And replacing a good employee can cost a lot, too. You may have paid a fee to an agency to find someone. Even if you didn't pay a fee, you spent money on advertising. Exodus regularly hands out such rewards as Palm Pilots and weekend getaways. Other staffers get three months for every seven to ten years.
Many companies reimburse a portion of tuition expenses, but some are more generous than others.
America Online covers up to 100 percent of the costs of employees' continuing education. Both Discovery Communications and Watson Wyatt reimburse 80 percent. Capital One pays 100 percent of costs for continuing education at public institutions and 80 percent at private ones. Looking Past the Benefits Generous benefits are nice, but make sure when you examine prospective employers' packages that the perks are for you, not them. But if the benefits are all things like a concierge to run your errands or free dinners if you're still working at 7 PM, it's an indication that your workdays will be long.