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$
1,250
wellness spending account
$
500
mental health
practitioner benefit
$
1,000
maximum matching donation
per employee
119
days, maximum short-term
disability leave
says Andersen. “We had a benefits
top-up plan in place for years, and
when we realized it wasn’t being
utilized as much as we’d hoped,
we made it more flexible by
allowing staff to use 50 per cent of
their benefits plan for a spending
Employees at Meridian Surveys are encouraged to speak with their managers and pursue new career
development opportunities.
account for wellness resources.”
The company also matches
employees’ charitable donations
up to $1,000 and gives them a paid
day off when they’re volunteering.
“We put a lot of these things in
place to ensure that when we
say people first, we really mean
it,” Andersen says. He notes that
over 50 per cent of Meridian’s
employees have worked there for
15 years or more.
“We have a lot of long-time
employees,” says Stark. “It’s a big
company but we have a small
company feeling. It’s a friendly
environment where you can call
your boss or the president any
time and have a conversation.
Everyone is pretty down to earth
here.”
