Benefits Madness: Week 2

Anne PattersonMarch 9, 2022March 9, 2022

The Benefits Madness continues this week! Which of your favorite innovative employee benefit offerings are staying in the big dance? Continue voting and follow along to see which “teams” progress over the next few weeks.

Benefits are in the spotlight now more than ever, as organizations look to attract, retain, and develop their talent. As you’re voting, you may just pick up a few ideas that have not been on your radar—These could make a big difference within your organization.

[Benefits Madness: Week 1]

Over the past week, we saw “buy/sell vacation policy” win a nail-biter against “leave for continuing education classes.” Sorry “identify theft insurance, team “paid time off on birthday” pulled ahead at the buzzer. Continue voting below (we’re now down to 16 games!) and embrace the madness!

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Keep checking the Word on Benefits blog to find out which favorite innovative benefit picks are heading to the next round!

View full bracket here.

Anne Patterson

Marketing Communications Manager at the International Foundation

Favorite Foundation Product: Foundation Community. It’s like LinkedIn but only for Foundation members. They can post questions, share best practices, etc—all with fellow members who also live and breathe employee benefits.

Benefits-related Topics That Interest Her Most: Workplace wellness (especially mental health), diversity, equity and inclusion, behavioral decision making, family-friendly benefits, payroll audits.

Personal Insight: When she’s not busy analyzing the inner workings of her toddler’s brain (does anyone actually know?!), Anne finds joy in home renovation and décor, haiku writing, watching Jeopardy, creating charcuterie boards, and bicycling.

Open pharmacy pill containers on a pile of 20 dollar bills.

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