Comments on: Benefit or Entitlement

By: It’s Not About Free — hr bartender

It’s Not About Free — hr bartender — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 08:34:12 +0000

[...] You can give something away for free because people won’t pay for it. Either because there’s so much competition keeping the price ridiculously low or because people view it as an entitlement – that should be free anyway. It will be interesting to watch the NYTimes scenario. Is “the news” as we know it considered information worth paying for? Or is news an entitlement that people feel should be free? [...]

By: shannon

shannon — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:57:04 +0000

Google offers its employees many benifits. They give the employee no reason to leave. The more benefits the the employees produce more. I would say go with the free coffee.

shannon

By: Change the Dress Code — hr bartender

Change the Dress Code — hr bartender — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:52:13 +0000

[...] to give your employees a benefit that puts money back in their pocket? Change the dress code. The goal of a dress code policy [...]

By: Integrity and horse manure: finding True North on the Moral Compass « Don’t Compromise!

Wed, 20 May 2009 15:57:52 +0000

[...] blog has two good posts, both of which have a bearing on on this little moral vipers’ nest: Benefit or Entitlement – which looks at how things can metamorphose from benefits or perks into ‘entitlements’ if [...]

By: Lindsay

Lindsay — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:32:51 +0000

There’s a concept in real estate law that when a certain path has been used as a right-of-way for a certain length of time, the owner of the land can no longer revoke that access. In fact, the right goes with the property when sold (there are a few exceptions, but that’s the general rule…) Maybe the same thing applies to stuff that starts as “perks” like free coffee or tea, water bottles….we acquire a legal right of access that remains with the item…

By: John

John — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:10:27 +0000

I did a stint at Microsoft and they provided free Coke (not the nasal kind) so I am not sure whether it was for Microsoft’s benefit or the Employee’s benefit., i.e. to increase the on the job performance of it’s employees, with added caffeine.

By: Barry Brown

Barry Brown — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:12:29 +0000

I think if you do just about anything dealing with pay, benefits, or perqs more than once, it starts to become an entitlement. My definition of ‘entitlement’ doesn’t match with the dictionary, but probably resonates with HR folks.

I think free coffee is another way of saying, we’re glad you’re here. And, it’s another way to say “we care.”