Casual Fridays are nice, free snacks are great, beer cards on Fridays, awesome. However, giving employees work perks that save them money and time aren't always good enough when the goal is raising employee loyalty. Here are a few unique work perks that are a great was to push your loyalty program over the top and keep your employees sticking around for the long-term.
- Laundry Service: If employees wash an average 400 loads of laundry a year, and the low-end drop off laundry service costs about $1/pound you could be saving employees about $500 a year. This is also a huge time saver. By picking up employees laundry you take one more item off the weekend chore list. This may work best for employers with a young (presumably single) workforce, but where it fits, the value is significant.
- Free Healthy Food: Providing free snacks is great. However, providing free breakfast, lunch and snacks with an emphasis on nutritional value beats the cheese puffs in the cabinet any day. You will be saving employees an average of $2,500 annually (assuming 50 weeks of work a year about about $10 on lunch per work day). The savings is palpable and it shows an employer's commitment to both a social workplace and a healthy one.
- Spa Services: Spa services you say? May sound a little ridiculous, but it can provide some much needed self-care for employees who put in long hours for your organization. Bringing a masseuse or a manicurist to the office once a month or once a quarter is a great way to treat employees and say "thank you" while providing some healthy and much needed stress relief.
Employee perks should be just that. Something earned, not given. For a hard working staff, they can go far in promoting long tenure, employee loyalty and employee satisfaction. For more ideas on innovative employee perks, check out this
article from Forbes.com.
