Economy
74% of employees receive benefits in Hungary
Fizetesek.hu, a wage-focused page run by job portal Workania, surveyed the most frequent benefits given to employees, finding that 74% of the more than 42,000 respondents received some kind of benefit in 2017. More than 34% of employees received SZÉP leisure cards, with Erzsébet meal vouchers and phones tied in second place at 24% each.
Employees working in office positions generally receive the most benefits, the survey found. One in five employees have flexible hours, 14% got their own parking space, 13% were given notebooks and 11% free beverages.
As for mid-level managers, phones (45%) were the most frequently granted benefit, followed by SZÉp cards (38%), notebooks (26%) and Erzsébet vouchers (24%).
Among top managers, 85% received some kind of benefit last year. In addition to essential work-related benefits (62% were given phones, 46% cars and 42% notebooks), this group also reported above-average rates of flexible hours (36%).
Also, training offered to employees was a popular benefit (9%) compared to previous years. This is because large employers use this tool in an effort to keep and motivate their workers amidst the general labor shortage. The same reasons drive the growing popularity of recruitment or referral bonuses, which were given to 6% of employees last year and was especially frequent in IT and engineering.
The survey found that people working in low-level office jobs and physical jobs received the least benefits last year, with 40% of unskilled workers, 37% of skilled workers and 37% of people working in service jobs receiving none. If anything, unskilled workers are given Erzsébet vouchers (20%), SZÉP cards (17%) or travel passes (10%), with all other benefits reported by less than 5%.
Employees working in office positions generally receive the most benefits, the survey found. One in five employees have flexible hours, 14% got their own parking space, 13% were given notebooks and 11% free beverages.
As for mid-level managers, phones (45%) were the most frequently granted benefit, followed by SZÉp cards (38%), notebooks (26%) and Erzsébet vouchers (24%).
Among top managers, 85% received some kind of benefit last year. In addition to essential work-related benefits (62% were given phones, 46% cars and 42% notebooks), this group also reported above-average rates of flexible hours (36%).
Labor shortage in play
Roughly 10% of employees received travel passes or health fund contributions from their employers in 2017.Also, training offered to employees was a popular benefit (9%) compared to previous years. This is because large employers use this tool in an effort to keep and motivate their workers amidst the general labor shortage. The same reasons drive the growing popularity of recruitment or referral bonuses, which were given to 6% of employees last year and was especially frequent in IT and engineering.
The survey found that people working in low-level office jobs and physical jobs received the least benefits last year, with 40% of unskilled workers, 37% of skilled workers and 37% of people working in service jobs receiving none. If anything, unskilled workers are given Erzsébet vouchers (20%), SZÉP cards (17%) or travel passes (10%), with all other benefits reported by less than 5%.
