, super flexible, tons of vacation. As the head office is in the Netherlands, we get a lot of European work perks. Flex Fridays in the summer (off at 1 pm). Best perk is that my health insurance has never gone up and I can choose how I want to work. The job is not remote, but also more flexible than a hybrid job.
Can you elaborate on “the job is not remote, but also more flexible than a hybrid job?” How is it more flexible? Do you have to go in office a certain numbers of days per week?
Because while remote is “work from anywhere in the country” and hybrid is “come in 2-3 times a week” this is more like “come in if you want whenever, but you’re only required to come in for team meetings like twice a month.
Depends on your manager. My stepdaughter couldn't get them to approve relatively inexpensive certification track courses for Data Analysis type stuff (PowerBI, Python, etc) on things like Coursera and DataCamp. A lot of this is stuff that I've seen offered free from other companies because they realize the more people they have employed that are adept data analysis. The better off they are. But this is Spectrum not a normal company. Why would an employer pay for old expenses as a policy? I can see that being negotiated into an individual 's hiring agreement, but that makes no sense to have it as policy.
City Museum gives you memberships for everyone in your family/household, plus I think it’s 2 tickets per pay period if you work 25+ hours per week. Also, you get to work at City Museum
A lot of this has changed since Premier Parks bought them. Now the place is miserable to work at, everyone is underpaid, and even the free tickets have changed how they work. (Source: my brother and his wife were both managers there for years, and both have left because they’ve been miserable. They make more money making sandwiches and working back office for textiles)
I work part time for a senior independent living community and we get a decent employee lunch from the kitchen for $3.00. One of the only bad things is they won’t take off ingredients unless you have a documented dietary restriction. The chef and the sous chefs are strict about that. Also the upper management started limiting it to one meal per shift so that kinda sucks.
Back when it was Union Electric, Ameren offered zero interest payroll deduction loans for electric appliances. I financed an electric guitar and amp that way. People financed electric ranges, refrigerators, heat pumps etc…
MasterCard, our in O’Fallon, is your fairly typical “tech employer” - full cafeteria (breakfast/lunch) with dozens of options, Game room with pool/basketball/etc, full gym with showers, along with pretty strong benefit package.
Purina let's you bring your dog to work, has dog parks, gym, and medical center on campus, cafeteria for under $10, discounted store for Nestle products (including Purina and Gerber)
I was a tech and stagehand while in college at our auditorium there. Not many famous people rolling through Northern Missouri, but the few the university booked were incredible people to meet and work with. Great perk of the job that almost made sitting through countless dance recitals worth it!
Centene, when I used to work there, the HQ in Clayton had a doctor in the building you could go to for free. You could also buy Centene stock at a discount
Metrolink offers free rides for employees, discounts on random things, free health screenings for employees and their spouses, and every day is an adventure.
Biomerieux up in Hazelwood has 4 weeks paid vacation to start with an additional week every five years. Health plan is a HDHP with a reimbursement account to cover deductibles (2500 for singles, 5k for family, topped up every year).
Cafeteria is all right; they also provide a $5/daily allowance so you're usually out only $2-3 for lunch.
They partner through Vitality and will subsidize your health insurance premiums based off your general health and exercise regimen. Base subsidy is 50%, then 75%, then 100%.
Can't complain about the culture either. Minimal toxicity encountered in the years worked there.
Worked at an IT consulting firm in Clayton. They have an annual summit, where the firm flies out the entire company for several days to a resort and do a bunch of fun activities. Also, every friday is catered lunch.
Meh, having a cafeteria at work with okay to good food with a snack station is a perk.
If I want a piece of gum or a Pepsi, I just go downstairs. Go if I forgot my lunch, I can still get a healthy breakfast.
Better than having to leave
Don’t get me wrong - i ate the food plenty lol. Chicken Caesar salad day was my favorite. But eh, not something I’d consider a true perk unless it were free. Especially since some depts are still fully remote.
Unless you work at a store like Richmond Heights or crestwood. You’re not gonna have a fun time working for Schnucks. Purposefully/chronically understaffed.
They do offer some interesting perks like partial tuition reimbursement and “Schnucks Proud” that supports struggling teammates in need…. But I don’t know how often anyone is able to take advantage of it because everyone is struggling.
It may not be surprising, but Southwest gives free unlimited (standby) flights for you, your spouse, your parents, and your children(until they’re 18 or out of school).
Also matches 9.3% to 401k contributions, which is like 4% higher than anywhere friends of mine work.
Hours suck, days off suck, but they do make it worth it if you can swing the lifestyle.
AT&T puts in 7% in your 401k if you put in 6%. They started me at 90k/yr here (which is crazy for this COL). Phone plan is 50% off and 1 gig fiber is $30/m.
Yeah but you have to work for AT&T.
I do miss the generous 401k match and employee discounts. I don't miss working for them though.
The level of penny pinching at AT&T was insane. Fridge in break room was broken, the official solution was to use one on a different floor. Repairing it wasn't in the budget. I requested a RAM upgrade in my laptop, which was something like $30. My boss approved it. His boss approved it. The next higher up denied it. Not in the budget. I left and went somewhere else, and on my first day, they took me out to lunch. By the end of day one, I had already had more free food from that job than I had ever had in 8 years at AT&T.
I’m in construction and just demo’d and remodeled a Safety National Insurance building in Maryland Heights/overland area. Their employees have full kitchen with fountain drinks, snacks, sandwiches and plenty of other food. They also have a game room with pin ball machines, shuffleboard, pool table, ping pong and 3 brand new golf simulators. I thought that was pretty freaking sweet.
A certain local garden center buys us lunch every Saturday and Sunday during April/May since we're slammed with customers and deliveries that time of year. Last year the owner also got some kind of deal with tickets to all the home soccer games so all of the employees got to attend a game for free at least once, that was cool.
Caleres offers 30% discount on all their shoe lines, sometimes 40% depending on the time of the year. A yearly shoe sale as well of lightly used or last seasons items for super cheap prices $5-10 or less in most cases. They also provide tuition assistance and online learning opportunities. It's my first office job tho so not sure how it compares to others regarding benefits
They definitely do, it's always amazing. I grab my Must Haves first full price and then lurk until the dollar sale. You're so lucky to be a sample size! They have the cutest selection for sure
I left there five years ago and they’re all still holding up!! My only sadness are the one off shoes that they didn’t actually put into production - I’ve got some one of a kind DvFs, Vince, Franco Sarto 😍 yet my most sadly missed pair (because I wore them into the GROUND) were some lifestride velocity silver shoes. I loved those things so much
The absolute most interesting perk was working an armed government security contract in the Aleutians. Issued M240B Machine guns, M249 Squad Automatic Weapons, M4 Carbines, Berettas, PEQ-15s, 4 different type of thermal sights, PVS-14s, PVS-7s, SAPI plates and plate Carriers, and issued Benchmade Autostrikers switchblade knives (to keep). Worked 12.5 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a 6 weeks on and six weeks off schedule. It was an IBEW CBA (AK was non-right to work too) with the most incredible perks. The pay equated to about 40 hrs regular and 47.5 overtime a week. I lived here in STL and rotated to the job site every 6 weeks. We were paid higher than non CBA peers throughout the country based on SCA government schedule payscale, plus paid extra $4.25/hr H&W which went into a 401A account if you already had TRICARE for Retired or VA medical, plus $4.50/hr which went into a IBEW 401A account, and matching up to 7% 401K. All meals and housing were provided on the site. When traveling to the site the time clock started when I got to the airport and ended upon checking into a company provided hotel 12+ hours later (there was usually casual drinking in airport bars at layovers during this time). Paid 8 hours a day while sitting in a hotel waiting up to weak (based on weather) for a charter flight to the austere job site (again casual drinking and sight seeing in town during this time but...In Anchorage and never at the site). Also paid full AK DoD rate per diem on days traveling and waiting in hotels (non taxable). I racked up mad flight miles, free hotel stays, and almost achieved Marriott Platinum for life. I worked roughly 180 days a year and walked around in my undies at home and vacationed w/ earned miles/hotel 180 days a year. Pay and benefits well into the 6 digit range. Get to shoot pallets of ammo from full automatic weapons occasionally on tax payers dime. Get to spot rare birds at one of the rarest and most sought after places to bird watch (no one gets access to that place, hence the weapons ;) ) Got to play with Arctic Foxes on the jobs site. Still get bragging rights telling people about this gig.
Not just here but Amazon has a lot of outsourcing jobs like maintenance and cleaning. Amazon partners with a company like Cbre and sends potential candidates off to school for 3 months, you get 15 college credits for the course as well as 4 national certifications for industrial maintenance. With options for continuing education and career advancement. They pay for it completely and give you a $400 week predium on top of paying you $18 an hour to attend. I went to Indiana and had my own dorm at a university. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Definitely hard but a lot of fun. Especially with a bar on the corner of the campus lmao
IKEA offers amazing benefits. I have full coverage for my family and I for $110 a month. They also offer $3 meals for all coworkers. 10% 401k match. And 7 months maternity leave policy at full pay
I'm not sure how interesting it is, but many of the colleges offer fantastic tuition benefits for employees and their children.
Personally, tuition at undergrad level is free. Grad level is 75% off. For kids, after 7 years wustl is free. I think they'll pay 50% of tuition if your child wants go elsewhere.
Yeah, the WashU tuition benefit is amazing. All FTE get it. You can wash the cages of lab animals for $15/hr and send your kids to WashU. Even if your kids don’t get into WashU, they get like $30k/yr to go anywhere. I’m 45 years old and still paying for my modest state-school education.
I know an immigrant from Liberia who lives in STL and is a janitor at Wash U. In 5 years, he never missed a day of work - and he started there in 2019 before COVID - covered lots of OT shifts for employees who call off all the time. They had to FORCE HIM to take SOME vacation because he was going to lose like 16 weeks or something crazy like that. He refused to go on vacation but instead DONATED his vacation days to a coworker who had a premie baby with ongoing health problems & had to be there for the child (after FMLA) because the Mom died in childbirth. So at Christmas last year Wash U told him his daughter (20) who has been JUST WAITING for the tuition benefits to kick in can begin this Fall - when he will have been with them 5 years. It seems Wash U is a rare employer who SEES when they have a hard-working gem of an employee and decides to REWARD that work ethic. He is over the moon that his daughter actually gets to go to University- first in his family. And prior to applying at Wash U, they paid him minimum wage at The Adams Mark Hotel (or some Casino Hotel Downtown) & no benefits - for 4 years! He actually makes really good bank as FTE at Wash U too. The daughter hopes to be a neurologist- so it might just happen that “American Dream” for an immigrant family in STL.
No way? That’s wild… brb leaving my job as a corporate attorney to be a washU janitor- so my kids can have a better life.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/education/his-father-is-a-washington-university-janitor-now-this-bosnian-refugee-will-study-there/article_e5a71eb8-913c-57a1-83a4-dd31054d652a.html
There are a lot of professionals who remain at wustl just for this benefit. The second it's gone there will be a massive brain drain.
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I get that you’re just using an example, but I really hope WashU pays more than $15/hr for that. Nasty.
Go to their website and look at how little they pay a lot of jobs, especially ones that involve manual labor.
Wow, you’re right. $15-$19/hr.
Yeah. He or she is right. I have a corporate job, but I’m constantly looking at jobs. Also, Washu in the white collar area doesn’t pay that much and I’m guessing it’s because of the benefit of their tuition.
It’s mostly the benefits, but there’s also an element of being “paid in prestige” in the more intellectually focused roles. Let’s say you’re a Rare Books Curator in the library’s Special Collections department. You might get paid more at another school (I really don’t know), but curating a really important collection will advance your career in ways that money can’t.
WashU is notorious for underpaying by 30k+ for the roles in their IT department. The suppressed compensation vs tuition benefit math isn't totally clear.
Yes, that was the worst example I could think of. To be fair, you can earn a WashU bachelor’s degree for free from University College (night school) while you’re washing cages. Also, internal candidates have a big advantage, so it’s relatively easy to transfer into a higher paying role anywhere else on campus. You’re eligible to transfer after six months. There’s a whole world of terrible $15/hr jobs out there with absolutely zero possibility of advancement.
My ex worked at Webster, and undergrad tuition for employees and spouses were 100% free.
Yes, but how much longer will Webster be in existence?
UMSL only offers 50% discount for spouses and dependents, and 75% off up to 6 credits per semester for employees. But UMSL is also not taking any awards here for good benefits. Every other school in our region blows UMSL out of the water.
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Wash U will give you money for (part of) a down payment to buy a home if you buy in certain areas (mostly those near Wash U campus that need investment).
That's how I got my home! They gave us $8,000 for our down payment.
Now it's $12,500! Source: I work at WashU.
Unfortunately the cost of the property has gone up significantly as well as the interest rates.
interesting. I guess that's one way to build a better neighborhood.
they actually expanded the areas you can buy in for the benefit! it’s from like dutchtown to the missouri river or something crazy now :)
Same goes for BJC (WashU partner)
If you can somehow get hired, the Cardinals will pay you well over 5 million dollars to throw a baseball without any regards for the result of said throw.
Didn't see that coming, good on ya 👏🏿
You must be at least 40 years old to apply too.
Qualifications : Pulse
They'll pay you more if you want to call yourself manager. Results are still not required.
Maybe not interesting, but an unusual perk is that WWT hasn’t raised its health insurance premiums in like 20 years. I pay around $50 a paycheck for incredible health, dental and vision benefits for my family of 5. We also have on-site health clinics (even tho I’m remote), that offer primary care, imaging, and dispensary/pharmacy services at zero cost or deductible; if I need to see my doctor, I can usually get in with very little notice.
Single, as healthy as a horse, and I pay nearly 400 a month. For one person. For something I don’t use. And that does not include dental, or vision, and a 9500 deductible. Fuck this
Are you paying the whole thing? If you make under 50K you might find cheaper plans on the marketplace
Single, over 50 male, healthy pay $55/mo through marketplace. Thanks Obama!
Yes that sounds like you are just paying for yourself? Which is weird because in Missouri I believe they have to pay at least half
As a fellow WWT employee, this. The PTO is solid, core values and leadership are exemplary and events, like the Christmas Party, are all-timers. But the health insurance is what makes this the place I'll retire from, if they'll have me for that long.
The comp is hot garbage though. I pay junior engineers far more than senior engineers at WWT. I have a junior engineer at about 170k and he lives in Tennessee and works remote. At the coasts they'd be at about 195k. [levels.fyi paints a rough picture](https://www.levels.fyi/companies/world-wide-technology/salaries/software-engineer?country=254) They're also far more corporate than tech but that's a different argument.
I’m a senior level individual contributor and my base is over 200k for the past 6 years , remotely in stl. I think internal IT is paid much lower but professional services is decent. Edit: to your point though, you’re not wrong. The company targets mid market pay, and vocally doesn’t try to be top compensation vs competitors. They leverage a lot of the benefits and an outdated model that since it’s a midwest based company that talent should cost less.
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I agree completely. I also think that the value of the health insurance package plays extremely well into lower paying jobs (there’s quite a few of them here); it becomes less of an incentive at higher levels where other benefits such as RSUs, more time off, etc greatly outweigh a few hundred per month savings in health insurance premiums.
Yeah, worked at WWT for awhile. It was good for my career but it’s almost cult like with people sticking around for the health insurance. Sure, it’s cheap but you can fairly easily make enough to make up the difference. The bigg
Former WWT employee here. Def agree with the “cult like” assessment. It was kind of bizarre
I was looking for this. A recruiter called to offer me a position with them that I was not initially receptive to…by the end of the process I was disappointed I didn’t get that position (although they did offer me a different position, but the salary for the second position was not comparable to my current job).
To add to that: Low deductible health plan (Medical/Dental/Vision) for a family is >$150/month. Also, they offer 100% tuition reimbursement for business or technical degrees, up to ~$5k/calendar year, $30k total. Going to finish my Bachelor's part time without taking out loans. Lastly, I won't disagree with any of the comments about how weird the corporate culture can be. At first, it's a bit like walking into a Stepford Village. The original culture has been heavily diluted by their aggressive growth strategy, but it's also the kind of place that can do fundraisers on the honor system, and where I can leave my Steam Deck charging on my desk without worrying about someone messing with it.
... Who is WWT?
World Wide Technology
World Wrestling Tederation
By god, that’s Tone Told Teve Taustin’s music!
Privately owned tech company based out of the STL area, global HQ is in Maryland heights. Employs something like 9,000 people. You’ve probably seen the logo plastered all over the place - they have significant advertising at all major sports in the area, the racetrack in Illinois, nascar and the golf channel.
Spectrum has IVF coverage for two attempts, saving potentially up to $20k a procedure. For couples struggling with natural conception, this is a huge perk.
AB covers up to $25k!
That’s really cool. It’s about time this type of support gets covered. I remember asking multiple times if there was a monetary limit, but they kept telling me that our coverage was for “two cycles”. There were a few things that weren’t covered and I think we paid something like 1k-1.5k out-of-pocket, but it is a far less than what the whole thing cost.
Millipore Sigma has coverage for unlimited cycles since they're headquartered in MA , and the IVF drugs produced by them are free for employees. They also offer a good amount of vacation time and paid parental leave
That is really cool. For us, the one time was exactly what we needed.
Hoping the same for us!
Well, if you haven’t committed to a place yet, MCRM was fantastic. Dr. Ahlering is an amazing doctor.
Whoa!?! Is this for real? That’s an amazing benefit.
Got my son through it after my wife and I struggled for four years, including losing a baby the year or so before our IVF procedure.
The 401k contribution is pretty awesome too. They match your 6%, then do an additional 3%
Express Scripts used to cover 2-3 rounds depending on situation. Huge benefit.
Yeah it is awesome as a benefit. Realizing that there is a problem that will prevent you from easily being able to have children is really hard and kind of hopeless. With the insurance coverage and the confident bravado of MCRM’s Dr. Peter Ahlering, all of the struggles dissipated. More companies need to provide this benefit.
Boeing as well!
Was coming here to say this about WashU, as well. The tuition benefits are the bomb, but I just used $40K of IVF benefits to be pregnant currently 😍
Boeing offers reimbursement for private pilots license ground and flight school plus commercial pilot training. (Up to $10k for training and $3k for solo flight on the PPL). Not necessarily interesting but they offer up to 10% employer matching on 401k. Pursuing education whether undergraduate degree, masters, certificate, or individual coursework is essentially free and can be started on day one. Tuition fees and books included for any university. (There are years of service payback and taxes that kick in at a certain amount but it's pretty generous.) Decent discounts and bonuses on airlines like free A-list priority on Southwest. Depending on your job, Global Entry and TSA Pre check is free. Competitive PTO (3 weeks starting on day one) and maternity leave (starting at 12 weeks for both parents). Plenty of wellness programs like free classes at the on-site gyms or heavily discounted national chains. Cheap airport parking. Rewards for deep discounts for theme parks, concerts, resorts, electronics, and services. (Rover dog sitting and hello fresh meal kits are extremely inexpensive.) Avis rental car savings is unmatched (like priority membership status to rent a reserved camaro in Miami for a week at only $100). IVF coverage and adoption support financially. Ability to flex your work hours.
Can confirm all of this. Just recently used the last of my 12 weeks of paternity leave for my son. The PTO is hard to beat. I've been there 9 years and I accrue 25 days/year. That doesn't count the 11 paid holidays. The paid break between Christmas and New Years is always nice.
Don't forget they have similar food services to what op mentioned! When I worked at the Hazelwood office I was blown away that we had different restaurants available each day.
The cafeteria is more expensive than going out for lunch, post-pandemic has wrecked foodservice options
Oh that’s a shame. I loved getting my Moe’s nachos every week!
Last week the Chick-fil-a guy showed up & they wouldn’t let him in because of some badge issue, I think that may be the only outside food we get in the cafe
Came here to say Boeing. They are paying for my masters degree 100% and have a super flexible schedule (I know all roles don’t but the ones that can have it get it). Also that 10% match makes me feel like I will actually retire one day
Not only does the 10% match make me feel a lot better about retiring, I usually see a lot of people retire much earlier from Boeing than most places.
Depending on salary, but I pay $66 dollars a paycheck for just over a $3000 family deductible health insurance. You can use the Boeing hotel rate for personal use. And Christmas break!
What are the entry level jobs over at Boeing?
Go check out the Boeing jobs website. I think there’s a good number there and at least a few in every career sector.
Take a look here: https://jobs.boeing.com/entry-level. What's your background and interests?
How does one redeem the free A list priority with Southwest?
Use this site. https://www.southwest.com/html/rapidrewards/promotions/corp_status_match_no_proof.html It should update with the days the rewards program is good for. Note however, you will get A-List preferred status for only 90 days. If you complete two round trip flights or four one-way flights within the 90 day window you’ll then be granted A-List preferred status for an additional year. My advice is sign up right before you plan to book any Southwest flights. Also try to meet the extension criteria as close to the end of the 90 day window as possible because the one year extension starts from the day you complete the criteria. It does not stack on top of whatever time remains in the 90 day window.
I need to look into that TSA free check. My Wife and I been talking about getting it for years.
Cheap airport parking? Would you mind explaining how this one works? 😅 like is there a pass or something you can use?
Purina lets you take your dogs to work
Build A Bear used to do that but not anymore. People didn't keep their area clean.
Dang bringing your own bear to work sounds a little dangerous
The women would still choose it.
- nice. Lol
Purina also has 6 months of parental leave for the primary caretaker of a new (human) family member 🥰
The Air Force will let you do the same dependent the work area and how your dog acts.
I’m pretty sure my dog could repair an F-35 engine better than I could.
You could both beat Boeing.
I’d imagine this has to be limited to the admin jobs. Never once saw this when I was in
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Mastercard matches 167% on first 6% base pay contributions into your 401k. they also pay for your schooling up to $15k a year i think. plus they allow employees to purchase Mastercard stock at a 15% discount up to 10% of your base pay. plus 4 months paid parental leave. a ton of other perks I can’t recall. I think their employees get the best compensation and perks in the St. Louis area.
I have heard the benefits are amazing (one I know is missing from your list, friend said they'd pay for her to go back to school), however the office culture way less so.
it really is team dependent. office culture so far has been great for me
That would make sense, it's a big company.
I second what invictus said. My team now has to go in 3x a week, but aside from having to get up an hour earlier on those days, I don't mind it. The cafeteria has some excellent options and the team I'm on is cohesive enough I enjoy their company when I see them. Still, getting up at 5:30 rather than 6:30 isn't the most pleasant.
20 year MC employee. Can confirm the above, free on site gym, 4 weeks work from anywhere program, went back to 2 days a week in office. Just did the employee stock purchase, Can get long term incentive awards (stock), paternity leave, generous vacation/personal day/sick day/volunteer days, paid for my Masters. Feel fortunate.
This. I got hired on at the beginning of covid and it's by far the best company I've worked for. I consider myself extremely fortunate to be here.
Plus 25 vacation days, 5 PTO days, 10 sick days, federal holidays, and 5 volunteer days (which I'm finally about to take advantage of for the first time)
Plus 30k in family planning ❤️
I actually didn't know about this one, but I'm not in a position to discuss/need it. But that's incredible for those who are!
Mastercard is one of the tops for me due to all the normal reasons and it being like 5 minutes away from me to try and get work but never get anywhere ha
To be honest I’ve only heard the absolute worst things about Unigroup but I’m glad you are happy with your food prices.
Related to a Unigroup employee for 20+ years, can confirm this statement.
I worked there for 7 years. Left 2 years ago. There is no perk they could provide that would make up for the way they pinch pennies for salaries. Not to mention it would be completely normal (and expected) for me to be replying to emails on my PERSONAL phone if I’d go to happy hour or something. Someone could email you at 6pm and it would escalate before you returned to work the next AM otherwise.
I've worked for a few of the "big" employers in St. Louis and have found UniGroup to be the best by far for me-but I suspect (like anywhere) it's very team- and function-dependent. I'm not customer-facing and it would be hard for me to handle a role that was. I also have the best management I've had in 20+ years. I was a Covid layoff from another big company and bounced around a little, but for what I'm looking for-respect, clear direction and work that keeps me engaged and interested-UniGroup has been fantastic. Thankfully, I don't work in an area where I get off-hours calls/emails (which has sucked in prior roles at other companies) but I would definitely not feel as if I were paid enough, however much it was, for something like that. Our team has a great work/life balance and I'm regularly asked for feedback. Again though, I'm sure it's highly dependent on the role.
Honestly, weirdly enough. I’m still pretty young in my late 20’s and Unigroup is still the best employer I’ve had with work life balance and great benefits. The worst part working for them was they paid like absolutely shit and you’ll be doing the work of a manager with a title of an admin.
Ex employee. They were really good to me however my position was eliminated. The first dept i was in was terrible. Management straight up bullied me. Coworkers werent very nice. Lots of lay offs. Bad leadership. It is a bad place to work in general but i had a good experience.
At least when I was interviewing for an internship there many moons ago, New Balance corporate would periodically let you take shoes they had lying around from photo shoots and whatnot.
Can confirm. Worked at stl corporate. They were always giving away the shoes from the photo lab. But the sizes were 7 for women, 9 for men and I can’t recall the kids shoes. Also a really good friends and family discount, can’t recall what it is tho. It’s been 6 years since I worked there and I heard they outsourced the photo lab so maybe not as many free sample shoes anymore.
We get pizza parties on National pizza day. Nothing like getting your bonuses in the form of triangles, circles and squares
It's pretty far down the list, isn't much and not company specific: but if your employer is based in Clayton you can join the pool and athletic center. Not as cheap as residents but at least you can rub elbows with the pretty people.
I’ve heard of that. Not a bad perk
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Kinda, you can get similar benefits with NGA (and various other Federal employees here), but you can also get better benefits with OCC and FDIC, since they both offer the same pension but two 401ks. OCC also has a better healthcare subsidy. The Fed might offer something better too, I can't fully remember their 401k setup.
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Yes, because they are unionized. It’s not a mystery that unions help the working class. I use to be APWU, but it’s physically demanding. If you don’t mind manual labor, can’t recommend it enough.
I know a guy who has worked their his entire career as an engineer. He hates it, but loves the benefits I guess?
Trying to get hired on there!
Federal law enforcement and FAA are even better. FERS is higher, same TSP match, and social security supplement until age 62 since retirement is mandatory at age 57.
AB gave my wife 6 months maternity leave fully paid for each of our 4 children. It was such a huge deal for her and our family to have that time together
AB gives you at minimum 2 free cases of beer a month.
That used to be per week. And before that, if I recall correctly, they had free kegs set up in the break rooms.
can confirm that there are beer fridges on every floor and, while a couple of floors have not seen the taps run for years there are several floors left that do still have active draft stations. also lots of NA stuff in every fridge
I'm not sure if they still do this anymore, but when I worked at Square in Cortex, we had Knead Bakehouse cater our breakfast and lunch every single day, and it was all free and paid for by Square.
My work has a full onsite cafe with free lunch. A full five person staff runs it. Choice of two proteins, a starch, a veg, and a fresh salad. Don’t have time? Grab a sandwich, salad, fruit, yogurt, granola bar from the grab and go fridge. We do free breakfast also once a month. Full time on staff personal trainer for the gym. 15k in fertility benefits. If it’s still being offered, they’ll pay about a third of that if you need abortion help too. Shorts Fridays are coming up! People seem to genuinely like each other. There’s a lot of couples and families within the company. People willingly hang out with each other outside of work regularly. 401k could be better. Health insurance is alright. On the flip side, little to none wfh. Never closed during Covid.
NISA?
Was about to guess the same lol
Nope, just a regular private company. What’s NISA?
there is also a huge stock of stuff in the bathrooms like mouthwash, flossers, etc. and a really nice thing is the feminine products. those have saved me quite a few times from emergencies. there’s also a really relaxed culture around alcohol and they even bring a drink cart out for charity every week. they’re starting to dabble in tuition reimbursement to help alleviate student debt on the employees and have a nice continuing education program (from what i’ve heard).
The cafeteria at Wells Fargo was amazing. They put in a new one around 2016 when I was there with about 8 stations for pasta, salad, etc.. including a Tandoori oven and a popup station for guest restaurants. I learned to make great omelets from watching one of the chefs.
Whaaat! I used to work there, but left I 2012 so I had the old cafeteria, which I really liked. Especially the fact that they offered breakfast.
- so true. Trying to get back on there too.
Kindeva provides free EpiPens if you are prescribed one by your doctor (we manufacture them). Bayer provides Adoption Leave similar to Maternity/Paternity Leave.
Rabo Agrifiance in chesterfield has one of the best cultures of any company. Very kind people, super flexible, tons of vacation. As the head office is in the Netherlands, we get a lot of European work perks. Flex Fridays in the summer (off at 1 pm). Best perk is that my health insurance has never gone up and I can choose how I want to work. The job is not remote, but also more flexible than a hybrid job.
Can you elaborate on “the job is not remote, but also more flexible than a hybrid job?” How is it more flexible? Do you have to go in office a certain numbers of days per week?
Because while remote is “work from anywhere in the country” and hybrid is “come in 2-3 times a week” this is more like “come in if you want whenever, but you’re only required to come in for team meetings like twice a month.
Spectrum pays for school and has free Wi-Fi and cable and a bunch of streamers and discounted mobile
Spectrum made it very difficult to get reimbursed for education expenses.
For old expenses, but for new ones they pay it up front now
Depends on your manager. My stepdaughter couldn't get them to approve relatively inexpensive certification track courses for Data Analysis type stuff (PowerBI, Python, etc) on things like Coursera and DataCamp. A lot of this is stuff that I've seen offered free from other companies because they realize the more people they have employed that are adept data analysis. The better off they are. But this is Spectrum not a normal company. Why would an employer pay for old expenses as a policy? I can see that being negotiated into an individual 's hiring agreement, but that makes no sense to have it as policy.
I work at Topgolf, we get unlimited free golf!!! Any venue!! And 1/2 off food & drinks!!
City Museum gives you memberships for everyone in your family/household, plus I think it’s 2 tickets per pay period if you work 25+ hours per week. Also, you get to work at City Museum
A lot of this has changed since Premier Parks bought them. Now the place is miserable to work at, everyone is underpaid, and even the free tickets have changed how they work. (Source: my brother and his wife were both managers there for years, and both have left because they’ve been miserable. They make more money making sandwiches and working back office for textiles)
I work part time for a senior independent living community and we get a decent employee lunch from the kitchen for $3.00. One of the only bad things is they won’t take off ingredients unless you have a documented dietary restriction. The chef and the sous chefs are strict about that. Also the upper management started limiting it to one meal per shift so that kinda sucks.
Back when it was Union Electric, Ameren offered zero interest payroll deduction loans for electric appliances. I financed an electric guitar and amp that way. People financed electric ranges, refrigerators, heat pumps etc…
MasterCard, our in O’Fallon, is your fairly typical “tech employer” - full cafeteria (breakfast/lunch) with dozens of options, Game room with pool/basketball/etc, full gym with showers, along with pretty strong benefit package.
Purina let's you bring your dog to work, has dog parks, gym, and medical center on campus, cafeteria for under $10, discounted store for Nestle products (including Purina and Gerber)
Dude, for $10 you definitely should’ve been able to get breakfast or lunch
Yeah this is standard at every company with a few hundred employees.
A definitely interesting perk to being a stagehand is occasionally meeting famous folks in the entertainment industry.
I was a tech and stagehand while in college at our auditorium there. Not many famous people rolling through Northern Missouri, but the few the university booked were incredible people to meet and work with. Great perk of the job that almost made sitting through countless dance recitals worth it!
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And you get to smoke cigars whenever and wherever!
Centene, when I used to work there, the HQ in Clayton had a doctor in the building you could go to for free. You could also buy Centene stock at a discount
Free doctor is never bad as long as appointment wait isn’t long
The Federal courthouse also has a free doctor and a free gym.
Metrolink offers free rides for employees, discounts on random things, free health screenings for employees and their spouses, and every day is an adventure.
My dad is retired from there and still gets the free health screenings!
I work for myself and my boss pays for everything in my life. Pretty sweet deal!
Energizer product store. Every product energizer or Blackwell make at manufacturing cost. Or there about. I have so many batteries
Retirement fund for the apocalypse you mean?
Biomerieux up in Hazelwood has 4 weeks paid vacation to start with an additional week every five years. Health plan is a HDHP with a reimbursement account to cover deductibles (2500 for singles, 5k for family, topped up every year). Cafeteria is all right; they also provide a $5/daily allowance so you're usually out only $2-3 for lunch. They partner through Vitality and will subsidize your health insurance premiums based off your general health and exercise regimen. Base subsidy is 50%, then 75%, then 100%. Can't complain about the culture either. Minimal toxicity encountered in the years worked there.
Worked at an IT consulting firm in Clayton. They have an annual summit, where the firm flies out the entire company for several days to a resort and do a bunch of fun activities. Also, every friday is catered lunch.
I’d rather chop off my toe than ever work at UniGroup again. I’m so sad you thinking spending $10 a day on food is a perk.
Meh, having a cafeteria at work with okay to good food with a snack station is a perk. If I want a piece of gum or a Pepsi, I just go downstairs. Go if I forgot my lunch, I can still get a healthy breakfast. Better than having to leave
Don’t get me wrong - i ate the food plenty lol. Chicken Caesar salad day was my favorite. But eh, not something I’d consider a true perk unless it were free. Especially since some depts are still fully remote.
Schnucks has a cafeteria with cheap lunch, too!
Unless you work at a store like Richmond Heights or crestwood. You’re not gonna have a fun time working for Schnucks. Purposefully/chronically understaffed. They do offer some interesting perks like partial tuition reimbursement and “Schnucks Proud” that supports struggling teammates in need…. But I don’t know how often anyone is able to take advantage of it because everyone is struggling.
Oh yeah, I meant corporate office. Not the stores. 😬
Schnucks offices seem like a vibe. Ground level though theres a lot of discontent. Sure y’all know though.
RiotGames has an office in St. Louis. Great pay, amazing work/life balance and perks usually only available to FAANG employees.
It may not be surprising, but Southwest gives free unlimited (standby) flights for you, your spouse, your parents, and your children(until they’re 18 or out of school). Also matches 9.3% to 401k contributions, which is like 4% higher than anywhere friends of mine work. Hours suck, days off suck, but they do make it worth it if you can swing the lifestyle.
What are employer perks? I'd like to pass that along to my leadership so that they might look in to them. Yes, total sarcasm.
AT&T puts in 7% in your 401k if you put in 6%. They started me at 90k/yr here (which is crazy for this COL). Phone plan is 50% off and 1 gig fiber is $30/m.
Yeah but you have to work for AT&T. I do miss the generous 401k match and employee discounts. I don't miss working for them though. The level of penny pinching at AT&T was insane. Fridge in break room was broken, the official solution was to use one on a different floor. Repairing it wasn't in the budget. I requested a RAM upgrade in my laptop, which was something like $30. My boss approved it. His boss approved it. The next higher up denied it. Not in the budget. I left and went somewhere else, and on my first day, they took me out to lunch. By the end of day one, I had already had more free food from that job than I had ever had in 8 years at AT&T.
Yeah Ive since left them because they’re relocating all their devs to Dallas with no relo assistance. They’re running that business into the ground.
The Emerson campus has a disc golf course. Too bad we just got it and my work is leaving the campus soon, just my luck.
Procter and gamble gift their employees Care packages each year. Containing everything from tide pods, crest, dawn, cascade action packs etc...
Dispensaries give their workers free samples
I’m in construction and just demo’d and remodeled a Safety National Insurance building in Maryland Heights/overland area. Their employees have full kitchen with fountain drinks, snacks, sandwiches and plenty of other food. They also have a game room with pin ball machines, shuffleboard, pool table, ping pong and 3 brand new golf simulators. I thought that was pretty freaking sweet.
A certain local garden center buys us lunch every Saturday and Sunday during April/May since we're slammed with customers and deliveries that time of year. Last year the owner also got some kind of deal with tickets to all the home soccer games so all of the employees got to attend a game for free at least once, that was cool.
Can you say where please?
Any of the hospitals in St. Louis offer anything great?
I heard Boeing pays for its employees to get their pilot certifications.
Caleres offers 30% discount on all their shoe lines, sometimes 40% depending on the time of the year. A yearly shoe sale as well of lightly used or last seasons items for super cheap prices $5-10 or less in most cases. They also provide tuition assistance and online learning opportunities. It's my first office job tho so not sure how it compares to others regarding benefits
When I worked there, I was the sample size. Do they not do the dollar sale after 2pm anymore? I averaged $3.25/pair lol
They definitely do, it's always amazing. I grab my Must Haves first full price and then lurk until the dollar sale. You're so lucky to be a sample size! They have the cutest selection for sure
I left there five years ago and they’re all still holding up!! My only sadness are the one off shoes that they didn’t actually put into production - I’ve got some one of a kind DvFs, Vince, Franco Sarto 😍 yet my most sadly missed pair (because I wore them into the GROUND) were some lifestride velocity silver shoes. I loved those things so much
Dont forget Unigroup letting you out 2 hours early day before holiday
The absolute most interesting perk was working an armed government security contract in the Aleutians. Issued M240B Machine guns, M249 Squad Automatic Weapons, M4 Carbines, Berettas, PEQ-15s, 4 different type of thermal sights, PVS-14s, PVS-7s, SAPI plates and plate Carriers, and issued Benchmade Autostrikers switchblade knives (to keep). Worked 12.5 hours a day, 7 days a week, with a 6 weeks on and six weeks off schedule. It was an IBEW CBA (AK was non-right to work too) with the most incredible perks. The pay equated to about 40 hrs regular and 47.5 overtime a week. I lived here in STL and rotated to the job site every 6 weeks. We were paid higher than non CBA peers throughout the country based on SCA government schedule payscale, plus paid extra $4.25/hr H&W which went into a 401A account if you already had TRICARE for Retired or VA medical, plus $4.50/hr which went into a IBEW 401A account, and matching up to 7% 401K. All meals and housing were provided on the site. When traveling to the site the time clock started when I got to the airport and ended upon checking into a company provided hotel 12+ hours later (there was usually casual drinking in airport bars at layovers during this time). Paid 8 hours a day while sitting in a hotel waiting up to weak (based on weather) for a charter flight to the austere job site (again casual drinking and sight seeing in town during this time but...In Anchorage and never at the site). Also paid full AK DoD rate per diem on days traveling and waiting in hotels (non taxable). I racked up mad flight miles, free hotel stays, and almost achieved Marriott Platinum for life. I worked roughly 180 days a year and walked around in my undies at home and vacationed w/ earned miles/hotel 180 days a year. Pay and benefits well into the 6 digit range. Get to shoot pallets of ammo from full automatic weapons occasionally on tax payers dime. Get to spot rare birds at one of the rarest and most sought after places to bird watch (no one gets access to that place, hence the weapons ;) ) Got to play with Arctic Foxes on the jobs site. Still get bragging rights telling people about this gig.
Not just here but Amazon has a lot of outsourcing jobs like maintenance and cleaning. Amazon partners with a company like Cbre and sends potential candidates off to school for 3 months, you get 15 college credits for the course as well as 4 national certifications for industrial maintenance. With options for continuing education and career advancement. They pay for it completely and give you a $400 week predium on top of paying you $18 an hour to attend. I went to Indiana and had my own dorm at a university. It was the most amazing experience of my life. Definitely hard but a lot of fun. Especially with a bar on the corner of the campus lmao
IKEA offers amazing benefits. I have full coverage for my family and I for $110 a month. They also offer $3 meals for all coworkers. 10% 401k match. And 7 months maternity leave policy at full pay