Are you likely to find jobs that provide the benefits you want? Would you consider employers who do not offer these benefits? What factors would influence your decision? Self-A

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One way companies determine which types of benefits to provide is to use a survey asking employees which types of benefits are important to them. Read the following list of employee benefits. For each benefit, mark an X in the column that indicates whether it is important to you or not.

Source: Based on Figure 2. “Percent of Employers Offering Work/Life Benefits (by Year),” in Workplace Visions 4 (2002), p. 3, published by the Society for Human Resource Management.

Important to Have

Not Important to Have

Q: Dependent-care �exible spending account  

Q: Flextime  

Q: Ability to bring child to work in case of emergency  

Q: Elder-care referral services  

Q: Adoption assistance  

Q: On-site child care center  

Q: Gym subsidy  

Q: Vaccinations on site (e.g., �u shots)  

Q: On-site �tness center  

Q: Casual dress days (every day)  

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Q: Organization-sponsored sports teams  

Q: Food services/subsidized cafeteria  

Q: Travel-planning services  

Q: Dry-cleaning services  

Q: Massage therapy services at work  

Q: Self-defense training  

Q: Concierge services  

Dependent-care �exible spending account

Dependent- care

�exible spending account

0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 70% of Employers offer this benefit

Flextime

Flextime 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 64% of Employers offer this benefit

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Ability to bring child to work in case of emergency

Ability to bring child to work in

case of emergency

0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 30% of Employers offer this benefit

Elder-care referral services

Elder- care

referral services 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 21% of Employers offer this benefit

Adoption assistance

Adoption assistance

0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 21% of Employers offer this benefit

On-site child care center

On-site child care

center 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 6% of Employers offer this benefit

Gym subsidy

Gym subsidy

0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 28% of Employers offer this benefit

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Vaccinations on site (e.g., �u shots)

Vaccinations on site (e.g.,

�u shots) 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 61% of Employers offer this benefit

On-site �tness center

On-site �tness center 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 26% of Employers offer this benefit

Casual dress days (every day)

Casual dress days

(every day)

0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 53% of Employers offer this benefit

Organization-sponsored sports teams

Organization- sponsored

sports teams 0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 39% of Employers offer this benefit

Food services/subsidized cafeteria

Food services/subsidized

cafeteria 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 29% of Employers offer this benefit

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Travel-planning services

Travel- planning services 0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 27% of Employers offer this benefit

Dry-cleaning services

Dry- cleaning services 0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 15% of Employers offer this benefit

Massage therapy services at work

Massage therapy services at work 0 1

1 1/1

You said this was important. 12% of Employers offer this benefit

Self-defense training

Self- defense training 0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 6% of Employers offer this benefit

Concierge services

Concierge services

0 1

0 0/1

You said this is not important. 4% of Employers offer this benefit

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