1st August 2007, 10:33 PM
It seems that most of the consultancies are offering this sort of flexible benefits scheme. Our company has something very similar. There are a few benefits such as car allowance and family cover on the health insurance, that don't kick in until you reach higher levels, but on the whole most of the benefits are available. With our scheme though you have to decide in December what your options are for the following year - you can't suddenly decide you want to buy more holiday in August - unless you have a major change in lifestyle like having kids, getting married etc.
Overall its a good to have the flexibility, but I wouldn't change jobs for it!
It's worth just remembering though that you do pay for all of them - by the time you buy extra days off, travel insurance, childcare vouchers etc. your take-home cash starts to dwindle quickly!!
Overall its a good to have the flexibility, but I wouldn't change jobs for it!
It's worth just remembering though that you do pay for all of them - by the time you buy extra days off, travel insurance, childcare vouchers etc. your take-home cash starts to dwindle quickly!!