Is it possible to keep staff morale and productivity high without spending a fortune? Take a leaf out of someone else's book and see what ideas and perks other companies are offering. If you're an employee, why not take a look and see what you can petition your boss with at the next staff meeting...

1. How to Keep Your Staff Happy
by taking a leaf out of someone else’s book

2. Happy staff are productive staff

3. Happy staff are productive staff
Unhappy staff rarely do their best work

4. We should all know that…

5. clear expectations
supportive management
autonomy (where appropriate)
fair pay
We should all know that…

6. …are basic ways to keep your staff happy
clear expectations
supportive management
autonomy (where appropriate)
fair pay
We should all know that…

7. Dissatisfied staff can be massively unproductive

8. And having to keep taking on new staff is a costly business in lost time for any company
Dissatisfied staff can be massively unproductive

9. But can employers go the extra mile for their staff?

10. Here are a few examples of initiatives that companies have in order to keep morale and productivity high

11. 1. Are you sure?

12. After training at Zappos, new employees are offered $1,000 to leave if they think they’re not a good fit for the company

13. This should solve the problem of hiring someone who’s not a good fit for you

14. 2. Feel welcome

15. Empowered Presentations encourage their new employees to make biographies so they can introduce themselves
Hi!

16. 3. Get involved

17. Infusionsoft employees are encouraged to give feedback:
Talk to the CEO
Weekly ‘huddles’
Monthly meetings

18. ENGEO Inc. cares what its employees think…
40
feedback surveys
Annual ‘Team idea think session’

19. Simon La Fosse at
La Fosse Associates
has a monthly grilling from employees

20. 4. Working Environment

21. Vynamic asks employees to avoid emailing between 10pm and 6am during the week, and at all at weekends

22. Vynamic asks employees to avoid emailing between 10pm and 6am during the week, and at all at weekends

23. At Flexjobs as long as you get the work done, you can work whenever and however you like!

24. Once a year
Software Advice encourages their employees to work remotely from anywhere in the world for a month

25. 5. Give something back

26. PPR Travel Nursing have ‘Thank you Thursdays’
where employees send
thank you cards to
co-workers and customers

27. where employees send
thank you cards to
co-workers and customers
PPR Travel Nursing have ‘Thank you Thursdays’

28. Employees at westMONROE can take 24 paid hours per year to volunteer as part of the company’s 1+1+1 program, donating:
1%
time
1%
talent
1%
profit

29. His company also donates 1% of profits
to charity
And remember Simon La Fosse?

30. 6. Treat yourself

31. Tate Recruitment like to thank their staff with a little culinary treat here and there

32. Even Slideshare has plenty to offer with lunches and snacks provided every day

33. (But don’t worry, because they also have gym facilities available for all staff.
So it won’t go straight to your hips…)

34. 7. Expand your horizons

35. Employees at
westMONROE
write a letter to themselves saying where they aim to be (professionally and personally) in three years’ time

36. BBMG give their employees two accounts:
$500
$500
professional development
inspiration
(specific to your job title)
(personal growth)

37. Work five years at Ruby Receptionists and have a paid five-week sabbatical

38. And!
To get themselves ready, employees receive coaching and $1,000 to use on their pursuit

39. 8. And relax!

40. According to Dixon Schwabl, it’s a paid day off
Best birthday present?

41. Veterans United will look after your kids one night every three months to give parents a night to themselves

42. Are you a member of staff?
Why not ask your boss for a couple of these to implement in your workplace

43. Are you the boss?
Think about how you can make your staff happier without spending too much cash

44. Sources
Daily Worth
Yahoo Finance