"Made no money, had no benefits": Companies are selling people on cheaper perks

After I read the report that led to this story, I put out some feelers on social media, asking folks to tell me about their job benefits — specifically, if their company’s description of its benefits would match an employee’s description of those same benefits. The key takeaway from the report, published by Prudential Financial, is that people and their employer largely don’t see eye-to-eye on how “modern” today’s workplace benefits are; while 86% of companies call their benefits packages modern, only 59% of their employees would agree. And while nearly all employers said they care about employee well-being , just over two-thirds of people believe their bosses care about their lives outside work .

“The survey results don't surprise me at all,” Lauren Schneider, a 31-year-old working