7 companies with the quirkiest perks

Perks, as part of an employee’s remuneration package, are often written off as the unneeded dolly mixture on top of the sugar-laden, icing-topped, jam-filled remuneration cupcake.

With Silicon Valley tech firms receiving the most media attention for their perks – Facebook’s extensive bereavement leave and Apple’s next-to-office woodland, running tracks and theatre spaces both making headlines – competitors are beginning to cotton on to outside-the-box benefits.

At one stage ping-pong tables and frothy coffee machines were regarded to have had their day but quirky perks appear to be making a comeback.

This is despite a recent Dell and Intel survey finding that Millennials would rather receive high-tech office perks, over chillout spaces and top-end coffee.