Perks and wreck: Not all company benefits score with employees
Free daycare, Friday bagels and a photo with the CEO. If you had to choose one perk you could do without, you'd probably choose the BFF photo with the boss. While the intentions may be pure, some employee perks miss the mark. We wanted to know if you were ever offered a gift or service that bordered on the ridiculous, offensive or just plain lousy? Here's a quick look at some of the more absurd benefits that companies offered its employees:
"I work for a small financial firm and one year, our boss thought it would be a good idea to take the leadership team, which consists of three men and three women, on a quail-hunting outing. It was a disaster. I went out and realized I had to shoot these things that were just hopping around on the ground until they flew in the air to get away after the dog went after them. Right. No way. I didn't pull the trigger once. Just a bad idea."
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