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Tell Us The Dumb "Perks" Your Underpaying Job Offered

Only five vacation days a year, but not to worry, you can wear jeans on Fridays!

We all want good pay and solid benefits, but unfortunately, many workers (especially younger ones or people at newer companies) are often underpaid and undervalued.

Oftentimes, companies might offer other perks or maybe holiday gifts in lieu of bonuses or better pay/benefits/401(k) matching. While the perks may seem fun, sometimes they distract from the fact that you're not actually making very much.

"Employees: please give us dental" with a picture of Rick from pawn stars saying "best I can do is pizza fridays"

Maybe your office is super cool and has a ton of awesome features...but you don't really have time to use them because you're working.

Kimmy walks into an office with arcade machines, a tire swing, and dogs, and her boss says "this is my company"

Maybe your company gives you free products that you really have no use for.

Meryl tells Truman she got a chef's pal for free, saying it's a dicer, grater, peeler all in one, and never needs sharpening and is dishwasher safe. Truman fakes enthusiasm and says "wow that's amazing!" back

Maybe instead of bonuses, you get gift certificates that you have to split between your coworkers.

Aaron gives Cady two gift certificates to walker brothers pancake house, then janis steals one in Mean Girls

Or maybe you get paltry discounts to businesses you don't even frequent.

Olive in Easy A: "seriously? a coupon? 20% off to bath and body works?"

Whatever "perk" you got that you felt was stupid, small, or meant to detract from the fact that you were underpaid, we want to hear about it! Let us know what the perk or gift was and why it wasn't enough in the comments below, and you could be featured in an upcoming BuzzFeed Community post. You can also submit anonymously here.