take, for instance, natural habitat adventure, the travel company based in boulder, colorado. its founder wanted to create an office just like home to staff so they would look forward to coming in. here you can find pets running around and even beer on tap. and it s working. outside magazine voted it the number one place to work over the past several years. very important for me that they stay here forever and many our people have been here 15, 17 years. that s really where we want to be. we want to be in a spot where our staff want to be here for a full lifetime of their employment. and some of the other perks you ll find around the country, meditation and massages at your desk. we could use that here at the fox news channel. long paid sabbatical with adoption and invitro fertilization help and free breakfast and lunch. who said there was no free lunch? back to you. arthel: very good. they treat us well here. they do treat us well. yes, they coo. arthel: nice to see you an
yeah, that s right. hi. companies feel they have to do something to stay competitive. if they can t offer the big bucks and they have to come up with something pretty unique to keep and recruit talented workers. these perks we re talking about are wide ranging. companies like toy manufacturer mattel, they take pride in their innovative benefit programs. here you ll find everything from on site fitness centers and dry cleaning to pet insurance, even half day fridays year round. the experts tell us other companies use these types of perks to offset heavier work loads, higher health insurance cost asks reduced 401(k) matching. but no matter what the reason, apparently it s good for business. when employees are happy, those companies show up on those top places to work list and i do think perks have a huge are a huge part of really signaling that a company cares about its employees and wants to go out of its way to make sure the employees are engaged.