Would you like to attract better candidates to your business and improve employee retention, productivity, and morale? If your answer is yes, it’s time to start offering some fresh and attractive benefits from which your team will genuinely gain value.
Stumped for ideas? Here are six
impressive perks your employees will love:
On-site extras like gym
facilities, lifestyle facilities, tea, coffee, kitchen areas, and business
centers enable your employees to feel like they have everything they need at
their fingertips to enjoy a healthy and happy work life.
If you’d like access to features like this without a costly locked-in lease, highly rated serviced offices usually provide premium on-site extras, all without the need to commit to lengthy, expensive contracts.
Offering shares to employees can
be a powerful way to motivate productivity and engagement within your team. The
stake needs to be measurable, real, and legally sound. It should also be set up
in a way that protects both your team and your company.
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If done correctly, it can be a
real incentive not only for your team to perform more effectively but for
highly rated candidates to join your company too.
#3. Insurance
A recent study showed that of all the employee benefits possible, the most valued of all is comprehensive health insurance. Indeed, nearly 90% of people said that a good policy would cause them to give serious consideration to a job offer. Considering how expensive medical care is, this result is hardly surprising.
If you want to truly invest in the
health and happiness of your employees, better insurance should be at the top
of your list of team perks.
#4. Flexible
Learning
The lunch-and-learn trend is catching on fast in the corporate world, but this is not a “perk” we recommend as it requires employees to spend their lunch break focused on work. That’s hardly a break!
Instead, offer flexible options
such as e-learning packages that allow employees to develop skills on their own
terms, without eating into their well-earned breaks. Even better, provide paid
learning time for employees so that they know their development is so important
to you that you’ll pay them to do it.
#5. Discounts
If you can set up really exciting discounts on things like holidays, major retailers, eating out, and more, your employees will be really grateful. For example; around 50% of Americans drink coffee, so arranging a discount at the closest café or a popular coffee roastery could make a huge difference in their daily lives.
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Just remember that the discounts
should be relevant to your team members’ lifestyles to be truly
meaningful.
#6. Flexible
Working
Employees want to be able to fit work around their lives, not the other way around. The following statistics reveal just how important this kind of benefit is to employees:
- Businesses allowing remote work have turnover rates 25% lower than businesses that do not allow it.
- Over ¾ of employees would be willing to stay with their employer for the foreseeable future if flexible hours were offered.
- Those who work remotely at least once every month are nearly 25% more likely to be happy and productive.
You can reap these benefits by
offering remote work, flexible hours, and production-based goals rather than
time-based targets.
Whether you integrate hybrid
working into your business, or you opt for the benefits of a serviced office,
your employees deserve perks that will genuinely make their lives better.
Provide this, and you can look forward to a happy and productive
team.
