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poll, please: what freebies or concessions do you get from work?

Posted by wednesday jones (aka amanda) Aug 3 '12, 10:16

10% discount at campus eateries.
$5 per month bus pass
five ice cream socials a year
NCAA sanctions

Responses:

Nada. -- nm - Stephen Aug 3, 10:46
College tuition for me and my immediate family. -- nm - Jim Aug 3, 10:41 1
- Can you adopt my children in a few years? -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:42
Discounted newspaper. Occasional perks from customers (helicopter rides, free zip line passes) -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 3, 10:30
Discounted public transportation, gym membership, lots of other discounts. Most unusual one is discounted home water delivery. - GregW Aug 3, 10:28 8
- do we know what you do? how do I not know? (because I am a horrible person??) -- nm - wednesday jones Aug 3, 10:29 7
  - No, I have changed jobs/contracts so often over the past 6 years, it is hard to keep up. - GregW Aug 3, 10:31 6
    - do you get car discounts?? (I forgot, I also get 75% off tuition.) -- nm - wednesday jones Aug 3, 10:33 3
      - Yes, so far GM, Nissan and Hyundai. We just signed Mercedes as a customer, so everyone is hoping they add something too. -- nm - GregW Aug 3, 10:39 2
        
        That was a nice perk of working for an auto parts manufacturer -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:40 1
        
        Yeah, and the largest purchaser of cars in the US. - spamlet Aug 3, 10:43
    - "Press F1 to cheat the buyer" - oblique Aug 3, 10:33 1
      - No, that's just built into the software. -- nm - spamlet Aug 3, 10:35
We have an AT&T discount but it's less than my last job so I'm not using it. - spamlet Aug 3, 10:24 1
- crud. We get the AT&T Discount as well for monthly charges but not on purchases. - Mel Profit Aug 3, 10:25
Chances are good you get some kind of discount from your cell provider just by dropping your employer's name. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:23 3
- Oh, we also get Office for $10 as part of our MS licensing -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:24 2
  - I miss that. -- nm - spamlet Aug 3, 10:25
  - yeah we get that one too. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:24
got a (small) discount on my mortgage. -- nm - znufrii Aug 3, 10:22 3
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  - they'll never boot you off. my BoA account is a student account. -- nm - wednesday jones Aug 3, 10:32 1
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We get free lunch a few times a month for various reasons. Jewish holidays in addition to regular ones. Family day in the summer - Andie Aug 3, 10:20 1
- oh, and cookies. -- nm - Andie Aug 3, 10:20
Band-aids and tylenol. I'm right next to the safety office. I got a free safety vest for riding my bike. Could probably get a hard hat. -- nm - landbeck Aug 3, 10:19 3
- ooh, I have a hard hat too! -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:20 2
  - but enough about your sex life. -- nm - loosilu Aug 3, 10:21 1
    - silly loosilu. I call that the jackhammer! -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:21
discounted public transportation... - Mel Profit Aug 3, 10:19 3
- We get free bus transportation at work. But then, so does everyone else in town. -- nm - Mop Aug 3, 10:22
- we get random picnics and usually a twice a year ice cream social... - Mel Profit Aug 3, 10:20
- It bums me out that I work for an Environmental Agency, and there is NO public transport within two miles of our building. -- nm - landbeck Aug 3, 10:20
Occasional picnics, Christmas party, discounts at various providers (Verizon, Dell, etc), cell phone + service, iPad + 4G service, onsite gym -- nm - oblique Aug 3, 10:18 3
- the hotel across the street lets us use their gym and pool for $10 per month. it's not a bad deal, I suppose. - wednesday jones Aug 3, 10:23
- onsite gym is nice. -- nm - Andie Aug 3, 10:21 1
  - It is (and brand new) - oblique Aug 3, 10:22
coffee. -- nm - loosilu2 Aug 3, 10:18
$50 a month towards my cell phone or something. I get 10% off invoice price for a new Toyota/Scion too. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 3, 10:17 2
- oh, I get 18% off at sprint, 22% off at verizon, and 25% off at AT&T. I forgot. -- nm - wednesday jones Aug 3, 10:18 1
  - everyone should have three phones -- nm - lovesick ass Aug 3, 10:22
free lunch every now and then -- nm - lovesick ass Aug 3, 10:17 1
- And Donuts every once and a while -- nm - amoxy Aug 3, 10:18

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