Not fair at all to all employees
"additional funds for new parents, housecleaning, take-home dinners, short-notice child care services."
and
"pinch hit for you on dog walks"
My wife and I don't have any children, don't intend to have children, and will never have children. We also do not have a dog. So how is this fair for me? If I have a co-worker getting these perks and I'm not, then in essence, he's getting more than I am. Unless the company increases my pay to offset the services that other coworker is using, then it really isn't fair for me!
Tell you what...make it a voucher program where all employees are given a certain amount of redeamable vouchers for certain services (services *ALL* employees can use, not those stupid "health club" coupons or dry cleaning pickup...I mean real value services, like maid service, local restaurant take-home, or redeamable for cash...) and then allow employees to use the vouchers as needed...if an employee with children needs to redeem a child care voucher, AND a meal voucher, then that's what they will do. If I redeem a voucher for the equivalent in cash, then that's for me to do!
As for "additional funds for new parents" Uh, no! Again, not fair to those of us who will not have children (I hate kids, do you see a trend here?) If the company is going to give money to new parents, then they need to give money to everybody...just because someone squeezed a kid out of their body doesn't make them special...It demeans the value of employees who don't have kids, or *WON'T* ever have kids.
Treat employees fairly...
