These companies give you great perks

How would you like to have an entire year of paid maternity/paternity leave? Or more than a week off—also paid—to pursue volunteer activities? Or catered breakfast, lunch and dinner every day, along with on-site acupuncture treatments? Believe it or not, all of these employee benefits and perks are offered by a variety of tech vendors, as compiled by Glassdoor for its recent "Top 20 Employee Benefits and Perks" list.

As you may expect, tech businesses dominate the list of companies, accounting for three of the top five featured. We're highlighting the top 14 IT companies here—though some represent hybrid industry mixes of, say, tech and media, as well as tech and travel.

Employers are finding that top-notch benefits are essential when competing for talent: In fact, 57 percent of the professionals surveyed said they carefully consider benefits and perks before accepting a job, and four out of five said they would prefer new benefits over a pay raise. While Glassdoor hasn't ranked its list, we're presenting them in order of their overall benefits score (with 5 the highest possible score), as provided by the site's users, and we're including a unique benefit/perk highlight for each one.

Employers are finding that great benefits are vital when competing for talent, and 57 percent of tech pros carefully consider perks before accepting a job.

Asana

Overall benefits rating: 4.9. Benefit highlight: Offers employees access to executive and life coaching services outside of the company.

Facebook

Overall benefits rating: 4.7. Benefit highlight: Gives $4,000 in "baby cash" to employees with a newborn.

Pinterest

Overall benefits rating: 4.7. Benefit highlight: Offers three paid months off for parental leave, and then an additional month of part-time hours.

Google

Overall benefits rating: 4.6. Benefit highlight: Provides surviving spouse or partner of a deceased employee one-half of their salary for 10 years.

Adobe

Overall benefits rating: 4.6. Benefit highlight: Adobe shuts down the company for one week in December and another one during the summer, and its pays employees' salaries for those weeks.

Airbnb

Overall benefits rating: 4.6. Benefit highlight: Employees receive $2,000 every year to travel and stay in an Airbnb listing anywhere in the world.

Salesforce

Overall benefits rating: 4.5. Benefit highlight: Employees receive six days of paid volunteer time off each year, along with $1,000 annually to donate to the charity of their choice.

Zillow

Overall benefits rating: 4.5. Benefit highlight: Gives all employees with a child $1,000 in "baby bucks."

Twitter

Overall benefits rating: 4.3. Benefit highlight: Provides three catered meals a day, along with on-site acupuncture and improv classes.

Evernote

Overall benefits rating: 4.3. Benefit highlight: Hosts team-building classes—such as macaroon baking—through the "Evernote Academy."

Epic Systems

Overall benefits rating: 4.3. Benefit highlight: After five years with the company, employees are offered a paid four-week sabbatical to pursue their creative endeavors.

Spotify

Overall benefits rating: 4.2. Benefit highlight: Provides six months of paid parental leave, plus one month of flex work options for parents. It also covers costs for egg freezing and fertility assistance.

Twilio

Overall benefits rating: 4.0. Benefit highlight: Workers receive a Kindle and $30 a month to purchase books.

Netflix

Overall benefits rating: 3.7. Benefit highlight: Offers one year of paid maternity and paternity leave to new parents.

Source: techgig.com