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What are the best employee perks of all? Free food and catered lunches? Not always. Companies need to strike a balance between realistic and unrealistic perks. Unlimited vacation and free Crossfit sessions may work in Silicon Valley, but small businesses don’t have the resources for such luxuries.

So how do you go about instituting a perk plan that strikes a balance between boosting morale and running the kind of business that you want to run? Here are four tips for a perks program that works: