{"id":75,"date":"2018-09-14T17:29:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T17:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/danielvlopes238992071.wordpress.com\/2018\/09\/14\/the-3-employee-benefits-that-have-the-biggest-impact-on-team-morale-at-work\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:07:56","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T03:07:56","slug":"the-3-employee-benefits-that-have-the-biggest-impact-on-team-morale-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canopy.is\/blog\/2018\/09\/14\/the-3-employee-benefits-that-have-the-biggest-impact-on-team-morale-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"The 3 employee benefits that have the biggest impact on team morale at work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Part of being a good leader is knowing which employee benefits to offer. According to our leaders, these 3 make the biggest difference.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Four in five employees want more company benefits than a pay raise. That\u2019s according to a 2015 survey<\/a> conduced by Harris Poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woof. It begs the question: Which<\/em> employee benefits should you offer?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Glassdoor study<\/a> conducted in 2016 found that employees\u2019 top-ranked company benefits were health care insurance (e.g., medical, dental), vacation\/paid time off (37 percent), performance bonus (35 percent), paid sick days (32 percent), and 401(k) plan, retirement plan and\/or pension (31 percent).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, however, benefits like health insurance and performance bonuses are seen as \u201cgivens\u201d for more and more companies. One executive, who is a member of our online leadership community, explained that having benefits like health insurance, bonuses and sick leave are more so \u201cmorale killers\u201d if they\u2019re not<\/em> there\u200a\u2014\u200abut not necessarily \u201cmorale boosters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what are the \u201cmorale boosters\u201d of employee benefits? Which ones truly help differentiate your company from others?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I recently posed this question to our community. According to them, here are the top three benefits their employees that make the biggest difference:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#1: Remote work<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Remote work was by far the most frequently cited employee benefit that our members\u2019 teams appreciated. An employee can go pick up her kids and take her to gymnastics, or head to a doctor\u2019s appointment in the middle of the day that\u2019s typically difficult to schedule otherwise. This flexibility matters: Best-selling author Daniel Pink talks at length in his book Drive<\/em><\/a> about the importance of autonomy for people to be happy. Giving folks the flexibility to work in an environment that is best suited to them\u200a\u2014\u200ato avoid the commute, to work from the quiet of their home at their own standing desk\u200a\u2014\u200amight just be the reason benefits are viewed more favorably than a pure pay raise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#2: Support for family members<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Many leaders agreed how supporting your team\u2019s family members goes a long way. One leader, mentioned how his company offers a \u201cTravel Pizza\u201d night that\u2019s been a huge hit with his team. They reach out to the families of employees who are on the road, and deliver pizza for the night while their loved one is away. While a seemingly small gesture, it recognizes an employee\u2019s contributions in a meaningful way. Similarly, another member shared how when a long-time employee\u2019s wife slipped a disc in her back and was in a lot of pain. So his company dropped a week\u2019s worth of frozen meals in (homemade!), and the employee only found out about it when he got home in the evening to an ecstatic wife and a warm meal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#3: Allowances for healthy living<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A good number of our members discussed how benefits that promoted employees\u2019 health and well-being were exceedingly popular (especially when employees can choose what those exact benefits are). One manager in our community gives their employees $200 per month to spend on anything that you can reasonably argue goes to your health and well-being. One of their employees used it to cover teacher training classes for yoga, another uses it for regular massages, while another uses it for painting classes. At the end of the day, employees who feel their whole<\/em> life\u200a\u2014\u200anot just their work life\u200a\u2014\u200ais being supported by a company is being is less likely to take time off work, and even more willing to invest in helping their team make progress toward its goals. Support their health, and you support an employee\u2019s ability to contribute to the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019re evaluating your own company\u2019s benefits package, consider including one (or perhaps all!) of these three benefits mentioned here. More than a pay raise, it might make the difference you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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