My personal concern when I looked at the site was it reminded me of a time when a boss gave me a gift card, and I was infuriated because I hadn't had a real raise or a proper employee review in years. It felt like a cheapshot.

I could see the program working in certain businesses, but managers need to be trained to use it correctly, especially in creative fields: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html

This is not how Uncover works. We specifically designed it to avoid this. The company is only charged for benefits that the employee uses. Therefore, if an employee doesn't care to use one or more benefits then the company is not charged for them.

chances are that money wouldn't have been spent on your income, because of taxes (income tax, payroll tax). it would have been spent on something else that falls under the category of "nice things" but is tax-deductible.

Yes, this would be a complete turn-off for me.