Tag: benefits

10 companies with employee benefits you won’t believe

By Sarah K. White Startup culture introduced a lot of change to the traditional workplace by normalizing open office plans, fun break rooms, free food and flexible schedules. Part of these perks are a way to compete for the top tech talent, but they also serve as a way to keep current employees happy, encouraging…

IDG Contributor Network: Amazon’s wacky workweek hours experiment

By Evan Schuman Amazon has never shied away from an experiment and, indeed, many of Amazon’s nontraditional business processes are now SOP for everyone else. Therefore, its experiments are worth watching. A new one surfaced this week, an effort to offer 30-hour workweeks “for select employees.” As described by The Washington Post, “the program will…