From Egg Freezing To Tuition Reimbursement, Company Perks Are Up In Tight Labor Market
With unemployment down, companies are experiencing a shortage of workers. Some are offering a new array of incentives beyond higher pay to lure employees.
Truck drivers can get a $5,000 signing bonus to drive for Walmart. Kroger grocery baggers can get tuition reimbursed. New-mother baristas at Starbucks now can get their full salary for up to six weeks of maternity leave. And traveling Goldman Sachs bankers can ship their breast milk home for free.
These new job perks are just a few signs of the hot and competitive labor market. The U.S. unemployment rate is its been in decades. That means companies from restaurants to engineering
