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by a searcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT Sloan School of Management
in Chicago, IL, United States

3yrs ago

Employee appreciation ideas

Hello,

I have an amazing team and I cannot thank them enough. What are good ways to show my gratitude?

They all have received promotions and raises. I am looking for ways to do something more frequently.

Thank you for your time.

Phillip

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reply by an admin 3yrs ago
from Stanford University in Honolulu, HI, USA

For awards, I prefer memorable experiences where the employee's family/close friends can be included. The experience should be something that folks don't do very often, but are designed for fun such as a gift card/certificate to a local theme park, laser tag, kids museum, annual state fair or music festival, etc. I might develop a menu of options to choose from that are all about equal in total price. So, maybe only 4 tickets to the kids museum and 8 for the laser tag. Once the employee elects their options, I would write a nice note on high quality paper about why they were being appreciated and include the gift card/certificate.

On one of my teams, an employee would organize an outing around one of their interests/hobbies on a set schedule. We learned a lot about the employee in the process and had a great time doing things we were not likely to do. Most outings were surprisingly inexpensive. For instance, going bird watching and then paying for pizza and beer afterwards. I wish I had thought to take the time as we were eating our pizza to do some employee appreciation at those outings.

reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
from University of Southern California in Long Beach, CA, USA

I agree with Karen, When I wanted to reward my mostly minimum wage employees after a period of especially good results, I chose to treat them to an experience that they would always remember. While the events were more pricy (like good tickets to local professional sports teams or a catered party with live entertainment), I felt like the events were much more memorable than if I just gave them the cash.