{"id":4698,"date":"2018-08-30T15:33:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T15:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2018-10-10T17:45:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T17:45:35","slug":"what-perks-benefits-matter-most-not-office-snacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/what-perks-benefits-matter-most-not-office-snacks\/","title":{"rendered":"What Perks &#038; Benefits Matter Most? Not Office Snacks."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When asked what they value most besides heath care, most people chose benefits related to vacation and 401(k), according to the latest reading of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/culture\/tech\/all-departments\/32-other-than-healthcare-which-of-the-following-benefits-is-most-important-to-you\" target=\"_blank\">ongoing survey<\/a> by Comparably. Office meals and childcare came in at the bottom.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10,000 people across the tech sector responded to the survey.<\/p>\n<p><b>The breakdown<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Overall, vacation policy and flex time received the highest percentage of votes (31% and 30% respectively), followed by 401(k) contribution (29%). Office meals received 7% of the vote and childcare received 3%.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4702 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/1-1.jpg\" alt=\"1\" width=\"699\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/1-1-300x81.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/1-1.jpg 699w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Men vs. women<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Men and women had similar ratings, though men rated flex time, vacation policy and 401(k) contribution as equally valuable. For women, vacation policy and flex time rank somewhat higher than 401(k) contribution.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4699 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2-1.jpg\" alt=\"2\" width=\"542\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2-1-300x120.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2-1.jpg 542w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 542px) 85vw, 542px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Age matters<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The results show a distinct increase in the importance of 401(k) contribution with age.\u00a0Twenty-five percent of people in the 26 to 30 age group ranked 401(k) contribution their most important benefit; that number jumped to more than 35% for anyone 46 and above, reaching a high of 41% among workers 51 to 55.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">26 to 30<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4704 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2630.jpg\" alt=\"2630\" width=\"341\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2630-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/2630.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">46 to 50<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4703 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/4650-1.jpg\" alt=\"4650\" width=\"341\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/4650-1-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/4650-1.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 85vw, 341px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">51 to 55<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4700 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/5155.jpg\" alt=\"5155\" width=\"340\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/5155-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.comparably.com\/00000000\/b\/2018\/08\/5155.jpg 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 85vw, 340px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The latest reading is as of Aug. 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When asked what they value most besides heath care, most people chose benefits related to vacation and 401(k), according to the latest reading of an ongoing survey by Comparably. Office meals and childcare came in at the bottom. More than 10,000 people across the tech sector responded to the survey. The breakdown Overall, vacation policy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/what-perks-benefits-matter-most-not-office-snacks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read full-story <i class=\"cm cm-right-chevron\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":4711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,65,5],"tags":[39,63],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4712,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions\/4712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.comparably.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}