Answer the following questions:
- Are you likely to find jobs that provide the benefits you want?
- Would you consider employers who do not offer these benefits? What factors would influence your decision?
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One way companies determine which types of benefits to provide is to use a survey asking employees which types of benefits are important to them. Read the following list of employee benefits. For each benefit, mark an X in the column that indicates whether it is important to you or not.
Source: Based on Figure 2. “Percent of Employers Offering Work/Life Benefits (by Year),” in Workplace Visions 4 (2002), p. 3, published by the Society for Human Resource Management.
Important to Have
Not Important to Have
Q: Dependent-care �exible spending account
Q: Flextime
Q: Ability to bring child to work in case of emergency
Q: Elder-care referral services
Q: Adoption assistance
Q: On-site child care center
Q: Gym subsidy
Q: Vaccinations on site (e.g., �u shots)
Q: On-site �tness center
Q: Casual dress days (every day)
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Q: Organization-sponsored sports teams
Q: Food services/subsidized cafeteria
Q: Travel-planning services
Q: Dry-cleaning services
Q: Massage therapy services at work
Q: Self-defense training
Q: Concierge services
Dependent-care �exible spending account
Dependent- care
�exible spending account
0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 70% of Employers offer this benefit
Flextime
Flextime 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 64% of Employers offer this benefit
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Ability to bring child to work in case of emergency
Ability to bring child to work in
case of emergency
0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 30% of Employers offer this benefit
Elder-care referral services
Elder- care
referral services 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 21% of Employers offer this benefit
Adoption assistance
Adoption assistance
0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 21% of Employers offer this benefit
On-site child care center
On-site child care
center 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 6% of Employers offer this benefit
Gym subsidy
Gym subsidy
0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 28% of Employers offer this benefit
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Vaccinations on site (e.g., �u shots)
Vaccinations on site (e.g.,
�u shots) 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 61% of Employers offer this benefit
On-site �tness center
On-site �tness center 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 26% of Employers offer this benefit
Casual dress days (every day)
Casual dress days
(every day)
0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 53% of Employers offer this benefit
Organization-sponsored sports teams
Organization- sponsored
sports teams 0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 39% of Employers offer this benefit
Food services/subsidized cafeteria
Food services/subsidized
cafeteria 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 29% of Employers offer this benefit
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Travel-planning services
Travel- planning services 0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 27% of Employers offer this benefit
Dry-cleaning services
Dry- cleaning services 0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 15% of Employers offer this benefit
Massage therapy services at work
Massage therapy services at work 0 1
1 1/1
You said this was important. 12% of Employers offer this benefit
Self-defense training
Self- defense training 0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 6% of Employers offer this benefit
Concierge services
Concierge services
0 1
0 0/1
You said this is not important. 4% of Employers offer this benefit
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