▲Southwest Airlines employees have free flights not only for themselves, but also for their family and friends.

▲Yahoo also provides an on-site gym, free meals, live concerts, and discounts at several places such as ski resorts and theme parks.

▲The technology player offers a vast array of employee perks, including the popular Speaker Series, in which they invite A-listers, such as Tom Cruise, to give lectures to their workers.

▲They also get discounts on other airlines, hotels, car rentals, and even theme parks!

▲The Washington Post excels not only in prime-quality journalism, but also in the employee perk department.

▲The secure hosting platform also offers their employees a great working environment and various activities, including communal lunches, boat rides, and even board game nights.

▲Workers are given the chance to attend several activities free of charge, including going to museums and the theater.

▲Deloitte employees also have the option to take partially-paid three-to-six months off to pursue a career-boosting opportunity, plus pet insurance. Not bad.

▲The Google campus in San Francisco is also pet friendly, and free beer and wine on Fridays is a must.

▲They are also Good Samaritans: Adobe will match any employee's charity donation or volunteer time at up to US$10,000 a year.

▲The multinational company offers generous benefits, including the option for a sabbatical of up to four weeks off—for any reason!

▲Adobe goes the extra mile to make sure their employees are happy with their working environment. For instance, they offer up to US$10,000 a year for tuition and books for courses and graduate programs.

▲If you think the most obvious perk of working at Apple is that you get all those awesome products for better prices, then you're absolutely right. Employees get a 25% discount on Apple items, a percentage that can rise after three years working there.

▲As expected, there are many perks to working for the technology giant. Their headquarters feature an on-site gym, a laundromat, a bowling alley, a barber shop, and a massage parlor, to name a few.

▲They also have a great health, vision, and dental package, and encourage their employees to do good deeds by paying for volunteer time and matching donations.

▲The San Francisco-based company is one of the most popular in the world right now, so it's no wonder they have great employee perks—such as the flexibility to work at home, or to have a two-week vacation during the holiday months.

▲Facebook surely has the capital to provide all sorts of incredible perks to its employees, including four months of parental leave for all fathers and mothers.

▲In the US, Facebook also allows full-time workers to enjoy three weeks of paid vacation a year.

▲Bloomberg employees have access to an old-school practice most companies have ditched now—bonuses. Annual bonuses reflect the company's growth.

▲They also provide amazing health packages free of all costs, and in-depth workshops and classes in order to enhance their workers' abilities.

▲Apple also hosts events that involve free drinks and food, and live concerts by some of music's biggest names, including Demi Lovato and Stevie Wonder.

▲GM also boasts some generous perk packages, which include offering paid national holidays and three to six weeks of vacation time.

▲Indeed also provides great-quality catered meals at all times so that workers never run out of fuel!

▲The company has also rewarded good employees with hefty bonuses.

▲The popular job-seeking platform's employees have access to relaxed communal spaces, private work areas, and pretty lax dress codes.

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The company also provides a US$2,000 “Perk Up” bonus that employees can put towards fitness classes, or even child care.

▲Bosses at LinkedIn know how important it is to keep good employees in the company, which is why they give their collaborators in the United States 17 national holidays as paid time off, in addition to the regular vacation days.

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Dropbox allows for a generous leave policy for new mothers and fathers, and public transportation reimbursement.

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While more and more companies in recent years have been making the effort to reward their hard-working employees by providing gyms memberships and organizing Friday Happy Hours, others took the perk package one step further. It might be hard to get there, but it sure is worth it!

Click through this gallery to see which companies have the best employee perks.