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AnyPerk (YC W12) Raises $1.4M To Help Startups Offer Perks To Employees

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Every company I have ever worked at has had these "perks" of a discount store that has a mixed bag of "deals" from a bunch of random consumer companies - I can assure you that no employee is being retained because they get 15% off of movie tickets. Its not meant to be directed at AnyPerk but I have to wonder why these sorts of "perks" are offered at all. Amongst myself and other coworkers they are pretty much irrelevant and usually forgotten. Perhaps Ill use a discount on a cell phone or cable service contract if I remember but saving 10 bucks at Safeway is equivalent to the coupons I get in the mail.

Had this sort of stuff on offer at a (very) large corporate I worked for as well. I never heard of anyone using them, but I guess someone must have made something off the deal.

That said, $LARGECORP were very savvy about their finances, so I wouldn't be at all surprised if the external 'perk' provider got a small cut when they sent business to the movies or restaurants or wherever, and $LARGECORP actually took money for giving the perk provider access to their employee base.

Maybe someone with the knowledge can jump in, does the coupon provider (AnyPerk) get a cut of the discounted purchases?

Is it just me or all these "perks" just discounts on things people shouldn't be spending their money on?

I assumed this would be actual perks like free gym memberships that when purchased in bulk lets the site negotiate for startups.

Dear AnyPerk,

Please don't fuck it up like your predecessor BetterWorks by wasting money on a needlessly lavish environment, fostering a sexist brogrammer culture or hiring more people than minimally necessary.

Good luck and congratulations!

I know the founders personally and can tell you that they are down to earth, really likeable guys who don't have the brogrammer culture in them at all. :)

Seconded.

I knew them in japan before they were anyperk. you guys remember mieple?

Doesn't a service like AnyPerk ensure that all startups offer about the same perks, thereby defeating the purpose of having unique perks?

Also, their perks remind me of what you would typically find in a coupon book, with the exception of Getaround and iCracked.

So now YC is literally funding coupon books? Why do people aim so low?

It's not just a coupon book... it's a coupon book on the internet!

These aren't really perks. They're group discounts, and they're not even as good as the one that my (old-school) employer or various bar associations provide.

BetterWorks at least offered a perk-style sytem: employees were given an "allowance" to spend each week or month and could spend it on whatever BW had in their system.

Here's hoping AnyPerk gets better soon enough to matter.

Wonder if they make money on the other side of the perk as well. Price per lead fee they charge their partners.

In my opinion some of the best office culture/perks have been autonomy of task, ability to persue mastery and a sense of valued purpose. While hard to quantify and difficult to implement, such a work environment can be quite desirable from a motivational standpoint.

Just remember: the greatest perk of all is flexible working hours and location. And a couch.

We live in silly times.

AnyPerk guys,

CSS styles is not loading on my computer (Firefox 19).

The CSS request is 301 redirect and I got this warning "This Connection is Untrusted".

See: https://AnyPerkSSL-30563771.us-west-1.elb.amazonaws.com/asse...

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