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Stakes in the talent race are heating up, leading a number of companies to adopt fanciful perks as a recruiting tool. The trend is so notable that a recent feature film - The Internship - showcased Google's novel perks, including free automobiles for the carless, on-site laundry and dry cleaning, free meals, massage chairs, and sleep pods.
But if employees are unhappy with management, perks don't work past a certain point - no matter how appealing - according to Gallup's 2013 State of the American Workplace report, released last June. Findings show that 70% of Americans either hate their job or are "disengaged" from their work and that engagement has the greatest effect on staffers' well-being.
In fact, should an organization decide against showering employees with lavish perks altogether, it would not necessarily harm its corporate reputation, according to W2O Group principal Gary Grates. It all comes down to the individual organization.
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One Fortune 500 company that does not subscribe to crazy perks is Texas Instruments, said Steve Lyle, director...