Jobrad

English translation: company bike

07:16 Mar 9, 2024

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German term or phrase: Jobrad

Here in Germany lots of potential employers offer a "job bicycle" as a perk. That means the employee gets a bicycle to cycle to work with (and for personal use).

Is this a word that is also used in GB or the US or other countries (job bicycle)?

Heidrun Wolf KudoZ activity Questions: 53 (none open) (2 without valid answers) Answers: 1
Local time: 00:19

English translation:company bike

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Justin Verceles
United States
Local time: 18:19

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Summary of answers provided

4 +11

cycle-to-work scheme

Yorkshireman

4 +1

company bike

Justin Verceles

'GB: on yer bike' job freewheel

Adrian MM.

Discussion entries: 5

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

company bike

Explanation:
It doesn’t seem like a very common practice in the UK and the US, but when it is referenced, this is the term. You might also specify that the bikes are leased from JobRad GmbH in particular, for example, “JobRad-leased company bike” or “company bike leased from JobRad.”

https://www.navit.com/resources/company-bike-and-bike-leasing-in-germany-explained#:~:text=A%20company%20bicycle%2C%20often%20referred,usual
https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/articles/bike-leasing-in-europe-and-the-usa-volkswagen-financial-services-and-pon-holdings-form-strategi

Justin Verceles
United States
Local time: 18:19
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 4

1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

cycle-to-work scheme

Explanation:
I think this is the best way to get around it. It's used in Ireland and in the UK

https://www.revenue.ie/en/jobs-and-pensions/taxation-of-employer-benefits/cycle-to-work-scheme.aspx

Yorkshireman
Germany
Local time: 00:19
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 18

1 day 8 hrs confidence:

'GB: on yer bike' job freewheel

Explanation:
Cycle to work is a scheme, rather than a bike, so something needs to be made up for the out-of-hours tax perqusiite or 'perk'.

Though 'on ya bike' is euphemistic for 'get lost', it has also been famously used to mean, per ex-BOAC pilot and Tory Cabinet Minister Norman Tebbit who was then told by angry UK voters to 'get on his bike', to go forth and find work

Note also the bicycle synonym of 'Drahtesel' as used in CH, LI and AT.

Example sentence(s):

On ya or yer bike: 'A quick Google tells me it's from Conservative minister Norman Tebbit when he told the unemployed in the 1980s to get on their bikes and find work, like his father did. Compassionate Conservatism strikes again.'
USA: The average salary of Freewheeler jobs will vary depending on the location, industry, category, and department

Reference: http://momentummag.com/is-it-time-governments-start-paying-p...
Reference: http://www.freewheelerbikeshop.com

Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

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