Archive for May, 2009
Friday, May 22nd, 2009
The guys over at the Freakonomics Blog were out to dinner recently, and their waitress kept trying to sell them artichoke dip for no discernible reason. That is, until they asked her why.
Turns out “the chef had created a new dessert (and she loves dessert). Whichever member of the wait staff sold the greatest number of artichoke dips… that night would collect a healthy portion of the new dessert for free as a reward.”
She was more motivated by the gift of dessert than by the restaurant’s prior attempt to drive sales by offering $100 in cash. It was the tailored benefit that appealed to her.
PerkSpot is home to a fair amoung of benefits that aren’t purely pecuniary, money driven. From deals on appliances, home furniture, to shoes, baby supplies, you name it — we’re providing a convenient service through our discount program and we’re facilitating an end product your employee really wants (a new washer dryer! New high heels! Diapers!) — it’s these benefits that are most compelling, even over cash. And it’s that personalized end product and feeling of peaceful satisfaction that we want to deliver your employees.
In times when salaries are unstable and workplace morale can be shifting daily (times are even uncertain for employee morale at Google, where they’ve developed an algorithm to determine employee unhappiness) – empower your human resources to cultivate an atmosphere where the employee deserves and receives benefits. Empower your human resources with PerkSpot.
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
As more and more companies are looking for ways to offer a personal and individualized new media solution to their employees, few know exactly how to provide it. Your company has email, has a website, maybe even an intranet, too. But in the face of cutting costs, how can you give your employees the added benefits that so-called “new media” can offer? And do you need to? You’re not a Google full of whippersnappers all under the age of 27, and you’re not trying to be. Just the same, according to the latest issue of Employee Benefit News :
While more Gen Y and Gen X people demand personalization than do older generations, this is by no means something just for the 20-somethings. CBS News reports baby boomers are more enthusiastic than younger Americans in using the Internet for health care, finances, government and religious information – all topics that demand a highly personalized experience. Boomers are more likely to look up health care information online, visit support groups for medical conditions and use the Internet for financial information and transactions than their younger counterparts.
PerkSpot has a unique place in the new media space – it stands directly on the unique line where the personalization younger generations crave and brass-tacks functionality Boomers seek come together. PerkSpot is an online solution that provides you a place to meet your employees where their needs converge, providing them added benefits that will improve their quality of life while improving your employee retention and the time efficiency of your Human Resources department. PerkSpot’s employee discount program is where everyone’s needs meet and are met.
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Friday, May 8th, 2009
We’re thrilled to have been mentioned in the most recent United Hemispheres Magazine article about perks on the job.
There are two ways to put money in your workers’ pockets: Take it out of yours, or help them save their own. Wegmans, a grocery store chain that’s perennially on Fortune’s list, gave out 10 percent food discounts at holiday time last year. Outfits like Chicago-based PerkSpot match up vendors offering discounts — on everything from restaurants to cell phone providers — with companies looking to beef up benefit packages. PerkSpot CEO Chris Hill says discount programs “soften the blow on employees” when other perks have to be sacrificed.
This relevant article points out just how effective employee perks are at keeping employee morale high and employee retention even higher. There are many different perks out there that are laid out in the article — way beyond offering the obvious free coffee. Still, this cultural shift is not just a product of what businessman and theorist Cam Marston has called “Millennials” – a new generation that has come to “expect” such benefits. With a platform like PerkSpot, these types of employee discount programs, perks, corporate benefits, voluntary benefits, rewards & recognition are easy to offer.
Perks help your company and your human resources department, no matter what generation they’re in.
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
Just found this snappy graphic from MoreNewMath.com via the Freakonomics blog.
We’d like to think that PerkSpot’s flexible and customized employee discount program will be just the time-saving, money-saving solution to solve any difficult human resources equation your company encounters. If this equation rings as true to you as it does to us, think about how can PerkSpot can help you make May a better month for your corporate employees.
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