At Comcast Communications, every employee is entitled to free cable service for as long as they are employed at the firm. About 75 percent of Comcast's 500 employees living in the company's Sacramento-Roseville franchise area take advantage of the perk. We have so many people working so many different shifts, it's tough to get everybody together. Managers and directors flip the burgers. Comcast also has an arrangement with suppliers who give away prizes, such as cruises and camcorders, to customer service and sales employees who reach or exceed goals.
Employers naturally try to tailor their perks to the kind of workers they're seeking to hire.
It offers discount purchases on various sporting-goods lines, from mountain bikes to snowboards, said the firm's president, Greg Bauer. Sanders said he knows of a major high-tech firm that distributes new BMWs each year to its top sales people. A small tech firm cooks dinner every evening for employees who stay late, he said. Bee staff writers Cathleen Ferraro, Mark Glover, Dale Kasler and Clint Swett contributed to this story. Store My Resume to instantly apply for jobs.