15 Tech Companies with Employee Perks Worth Learning From

1. Google: wellbeing at work

Google’s research careers website highlights on-site fitness and wellness centres as part of its approach to supporting employees. These facilities illustrate how a workplace can make exercise and wellbeing easier to fit around the working day.

For smaller businesses, the useful lesson is accessibility: staff should be able to take breaks and look after themselves without feeling that they are neglecting their work.

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2. Microsoft: benefits employees can personalise

Microsoft’s UK package includes private healthcare, a pension, life assurance and income protection. It also lists a Flexi Fund equivalent to 2% of salary, which employees can use to enhance core benefits or select additional cover.

Options include dental, travel and critical illness insurance. The appeal is choice: employees can direct the fund towards the support that matters most to them.

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3. Cisco: paid time to give back

Cisco highlights paid volunteering time, charitable donation matching and learning resources on its careers website. Its benefits also include support for self-care and family responsibilities.

Giving employees time to support a cause they care about is an idea smaller employers can adapt, even if their budget only stretches to one volunteering day each year.

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4. Adobe: support for wellbeing and education

Adobe’s UK benefits website lists wellbeing reimbursement and education reimbursement, alongside support for health, family life and time away from work.

These programmes address two useful questions: what helps employees stay well, and what helps them progress? A benefits package that answers both can be relevant at different stages of a career.

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5. Salesforce: seven paid volunteering days

Salesforce publishes a particularly clear volunteering benefit: employees receive seven paid volunteering days each year.

That gives staff meaningful time to contribute to charities and community projects. For employers considering a similar scheme, practical details matter: explain which activities qualify and how employees should arrange cover.

Explore Salesforce’s employee volunteering programme.

6. Spotify: substantial support for new parents

Spotify’s published benefits include six months of paid parental leave for new parents. The leave can be taken in intervals up to the child’s third birthday, and the company also describes support for returning to work.

The flexibility is as notable as the duration. Families have different needs, and allowing leave to be used over time can make a benefit more practical.

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7. Atlassian: help with working from home

Atlassian’s UK benefits include a monthly remote-work allowance, an online ergonomic tool and a tuition learning budget. Its Flex Wallet lets employees choose from eligible expenses that support their individual needs.

For businesses with remote staff, this offers a useful principle: agree what equipment and ongoing support people need to work comfortably and effectively.

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8. HubSpot: learning and family support

HubSpot publishes tuition reimbursement and employee development benefits, as well as parental and family-forming support, subject to local rules.

These benefits recognise that employees’ priorities change. Someone building professional qualifications may value education funding, while another colleague may place greater importance on support for a growing family.

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9. Canva: a flexible wellbeing allowance

Canva’s Vibe & Thrive allowance gives employees an annual budget for wellbeing and development. Its published benefits also include three volunteering days and additional paid time off to mark five and ten years of service.

A flexible allowance is an interesting alternative to choosing the same perk for everyone. Clear spending rules help employees understand what they can claim.

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10. Intuit: wellbeing beyond the office

Intuit’s Well-Being for Life programme reimburses eligible expenses relating to physical, emotional and mental health. The company also describes internal workshops, training events and educational tools.

This combination supports everyday wellbeing and longer-term development. It also provides benefits that do not depend entirely on access to a particular office.

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11. SAS: practical help for families

SAS publishes benefits including tuition assistance, career coaching and family support. Its US campus examples include an on-site healthcare centre, childcare and recreation facilities.

These facilities demonstrate how employers can reduce everyday logistical pressures. However, applicants should check the package for their own location rather than assuming that headquarters amenities are offered everywhere.

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12. NVIDIA: financial and family support

NVIDIA’s US benefits website covers healthcare, mental health, family care and financial wellbeing. Listed programmes include an employee share purchase plan and student loan repayment support.

The useful lesson is breadth: a benefits package can address pressures outside the workplace as well as needs within it. These examples are US-specific; local arrangements should be checked separately.

Explore NVIDIA’s US benefits.

13. Qualcomm: investment in professional growth

Qualcomm’s careers website highlights tuition reimbursement, mentoring, employee recognition and career development.

For people working in a fast-changing industry, opportunities to build skills can be a valuable part of the employment package. Smaller businesses can take inspiration by setting aside both a training budget and time to use it.

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14. Amgen: support for parents and carers

Biotechnology company Amgen publishes adoption support, an employee assistance programme and childcare facilities or discount options at some locations. Fitness facilities or local fitness support are also available in some locations.

The emphasis is on practical support for employees and their families. Availability differs by location, so individual arrangements need checking.

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15. Genentech: time to recharge

Genentech’s US careers site describes a six-week sabbatical after every six years with the company. It also lists location-dependent services such as childcare, fitness facilities and financial advising.

Extended leave is a distinctive way to recognise long service. Businesses considering it need to plan staffing cover carefully so employees can take the time without returning to an unmanageable backlog.

Explore Genentech’s employee benefits.