I've always viewed benefits like this as a way for the company to incentivize and/or reward certain behavior from employees. Offering a 401(k) match is a way to encourage employees to save for retirement.
By that logic, offering family insurance benefits is a way to encourage people to have families. That's always seemed a bit weird to me because it seems inappropriate for a company to be involved in something so personal. It seems reasonable for the government to say, "we want more people to have families for the greater good" but it seems strange for companies to take it upon themselves to do that.
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Some things don't benefit you personally and are still good things.
I've always viewed benefits like this as a way for the company to incentivize and/or reward certain behavior from employees. Offering a 401(k) match is a way to encourage employees to save for retirement.
By that logic, offering family insurance benefits is a way to encourage people to have families. That's always seemed a bit weird to me because it seems inappropriate for a company to be involved in something so personal. It seems reasonable for the government to say, "we want more people to have families for the greater good" but it seems strange for companies to take it upon themselves to do that.
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Some things don't benefit you personally and are still good things.