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PerkSpot Mentioned in United Airlines Hemispheres Online Magazine

posted on: May 8, 2009

We’re thrilled to have been mentioned in the most recent United Hemispheres Magazine article about perks on the job.

There are two ways to put money in your workers’ pockets: Take it out of yours, or help them save their own. Wegmans, a grocery store chain that’s perennially on Fortune’s list, gave out 10 percent food discounts at holiday time last year. Outfits like Chicago-based PerkSpot match up vendors offering discounts — on everything from restaurants to cell phone providers — with companies looking to beef up benefit packages. PerkSpot CEO Chris Hill says discount programs “soften the blow on employees” when other perks have to be sacrificed.

This relevant article points out just how effective employee perks are at keeping employee morale high and employee retention even higher. There are many different perks out there that are laid out in the article — way beyond offering the obvious free coffee. Still, this cultural shift is not just a product of what businessman and theorist Cam Marston has called “Millennials” – a new generation that has come to “expect” such benefits. With a platform like PerkSpot, these types of employee discount programs, perks, corporate benefits, voluntary benefits, rewards & recognition are easy to offer.

Perks help your company and your human resources department, no matter what generation they’re in.