• ORbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      724·
      6 days ago

      Just take the win. I understand your frustration. It shouldn’t even be a question, since just the free $120 would be fine… but maybe, just maybe, it’s better this way than not at all.

    • Mataresian@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      45·
      6 days ago

      Probably a tax thing. The company has to process the receipts in a proper way and it can not be certain stuff else it can’t be charged to the company’s account legally. The alternative for them might be that they have to pay VAT and income taxes over it.

    • MadameBisaster@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      16·
      6 days ago

      I mean its an optional purpose bound bonus not a raise…if it isnt used to deny raises I think its fine. Our company also pays parts of the public transportation abo and so know that I use public transportation

      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        10·
        6 days ago

        They won’t stop you from choosing your own stress relief but they do kindly let you know that peoples activities, statistics measured in the apps might be used in the mandatory weekly ai generated highlights powerpoint

  • horse@feddit.orgEnglish
    14·
    6 days ago

    There could be tax reasons that make it a good deal, especially if she was going to spend the money on goat pellets anyway. I’m no expert on tax law, especially in whatever country this is, but if it was paid out as salary it would likely be taxable income and much less would actually end up paid out to the employee. In Germany both the employer and employee pay towards state pension and social security (health insurance, unemployment protection etc.), so even less of whatever budget the employer has set aside for this could actually be paid out. The main disadvantage for the employee would be that they would end up with a smaller state pension, but it could still work out as a net benefit to them. And the employer at least theoretically gets the benefit of losing less productivity to unwell employees.

      • horse@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        True, but, at least here in Germany, there are tax exempt amounts for things like this and I think social security payments would not be paid on it either, making it much cheaper for the employer (which at least in theory means they can pay out more). I’m sure it’s different in every country though.