Do your employees and bottom line a favor—think before you dole out those trendy benefits.
Companies eager to mimic the success of major high-tech firms like Google, Apple, and Facebook are quickly hopping on their benefits wagon by offering office perks like game rooms, free lunches, and unlimited vacation in the hopes of engaging and retaining top talent.
But lately, some firms are taking a hard look at some unintended consequences of a perk-filled workplace, the messages such benefits send, and whether perks really benefit companies and employees. As a result, some cutting-edge workplaces have rolled them back, or even skipped them entirely.
