5 Companies you'll wish you worked for.

1. GOOGLE.
While you may stop to ask what could ever be better than a job at Facebook, the answer is simple: a job at Google. The perks of all other companies pale in comparison to those offered by this mega-sized, multinational tech company headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

With 70 offices in over 40 countries and roughly 30,000 employees, you’d think they couldn’t afford company perks.But each office offers its own unique benefits to employees. The Venice, CA office, for example, has several micro kitchens available full of snacks and locally produced foods, while the company garden in the courtyard offers a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. 

In all of its childcare centers organic vegetable gardens are in operation enabling kids to grow their own food while mom and dad collect the dough. Onsite services range from free hair cuts to gym facilities, laundry machines, massages, yoga, car washes and dinners. And $12,000 is offered annually to employees seeking reimbursement on tuition costs.Dogs in the office are allowed, and new parents can expense up to $500 for take out in the first few months of parenthood.

It’s a wonder employees actually live away from the office. On top of the day to day help with chores and meals, Google offers a variety of entertainment services as well from bowling alleys to bocce courts.

2. FACEBOOK.

Facebook has been hailed as the new workplace utopia; where employees work for the fun of it and hang out together drinking free bubbly, writing on walls and generally buzzing out on the high of life that is one endless frat party. 

With the company headquarters blazing a trail in open-concept office layouts and commissioning their walls to bad-boy graffiti artist David Choe, it certainly sounds like Facebook is on the cutting edge of corporate America. But with more than 1 billion users, the online social network of over 6,000 employees is arguably one of the biggest and most profitable businesses out there. 

Employees receive an endless menu of freebies from transportation and bike repair to dry cleaning, gym activities and meals. Headquarters offer everything from on-site candy shops, barber shops and video arcades to vending machine stocked with computer accessories. Expectant parents also receive baby bonuses to help with purchases, and those without children are able to access a plethora of medical and retirement benefits, stipends and reimbursements.

3. YAHOO.

The global internet corporation based in Sunnyvale, CA, is a dream come true for many in the computer programming workforce, offering perks for employees on another level. Through its Influential Speakers Series, Yahoo! brings in Hollywood movie stars like Tom Cruise and inspirational big-name gurus like Deepak Chopra to help motivate and instill the exclamation point in their workforce.

While work is long and hard the company also encourages its employees to play out stress on a regular basis, providing on-site gyms, basketball and volleyball courts. There’s regular social activities from live concerts with Taylor Swift to enormous company sponsored barbeques.

At the implementation of savvy CEO Marissa Mayer in 2013, a number of plans were announced with new perks including increased stock options for staff as well as free food and snacks available throughout the day. New parents receive cash bonuses of $500 for baby items, with generous maternity/paternity leave packages. 

Other Yahoo! programs include health and wellness and lifelong learning incentives for employees looking to better themselves in all areas of their lives. Yahoo! seemingly works hard to diminish the attraction of just showing up at work to phone in another indifferent shift.

4. SCRIPPS HEALTH.

The San Diego-based non-profit health care system has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune Magazine for the 6th year running and offers a lucrative annual bonus cheque system for their more than 13,000 employees.

In 2010 the company awarded nearly $4 million to employees who met their performance quotas. A college savings plan and discount tuition rates gives employees a chance to save on post-secondary education opportunities, and the company also provides life and accidental death insurance, as well as adoption reimbursement and onsite child care facilities.

The company’s wellness program offers healthy lifestyle assessments, programs and coaching, as well as a variety of preventative care activities. Employees also receive a plethora of convenience-based value-added perks through concierge services, on-site massages and pet insurance for those with fluffy four-legged life partners.

5. ERNST AND YOUNG.

This London-based global tax advisory service offers a host of perks for their hardworking employees, from Employee pricing for computers and monthly cell discounts to vacation discount vacation airfares, hotel and car rentals, and up to 90% discounts at restaurants.

E&Y’s benefits also offer a hefty compensation package for the families of employees who die during tenure to the firm; receiving $50,000 or four months’ salary, whichever is greater. Concierge services are available, as are working parents’ networks and parental leave benefits. While there are no tuition reimbursements, employees that receive their CPA within their starter year with the company get a financial bonus, and bonuses are also available for passing CPA classes. 

The company offers backup services for those whose daycare providers call in sick, and the office in New York boasts a comprehensive cafeteria with meals at subsidized prices.