Friday, November 28, 2008

Greeting Cards For Your Employees

Celebrating special days for your company's employees can go a long way towards raising their morale, apart from making office life feel more personable. Even a small token to recognize events like birthdays and special holidays like Christmas can go a long way.

Most people associate work with things they'd rather not do. As a result, the office is usually among the last of the places they'd rather be in. While greeting cards won't change the fact that people would rather frolic in the beach than take phone calls and work on spreadsheets, it's a great way to make those tiny cubicles feel like a more welcoming space.

A big office I used to work for in Toronto would have cards printed especially for employees. During birthdays and major holidays, each one gets a card along with a short note from one of the VP's. If you're celebrating a birthday, you got a cake along with the card. Come Christmas time, the cards came with a small gift. It wasn't much and it probably isn't that sincere - still, it made the office a place where we can feel at home instead of just four walls with tables and a boatload of work in front of us.

Giving your employees greeting cards for those special times is one of the cheapest ways to reach out and show a personal interest in their lives, well beyond the objectifying performance numbers and attendance records. Why not have a batch printed and put a smile across your employees' face for even just a day?

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