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A simple chart to help businesses prioritize employee benefits

Which perks may help your business attract and retain top talent? This chart can help you rethink your overall approach to employee benefits.
A woman prioritizing the benefits she offers to her employees. A puppy sits in her lap.
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The job market has evolved far beyond boilerplate pensions and lifelong employees. Winning top talent today means distinguishing your business by providing benefits and perks that respond to fluctuating trends.

The winning combination is probably a mix of established ideas (such as the bedrock of company health insurance) and new ones that were shaped by the pandemic (more flexible schedules).

This simple chart organizes benefits into a hierarchy according to cost to the employer鈥攁s well as tiers within each price level to show which benefits tend to be more foundational. This may help you set or adjust your priorities for 2022.

The employee benefit hierarchy

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Tier 1 Tier 2
  • Flexible schedule/remote work
  • Pet insurance (voluntary)
  • Employee recognition tailored to a more scattered workforce
  • Clothing theme days (T-shirt Tuesdays, etc.)
  • Bring-your-dog-to-work day
  • Office chili cook-off

The benefit to you

Flex time has become a core concern. And voluntary pet insurance has boomed, with the last five years.

The benefit to you

Think in terms of a more imaginative 鈥渃asual Fridays鈥 updated for the 21st century. These more creative and frivolous perks may boost morale or encourage team building but can鈥檛 be the primary drivers of recruitment and retention.
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Tier 1 Tier 2
  • Food/meals for employees
  • Extra days off
  • Flu shots/over-the-counter health care
  • Gym access/membership (including virtual workout options)
  • Discounts for tickets/retailers
  • Stipends for home office/work supplies

The benefit to you

Food and extra time tend to be the most popular extra perks a business owner can buy, because they鈥檙e the most universal. And they can be adapted to the pandemic鈥攆or instance, food trucks as a safer, more distant alternative to pizza boxes stacked in a stuffy conference room.

The benefit to you

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 鈥攂ecause it benefits the business as much as employees. Your local chamber of commerce or a similar civic group may be a conduit to good deals on discounts for events or retailers.
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Tier 1 Tier 2

The benefit to you

Do employees feel fairly compensated for their work? Can they rely on you to help provide them quality health care and ample personal time now and access to retirement plan savings? These core benefits are the most persuasive in the job market.

The benefit to you

Help employees customize their personal protection, medical care, and financial savings to better suit individual needs.

Next steps

Attracting & retaining my workforce
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