While a competitive salary is still the key aspect driver for attracting new talent and the most common reason people look for a new job, health and wellbeing along with achieving a better work-life balance have become increasingly important to American workers.
This is why tangible benefits that can help achieve this, along with fostering job satisfaction and professional fulfillment, have become the driving force in retaining staff.
So if you're in the market for a new job and are currently weighing up your options, looking beyond the salary guide and honing in on the finer details is equally important-and lucrative too.
Read on to find out the five benefits you should look for in a new job.
1. Flexible work
Despite rumblings of return to office orders, most employers have embraced hybrid and remote working options-63% of high-growth organizations across the U.S. have implemented a hybrid model and this figure is expected to grow to 74%. With the majority of employees (78%) reporting increased productivity and work-life balance, flexible working arrangements are now considered an essential benefit and something to look out for when researching companies.
2. Paid time off
On average, American workers are given around 10 days of paid time off per year. However with no federal law supporting mandatory paid time off, the amount your employer does or doesn't give you is discretionary.
In fact, one in four U.S. workers receives no paid vacation leave, which falls far behind the European average of 30 days in annual leave. Thankfully, lots of organizations are addressing this outdated and unsustainable way of working by standardizing paid time off (PTO) and even offering additional days for health and wellbeing.
3. Learning and development
Continuous learning and on-the-job upskilling aren't just beneficial to an employers' bottom line. When employees are given the opportunity to develop professionally and personally, it can help boost engagement and motivation too.
4. A retirement plan
For those at the start of their careers, a retirement plan like a 401(k) might be low on their list of priorities. But with retirement age increasing around the globe and the 60-year career becoming a reality for today's children, it's never been more prudent to secure your financial future so that you don't have to work into your eighties and beyond.
5. Health and wellbeing
While the "perkcession" is in full swing and tech workers are getting used to paying for their own laundry (Meta), yoga classes and massages (Google) and barista-made coffee (Salesforce), lots of employers are still investing in the health and wellbeing of their staff via robust health and dental insurance plans and access to mental health resources.
Looking for a new opportunity in a company that prioritizes benefits for its employees? The Tech Times Job Board is the perfect place to start your search as it features thousands of openings, like the three below.
Sr Staff Cyber Security Engineer, GE Aviation, Cincinnati
The Sr Staff Cyber Security Engineer is responsible for partnering with core development teams to plan and deliver secure development resources within the organization. As such, you will collaborate with software development teams across GE to establish and drive industry-leading patterns to create products and services and provide insights directly to developers. You will also be required to focus on automation and orchestration to prevent cyber security risks while promoting the utilization of CI/CD tools for automating builds, testing and deployment. See the full job description here.
Firmware Validation Engineer, Accenture, San Jose
The silicon design group at Accenture uses the latest silicon technologies and processes across architecture, logic design, verification, physical design, emulation and firmware. It is hiring a Firmware Validation Engineer with experience owning the system design and firmware on hardware prototype projects and development platforms to join its team. Collaborating in a team environment across engineering disciplines, you will develop USB HID based interfaces and boot loaders, code firmware to drive novel display systems and cameras and devise and implement low-latency network interface protocols. View more details here.
Cloud Network Engineer, Autodesk, GA
Autodesk is looking for a Cloud Network Engineer to join its global network engineering team. In this role you will be responsible for maturing cloud-based network systems, including designing secure VPC configurations, configuring NAT gateways, securing cloud workload routing via route aggregation solutions etc. You will participate in cross-team and organizational projects, designing, documenting, and implementing new and secure networking solutions. Applicants should have seven-plus years' experience in large-scale network and cloud-based infrastructure, expert knowledge of AWS, Azure networking design and services. Get more information here.
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