Cutting staff benefits

Workers at Axa PPP have lost their free fruit perk. Photograph: Andrew Hasson/Andrew Hasson

Tea on tap, crumpets for breakfast, and, oh, maybe a nice free round of Friday drinks to help you wind down at the end of a long hard week. Ah, it’s the little perks that can make going to work feel worthwhile sometimes.

OK, so it’s obviously far more practical and sensible to appreciate long-term employee benefits such as private healthcare and a generous pension scheme, but who doesn’t secretly love a freebie, especially if it’s something your boss is paying for?

Read the original article at Guardian

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