Interested in what the larger firms are offering as entry level benefits beyond healthcare/ 401K.
1. # of Vacation Days / Sick Days (or combined PTO)
2. Flextime?
3. Summer Hours?
4. # of holidays?
Carrera
Oct 19, 15 5:54 pm
Think it depends on what you’re offering.
tduds
Oct 19, 15 6:21 pm
They're offering as little as they can get away with based on how much they want you to stick around.
yay capitalism.
David Cole, AIA
Oct 19, 15 7:10 pm
In my experience working at a number of larger firms, benefits have usually been along the following lines:
1. Vacation time: depends on seniority. Usually something like ten paid days during your first 2-3 years, fifteen days after 3-4 years, 20 days after 4-5 years or so. Sick days are usually five per year. Unused vacation days can be rolled over from one year to the next; sick days cannot. Note that vacation time may be negotiated during the hiring process in some cases.
2. Flextime: Varies widely by firm. Some firms have set business hours and expect them to be followed; most allow some flexibility as long as you put in at least 40 hours per week.
3. Summer hours: The most common scenario I've seen is that the office expects nine hours of work per day Monday through Thursday (not including lunch hour), and allows people to take Friday afternoons off.
4. Holidays are usually pretty standard: New Years Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Day. Some firms give you a flex holiday that you can use for a religious observance that doesn't fall on one of the official holidays, such as Good Friday. Some firms close up shop during the week between Christmas and New Years, and expect employees to use their vacation time or accrued comp time during this period.
ivorykeyboard
Oct 19, 15 10:45 pm
PTO: starts at 14 days, goes up to 20 after 5 years, and adds another 5 days every 5 years
Holidays: 10 days a year
ESOP and Profit Sharing: 4-16% a year
Flex time: just don't miss scheduled meetings and finish your work
3tk
Oct 20, 15 10:47 am
1. 10V/10S or 15PTO unused time is paid out or carried over for 1 yr
2. Flextime: sure, but as long as you bill 40hrs and are hitting your targets for efficiency (worked time vs actual billed time); first in, last in is encouraged for obvious reasons - you can be replaced.
3. Summer hours: if they have them it's 9~10 hrs M-Thu to get a half day or every other Fridays off... more often than not it's at your own peril.
4. 10 (major holidays + flex bank days)
5. Profit sharing, performance bonuses, professional development (2~3 paid days + 50% of cost), transit reimbursement, food/transportation for overtime work, snacks/drinks in kitchen, paid trips to built work.
s=r*(theta)
Oct 20, 15 5:38 pm
Daycare: technically it was offered in the office building I worked in at the time, so even other business's in the building were privy to it.
a screaming room: you can go in, close the door and scream to the top of your lungs for whatever reason need be and you guessed it
a shower: incase you leaked any unwanted anatomical fluid with all the screaming or for whatever other need be.
Interested in what the larger firms are offering as entry level benefits beyond healthcare/ 401K.
1. # of Vacation Days / Sick Days (or combined PTO)
2. Flextime?
3. Summer Hours?
4. # of holidays?
Think it depends on what you’re offering.
They're offering as little as they can get away with based on how much they want you to stick around.
yay capitalism.
In my experience working at a number of larger firms, benefits have usually been along the following lines:
1. Vacation time: depends on seniority. Usually something like ten paid days during your first 2-3 years, fifteen days after 3-4 years, 20 days after 4-5 years or so. Sick days are usually five per year. Unused vacation days can be rolled over from one year to the next; sick days cannot. Note that vacation time may be negotiated during the hiring process in some cases.
2. Flextime: Varies widely by firm. Some firms have set business hours and expect them to be followed; most allow some flexibility as long as you put in at least 40 hours per week.
3. Summer hours: The most common scenario I've seen is that the office expects nine hours of work per day Monday through Thursday (not including lunch hour), and allows people to take Friday afternoons off.
4. Holidays are usually pretty standard: New Years Day, MLK Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the day after, Christmas Day. Some firms give you a flex holiday that you can use for a religious observance that doesn't fall on one of the official holidays, such as Good Friday. Some firms close up shop during the week between Christmas and New Years, and expect employees to use their vacation time or accrued comp time during this period.
PTO: starts at 14 days, goes up to 20 after 5 years, and adds another 5 days every 5 years
Holidays: 10 days a year
ESOP and Profit Sharing: 4-16% a year
Flex time: just don't miss scheduled meetings and finish your work
1. 10V/10S or 15PTO unused time is paid out or carried over for 1 yr
2. Flextime: sure, but as long as you bill 40hrs and are hitting your targets for efficiency (worked time vs actual billed time); first in, last in is encouraged for obvious reasons - you can be replaced.
3. Summer hours: if they have them it's 9~10 hrs M-Thu to get a half day or every other Fridays off... more often than not it's at your own peril.
4. 10 (major holidays + flex bank days)
5. Profit sharing, performance bonuses, professional development (2~3 paid days + 50% of cost), transit reimbursement, food/transportation for overtime work, snacks/drinks in kitchen, paid trips to built work.
Daycare: technically it was offered in the office building I worked in at the time, so even other business's in the building were privy to it.
a screaming room: you can go in, close the door and scream to the top of your lungs for whatever reason need be and you guessed it
a shower: incase you leaked any unwanted anatomical fluid with all the screaming or for whatever other need be.