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TheRealMafoo said:

I am currently in a high demand field (software development). If I interviewed at 10 companies, all of them would pay me about the same, but the benefits would be different.

So yes, it’s part of my compensation, but not something I am trading a salary or. 

They are obviously not paying you the same if they have different benefit packages.  The money for benefit packages doesnt come out of no where, and companies dont pay them for shits and giggles.  Yes, it is something that you are trading a salary for.  When you decided on a job the benefits the company provided should have been included in your personal cost-benefit analysis of which job to choose.

You apparently did this cost-benefit analysis since you previously stated that you made an effort to obtain those benefits from your employer.