Reply #31: We have a generous benefits package, courtesy of our Union... [View All]

[thom1102]

Another telephone employee here, and I get:

dollar for dollar matching 401k up to 6%,

Immediately vested Pension benefits,

full medical benefits without contributing (strike in 1998 eliminated our 20% contribution), including dental, orthodontics, and vision.

paid vacation (<7 years= 2 wks, >7 but <15 years= 3 weeks, >15 but< 25 years=4 wks, >25 years=5 weeks)

10 sick days

4 personal days (this contract, for agreeing to the new contract early, they gave us a 5th personal day)

10 holidays (New Years, President's Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, 4th of July, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and the Friday after, and Christmas.)

Bonus in March (usually a couple hundred dollars).

Overtime: time and a half over eight hours per day, and after 11 hours of overtime during the week, it's double time.

tuition reimbursement for selected majors.

Adoption cost reimbursement.

Domestic Partner benefits.

Paid Bereavement time.

Overall, really good, but they have scaled back. We did have a clothing allowance, team building alowance that would allow for bosses to take their team out for dinner, or what ever they would choose, other little things like this that they have scaled back on since the economy tanked.