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OPINION
Choice One Engineering staff on a company trip to Cleveland.
Out-of-the-box benefits
Getting creative with perks that go beyond the office can help you retain and attract employees and improve your culture overall.
W e’ve all heard of the extraordinary, creative perks and benefits offered by the latest big tech company or hottest small business upstart: free lunches, unlimited paid time off, onsite childcare, game rooms, nap rooms, and the list goes on. While these are certainly exciting benefits, they don’t make sense for all companies, whether it be a matter of space, finances, workforce, or production. That doesn’t mean, however, that some creative benefits can’t be added to your organization that can fit any budget, space, or culture – especially when the benefits occur outside of the walls of the office.
Matt Hoying, P.E.
As a civil engineering, landscape architecture, and surveying firm of 64, we at Choice One Engineering have implemented some benefits that both retain and attract employees and contribute to our culture of enjoyment and fulfilling lives inside and outside of the office. Our employees repeatedly cite some of our out-of-the-box systems and benefits as some of their favorite contributing factors for finding satisfaction in their work and personal lives. Below are some of the more uncommon benefits, from smallest investment to largest, that can help you start thinking of ways to provide benefits to your employees that go beyond free coffee and a ping-pong table. Included with each benefit is an approximate investment per employee:
■ ■ Paired lunches. This initiative combines free lunch, culture enhancement, and individual appreciation. Each month, those who participate in paired lunches are randomly paired with another employee and are instructed to go out to lunch together on the company. Not only do employees get uninterrupted time to build relationships (often with someone they don’t typically work closely with), but they are appreciated with free lunch and time to support other local small businesses near our offices. (Investment: $15 per employee per month.)
See MATT HOYING , page 4
THE ZWEIG LETTER JUNE 20, 2022, ISSUE 1446
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