Maximize your Employee Perks
Aside from Health, Transit, and Legal benefits
that many companies provide there a lot of little perks you may not be aware of
that can really help keep more of your hard money in your pocket. It varies for
each company but here are some to be aware of.
Company Pantry. Buying Coffee and Milk at home even, on
average can easily cost you $10 a month.
So it was a real perk that my work place has unlimited high quality
Coffee, Hot Chocolate, Tea and Creamer. I also fill my Water bottle with their
filtered water. If you want to be
extreme depending on your companies security you can even take some home
gradually so you don’t even have to pay for your weekend fix. Obviously, I wouldn’t do it if it could cost
you your job for theft.
Bathroom. If you pay for your utilities like water,
going to the bathroom at work versus at home can help you save on electricity,
water and toilet paper expenses. I
started going AM, MID day and just before I leave for home and you will notice
especially that you need to refill your toilet paper a lot less. And If you work at a pretty posh, office the
bathroom can be a source of unlimited paper towels. Mines, still hasn’t upgraded to the rolling
dispenser instead it has the individual hand paper towels that are so easy to
just grab a bunch and take home.
Cafeteria/ Kitchen. It can be can be a great source for free utensils
and condiments. The best part is I use the
Freezer to store my Batch Cooking meals!
Conferences/Parties/
Meetings. If you work for a
particularly wasteful company, you will find that after big conferences where
they feed guests, there’s always yummy left overs. Same goes for parties and
events like Bagel Fridays or occasional Pizza for stressful days. I always make sure I have empty Tupperware
for those events so I can take home what is left over and it literally will
save you the cost of your next meal.
Meal Perks. Some companies will give you money for meals
when you work Overtime. When that happens,
instead of spending it on a Lobster dinner, I skip on appetizers and drinks,
and just go for buying as many items that I can covert to multiple meals. For example, instead of buying Sushi, I’d go
for cheaper Thai or Chinese meals and try to order things like meat
dishes. So that ways, I could take it
home and stretch the meat by adding veggies to the dish.
Employee Discounts. Some companies can offer you discounts on
everything from clothes to cell phone plans, definitely worth looking
into.
Entertainment. One of the companies, I worked for when you
showed your ID, you got free admission to practically every museum in the city.
Printer. One of the companies, I worked for had a
really relaxed internet and printer policy.
So basically I got to print everything I ever needed via the company
printer. I saved so much money on Printer
ink which is quite expensive. And I
mostly printed coupons which helped me save even more!
These are the ones I immediately thought of I’m sure there
are lots more depending on where you work.
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