Benefits of the job

[susans]

What is the biggest personal benefit of your current job (bonus, good boss, flex time, short commute.....)

[peaches2160]

Great Boss and great co-workers, work environment and company.  I am blessed.

[Atlanta Z3]

Wow I have a bunch -not in any particular order -
Short commute, not having to pay for parking, great boss, new challenges for me to master, nice office which includes a gym for working out, casual Fridays, my boss isn't a clock watcher and will kick me out the office early on Fridays on occasion, my boss and I can laugh together I'm sure I'm leaving out a few good ones - job satisfaction.

[gee4]

Short commute
Flexi time
Holidays
Relaxed atmosphere
No pressure
Dress down Friday
Early Friday finish (12 noon)
Good salary

[Dusty *]

Great Boss
Company Car
Mobile Phone
Holidays
Good Salary
Own office, nicely furnished
Friendly colleagues

[Jackie G]

ok here are mine:

decent commute in that I don't get stuck on the motorway
free parking
casual Friday, with early finish (4 pm)
flexitime - even as a long term temp! - and I earn quite a lot as I work evenings too
boss likes to tell stories about other work (he's freelance)
boss involves me in practically everything, including meetings - he's rubbish with names so I supply those (mindreading required here often!)
own office, access to internet
reasonable freedom to plan own work routines, alongside regular stuff that has to be done

Jackie, Peer Moderator

[laurafmcdermott]

Flex schedule (4x10)
Decent boss
Casual Fridays and other days for incentives

I'll add work from home when that materializes!

[Cozwaz]

A job I love
Great Boss, co-workers and offices
Very short commute – only 5 mins in the car
No parking to pay for & park right outside the office
Lovely river walk at the back of the office which comes in very handy if I have my dog in the car

[rose.winter1980]

Great boss
Own office (corner office, if you please) and a lovely building
Can work at home if I need to/would like to
Good salary
High-profile job with excellent status in company
Work without supervision (I'm probably "unmanageable" LOL) and simply bags of scope to use own initiative
Good terms and conditions: salary (although rumours we might just have cutbacks/caps on salary), vacation, sick leave, family leave etc
Nice colleagues (on the whole, sometimes there are the usual little tensions)


Winter Rose

Laugh long, sing loud and dance when you get the chance

[Katie G]

Top notch medical/dental benefits (important since I'm diabetic)
Good hours (8:30 - 5, and I don't have to take work home with me)
Good bosses (so far)
Full tuition remission for undergraduate AND graduate courses

[geminigirl]

Let’s see now – quite a few, so these are not in any particularly order:

Great boss who is kind, funny, concerned and a star in her own particular field;

My boss isn't a clock watcher;

My boss and I can have a good laugh together;

She’s a sympathetic listener, too;

Job satisfaction;

(Fairly) Relaxed atmosphere;

No pressure (or not much anyway);

Pretty high-profile position within the company, with excellent status (who I work for means I get things done when they need doing, not way down the list);

Work without supervision, with a boss who trusts my judgement and will always defend me, if necessary (which is rarely!).

Free secure parking (right outside my building);

Free lunches;

Not too bad a drive to work (about 40 minutes);

No flexi time but see above re non-clock-watcher;

Extremely generous holidays;

Reasonable to good salary (with final salary pension);

My own (corner!) office;

Friendly colleagues (with the occasional troublesome one);

Freedom to plan my own work routines, alongside the usual stuff that has to be done;

Access to internet;

Good hours (9.30-5.30 or whenever I want to start up until 10.30 am and add those hours to end of the day)

And, especially given the current climate, a pretty damn’ secure job.