CBS Interactive offers a comprehensive benefits package that supports our employees in their efforts to manage major priorities like health care, wellness, retirement planning, and financial security for themselves and their families. All U.S.-based full-time regular employees and part-time regular employees (scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week) at CBS Interactive are eligible to participate in the following benefits:

Medical plans
Employees' spouses, children, domestic partners, and domestic partners' children are all eligible for coverage under CNET's plan; medical plan availability varies by location:

• Blue Cross HMO (in CA)
• Blue Cross EPO (outside of CA)
• Blue Cross PPO (all locations)
• Kaiser Permanente HMO (CA only)
• Oxford HMO (NY/NJ only)
• Tufts HMO (Cambridge only)

Dental plan

• MetLife Preferred Dental Plan:
Employees may use any dentist they choose or receive discounted services for using an in-network dentist.

Vision plan

• Vision Service Plan (VSP):
100 percent coverage for annual eye exams and glasses/contact lenses with co-pay when accessed through network providers.

Wellness programs

• Personalized health and wellness counseling and referrals
• Seminars on nutrition, flu prevention, exercise and fitness, smoking cessation
• Ergonomic evaluations
• Onsite massage therapy*
• Stretching, yoga, tai chi classes*
• Gym discounts

Employee Assistance Plan
Confidential, professional counseling and assistance with life-management issues

Stock options/Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
CBS Interactive stock plans provide employees the opportunity to participate in the long-term success of the company. The ESPP allows employees to purchase stock at a 15 percent discount at specified times during the year.

401(k) program with employer match
CBS Interactive supports employees' efforts to plan for their futures by matching 50 percent of the first 4 percent of pay contributed into the program each payroll period.

Vacation
CBS Interactive offers an innovative vacation plan that provides additional vacation days to employees who use their hard-earned time off. The plan works like this:

• Years 1-4: 2 weeks vacation;
• After year 4: 3 weeks vacation;
• All employees with at least six months of service and with a vacation balance of 40 hours or less on December 31 receive a bonus week of vacation in the following calendar year;
• Employees with 5 years of continuous service will receive one day (8 hours) of vacation pay, and longer tenured employees will receive one additional day of vacation for each year of continuous service in excess of five up to a maximum of five extra days of vacation.
 

Holidays and sick days
CBS Interactive observes 15 paid holidays per year. The company also provides 10 paid days off per year for illness or injury (5 days for employees hired after July 1).

Flexible spending accounts
CBS Interactive offers money-saving flexible spending accounts that allow employees to set aside pretax dollars for their annual child-care and health-care expenses.

Life insurance
CBS Interactive provides company-paid basic life and accident insurance at 1X annual base salary, up to $250,000 per year, plus $250,000 business-travel-accident life insurance coverage. Employees may purchase additional life insurance for themselves and their families at favorable rates.

Other benefits:

• Section 529 college savings plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Travel assistance program
• Short- and long-term disability programs
• Commuter checks

*Program structure and availability differ by location.

 

CBS Interactive, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.