This document summarizes benefits offered by major tech companies including Google, Facebook, Apple, LinkedIn, Twitter, Amazon, Salesforce, and Yahoo to their employees. It outlines various benefits like paid time off, holidays, health insurance, commuting assistance, tuition reimbursement, product discounts, and philanthropic programs. The benefits provided vary between company headquarters and other locations. Most companies offer competitive benefits to attract and retain talent in a challenging labor market.

1. Employee Benefits
March 2013
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 Google
 Facebook
 Apple
 LinkedIn
 Twitter
 Amazon
 Salesforce.com
 Yahoo
Global Locations
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• Aarhus
• Bangalore
• Bay Area
• Beijing
• Boston
• Dublin
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• Herzliya
• London
• Moscow
• New York City
• Seattle
• Shanghai
• St. Petersburg
• Taipei
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7. Flex time, paid vacation and shuttle services are some of the common benefits offered by tech
companies
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Tuition Fees
Product
Discounts
Flexi Time
off
Commute
Vacation
• These benefits are available at HQ locations. The benefits vary across centers
• [1] As on Aug, 2012
Hobby
Projects
Reimbursement up to
$12,000/ year to
pursue higher
education
•PTO: 15 – 25 days
•Unlimited Sick Leave
•Holidays- 12 days
Free shuttle service
from several locations
in and around San
Francisco
15 days paid vacation
for first three years
and 20 days there on
Under ‘20% time’
initiative, engineers
can devote 1/5th of
their time on projects
of their choice[1]
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•PTO: 21days
•Unlimited Sick Leave
•Holidays- 11 days
Free shuttle service or
100% reimbursement
of travel expenses
21 days paid vacation
Reimbursement of
tuition fees to
encourage higher
education
PTO: 12 days
Holidays- 11 days
Free shuttle Service or
reimbursement of
travel expenses
12 days paid vacation
The initiative ‘Blue
Sky’ allows a group of
staffers to spend
couple of weeks on a
pet engineering
project
Apple provides up to
25% discount on
products for
employees
•PTO: 21days
•Unlimited Sick Leave
•Holidays- 13 days
Free vanpool and
shuttle service
15 days paid vacation
One Friday a month is
allotted to projects of
personal interest.
LinkedIn provides free
premium membership
account for
employees
Google Facebook Apple Linkedin
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8. Product discounts and education support are the other key benefits offered to employees
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Tuition Fees
Product
Discounts
Flexi Time
off
Commute
Vacation
Philanthropy Benefits:
• Yahoo! offers additional day off annually for community services. The company also matches individual charitable contributions up to $1,000 a year.
• Salesforce.com offers 6 days off for employees to devote their time for community service. It has a gift matching program for its employees up to $1,000 a year,
for their charitable contributions
• Apple provides product discounts to its employees to match their charitable contributions
Note: Details on philanthropy benefits provided by other peer companies are not available
95% reimbursement
towards the cost of
tuition fees annually (up
to $2,000)
•PTO: 12 days
•Sick leave: 12 days
•Holidays- 14 days
Free shuttle service from
several locations in and
around San Francisco
Two weeks of vacation
during the first year and
three weeks in the
subsequent years
10% discount on the first
$1000 spent on
Amazon.com every year
Allowance up to $5,250
annually towards tuition
fees and books
•PTO: 12 days
•Holidays- 20 - 22 days
Free transport or
transport allowances
15 days paid vacation
every year.
Special employee offers
on selected Yahoo!
products and
merchandises
100% reimbursement up
to $5000 for the cost of
tuition fees and books
• PTO: 15 – 25 days based
on the years of service
to the company
•Holidays- 13 days
$245 for commuting
expenses and up to $245
for parking expenses
every month
*
Amazon Yahoo Salesforce
* Details not disclosed by the company
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•PTO: Flexible
•Unlimited Sick Leave
•Holidays- Unlimited
Commuter program: Partial
reimbursement of travel
expenses
Unlimited/ flexible vacation
policy
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