This article examines the growth and scope of corporate benefits packages and their usefulness to the average worker. A sample of benefits packages from Fortune 500 cor-porations was assessed, and results revealed that both the documents’readability and comprehensibility levels far exceed that of the average worker. The study builds on the recent and growing scholarly focus on "mass " business communications and proposes a number of promising avenues for future research. hile business communication traditionally focused on the composi-Wtion of personally transmitted messages (e.g., letters, speeches), recent years have witnessed increasing attention to various forms of &dquo;mass&dquo; business communication. Employee publications, annual reports, and benefits packages have attracted business communication scholars. For example, Clampitt, Crevcoure, and Hartel (1986) explored the na-ture and impact of employee publications within complex organizations. The extent, coverage, costs, and benefits of written corporate com-munication policy were analyzed by Gilsdorf (1987); and Kuiper (1988)