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    The Perks at These Top Startups Will Make You Rethink Your 9-to-5

    LinkedIn released their list for 2017's 50 Most Sought-After Startups and the work perks are unreal.

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    Startup companies have a long history of stepping up their perks at work, and LinkedIn has taken notice. The social networking company released their 50 Most Sought-After Startups List for 2017 on Wednesday, and the insane perks will make you want to quit your day job.

    While most of the companies on the list were founded in San Francisco (after all, Silicon Valley is the mecca of startups), New York and Chicago came in second and third. Another interesting fact about this year's honorees is that about 12 percent of the companies listed have women at the helm, which is more than three times the number of female CEOs for the traditional Top Companies list released earlier this year, LinkedIn said. Editor-in-chief Daniel Roth said they also took into consideration "how well those companies were attracting talent from the Top Companies" when compiling the startups list.

    And the perks are one of the reasons these companies are all attracting new employees. Startups have a reputation for setting a new standard for office culture, and the companies ranked this year are leading the pack in fun and innovative ways. Check out five companies that are taking work perks to another level, and this year's full LinkedIn Top Startups list below.

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    Main Headquarters: New York City

    Perks: Sleeping on the job is acceptable. Casper's New York City headquarters allows their employees to do work while lounging on the company's famous mattresses or they can even take an afternoon snooze. This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "power nap."

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    LinkedIn Ranking: #9

    Description: Home remodeling

    Main Headquarters: Palo Alto, California

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    Perks: Comfort is king at Houzz. All employees are given a pair of branded slippers to wear around the office, which sure helps save money on a shoe budget for work.

    Credit Karma

    LinkedIn Ranking: #48

    Description: Personal finance

    Main Headquarters: San Francisco, California

    Perks: The company's office space gives you all the reasons to want to stay and work late. They recently opened an onsite spa where they offer manicures, pedicures, and massages, and have rooms dedicated to music “jam” sessions, nap nooks, an art room, a library, and a coffee bar.

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    LinkedIn Ranking: #20

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    Main Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois

    Perks: Bitmojis are not just for your phones at G2 Crowd—they're used as office décor. Each new employee gets a personalized Bitmoji, which is hung in the entrance of the office in their first day.

    Snowflake Computing

    LinkedIn Ranking: #38

    Description: Cloud-based data warehouse

    Main Headquarters: San Mateo, California

    Perks: This tech company knows the value of experiencing the great outdoors. In accordance with their name "Snowflake," the company hosts an annual ski trip to Lake Tahoe every February making it easy for co-workers to create an office bromance like the one below.

    LinkedIn's 50 Most Sought-After Startups List:

    1. Uber

    2. Airbnb

    3. WeWork

    4. Lyft

    5. Slack

    6. NIO

    7. Rubrik

    8. Dropbox

    9. Houzz

    10. Convoy

    11. General Assembly

    12. Stripe

    13. Glossier

    14. Flexport

    15. Aryaka Networks

    16. Pinterest

    17. GRAIL

    18. Duo Security

    19. Udacity

    20. G2 Crowd

    21. Blend

    22. Opendoor

    23. Cybereason

    24. Cylance

    25. CrowdStrike

    26. Uptake

    27. Affirm

    28. Katerra

    29. Ring

    30. Convene

    31. Coursera

    32. Stitch Fix

    33. Wish

    34. Robinhood

    35. Darktrace

    36. Sprout Social

    37. Virgin Hyperloop One

    38. Snowflake Computing

    39. ThoughtSpot

    40. Zenreach

    41. Cohesity

    42. Pendo

    43. Moda Operandi

    44. Databricks

    45. Skuid

    46. Glint

    47. Docker

    48. Credit Karma

    49. Casper

    50. Elastic

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