Fringe benefits

Important

While basic benefits are provided during probation, access to fringe benefits is granted after completion of the probationary period. After this initial phase, we look forward to welcoming you to our full benefits program.

Hardware benefits

As mentioned in the Operating systems chapter, we’re using Apple-branded hardware. Thus you’ll get the following hardware benefits:

• An iPhone ~ every 3 years

• A MacBook ~ every 3 years

Vouchers

We say thanks with Kudos points (1 point = CHF 1), which you can redeem as a voucher of an online store of your choice:

Occasion	Trainee	Employee	Bastards in charge
🎉 Version bump day	100	300	500
👼🏻 Arrival of Baby Jesus	100	100	100

Redeem your points under Rewards in Kudos.

Hint

Since 1 January 2026, the federal taxes and the AHV apply the same rule for the tax free declaration amount: CHF 600 per year for all gifts in kind combined. If the total exceeds this amount, the whole amount has to be declared.

• The federal taxes changed Rz 72 of the Wegleitung zum Ausfüllen des Lohnausweises bzw. der Rentenbescheinigung (Jan 26) from CHF 500 per event to CHF 600 per year, as announced in the ESTV news.

• The AHV raised its limit from CHF 500 to CHF 600 per year, as described in the Leitfaden 1. Säule, Korrigenda (Jan 26):

  Naturalgeschenke bis zu 600 Franken pro Jahr;

• Also important, this only works for vouchers and not for cash, according to FAQ zum Lohnausweis bzw. zur Rentenbescheinigung (Jan 26) (Rz 72, question 2):

  Von der Deklarationspflicht ausgenommen sind nur Naturalgeschenke, nicht jedoch Geldgeschenke. Gutscheine sind Naturalgeschenken gleichgestellt.