{"id":17748,"date":"2026-01-15T09:35:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=17748"},"modified":"2026-01-15T09:35:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T09:35:48","slug":"the-head-of-marketing-at-slate-posted-on-linkedin-requesting-cleaning-services-as-a-benefit-at-her-company-the-next-day-hr-answered-her-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=17748","title":{"rendered":"The head of marketing at Slate posted on LinkedIn requesting cleaning services as a benefit at her company. The next day, HR answered her call"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Christina Le posted generally on LinkedIn<\/a> about mental health, burnout, and work-life balance, she didn\u2019t expect her company to respond. Le, the head of marketing at social media content creation platform Slate<\/a>, had offered one small suggestion for executives: \u201cIf companies are refreshing benefits this year, here\u2019s a free idea: Add a cleaning service stipend.\u201d<\/p>\n

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While wellness stipends and gym perks<\/a> \u201care fine,\u201d she wrote, \u201cnot everyone wants to spend their limited free time on a treadmill. For a lot of us, a clean home does more for our well-being than another obligation.\u201d Le argued a home-cleaning perk could be more \u201cpractical. It\u2019s human. It takes one thing off the list.\u201d<\/p>\n

And much to her surprise, her company not only responded, but quickly acted to add cleaning services as a benefit for employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Le told Fortune<\/em> she \u201dgenuinely didn\u2019t\u201d expect the company to respond that way, especially since she had just started at the company only a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hear a lot of organizations talk about valuing their people and prioritizing culture<\/a>, but Slate actually demonstrated it in a very real, very immediate way,\u201d Le said. It wasn\u2019t performative. They didn\u2019t overthink it. They just listened and acted, which says a lot about how seriously they take their team.<\/p>\n

In fact, it only took the human resources team at her company one day to message Le to to let her know they had seen her suggestion and \u201cwe loved it,\u201d and the leadership team agreed to add it as a benefit.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sparked a really good internal discussion, and the leadership team agreed it makes total sense for Slate, especially since we\u2019re a fully remote team,\u201d Pamela Lopez, a human resources specialist with Slate, wrote in an internal message to Le. Employees receive this $200 benefit once per month, and the funds are added to a Ramp<\/a> card for them to use. Alternatively, employees can request reimbursement for the expense. <\/p>\n

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