The 2025 Germany Employee Benefits Benchmark Report: 250+ Companies, 52 Pages of Market Data You Can't Get Anywhere Else

The problem

• Your leadership asks: "Are we competitive?" - You answer: "I think so...?"
• Your top candidate chose another company. - You wonder: "Was it the benefits?"
• Your CFO questions: "Do we really need to offer that?" - You have no data to justify the investment.

Meanwhile, your competitors are faaaar ahead. They're offering extended workation policies you've never heard of. Mental health days you didn't know existed.

What you get (solution)

This is 52 pages of actionable intelligence from 250 (unverified - meaning that people could use their personal email address to submit data) independent companies across Germany who opened their books and told us exactly what they offer.

Inside the report:

✓ 6 Deep Correlation Analyses showing which benefit combinations actually work by company size and industry (so you stop copying random companies and start copying the right patterns)

✓ Year-on-Year Comparison with 2024 data showing the 5 biggest shifts in the market (including the worrying benefit reduction trend and how to avoid becoming a casualty)

✓ Industry-Specific Breakdowns for Technology, Retail, Finance, Energy, and Education

✓ Emerging Trends Section covering extended workation policies, 4-day work weeks, fertility support, AI training programmes, and digital detox days (the benefits that will be standard in 2027)

✓ Qualitative Insights from anonymous respondents revealing info about geographic benefit disparities, benefit cuts despite profitability, and internal inequities

✓ Recommendations by company size and industry with specific budget ranges and implementation approaches

Who is this for?

• Talent Acquisition Leaders tired of losing candidates in final rounds
• People Ops Professionals building business cases for benefit investments
• HR Directors who need to benchmark against actual market data
• Compensation & Benefits Managers justifying budget requests
• Founders/CEOs who want to know if they're competitive without hiring a consultant

Who this is NOT for:

✗ Companies only offering legally required benefits with no plans to improve

✗ People who want a one-page summary (this is comprehensive, not condensed)

✗ Anyone outside Germany (data is Germany-specific)

Why have I done this?

I'm Andeea, founder of Talent Crunch Berlin. I built this because I was tired of: benefit vendors selling biased data, consulting firms charging €50k+ for market intelligence, recruiting platforms with surface-level percentages

So I surveyed 250 companies across industries and company sizes for the 2nd year in a row - to make this information available to my community. No vendor bias.

This is the second edition. The 2024 version was shared freely and became a reference for talent professionals across Berlin and beyond. For 2025, I've expanded the analysis, added new benefit categories (AI training, fertility leave, digital detox days), and included 6 detailed correlation studies.