Recreational & fun activities for Employee retention...

Stress busters and fun activities in high pressure jobs are essential! And because of this many companies have realised the need to look beyond the norms. Nowadays organisations include fun activities & add-on incentives in their curriculum more than ever before, to satisfy, and to hopefully retain their precious ‘revenue generating workforce.’

Remuneration, job profile and work environment are the most important factors for any employee. Having said that, it’s also hard to satisfy everybody and everyone on different parameters and at various hierarchy levels in an organisation… that’s why many companies feel the need to come up with various strategies to interest and retain their key employees.

To take a breather from the hectic schedule and also to break the monotonous and mundane routine of everyday chores and scheduled tasks, employers provide many facilities in and around the workplace for their staff. For example many MNC’s and other big companies provide in-house facilities like:

• Swimming pool.

• Well-equipped gym.

• Basketball/ Tennis court.

• Pool table.

• Table tennis & various other sports facilities

Research has shown that these and other such activities help people stay active and keep them charged up during the day. This in turn helps keep the environment a little light and can inspire a positive attitude amongst individuals working in a company.

Recreational rooms with games like chess, scrabble, and dart boards etc. are also beneficial to refresh individuals in their break time, or from their hard days work. Some other activities to involve employee participation are:

• Weekend team trips/ excursions.

• Regular team or office parties/ theme parties.

• Dance and music learning opportunities for individuals.

• Yoga camps.

Some BPO’s, where employees are constantly glued to their seats taking calls, massage therapists and masseurs are also called in to relax and de-stress them while they are on the job talking to clients. Giving out movie tickets, gift hampers and small cash rewards/ vouchers are also some other means commonly used to entice individuals. To make people comfortable many offices even promote casual wear on weekends and even on a Monday to minimise the ‘Monday Blues’ effect.

Employee satisfaction reduces attrition and a bonafide quality workforce helps the overall business. Keep the employees happy and they in turn will help the organisation grow, prosper and flourish.

By POST A RESUME (www.postaresume.co.in)