The holidays provide a great opportunity to celebrate the achievements your staff accomplished throughout the year. Hosting a party offers a chance for interaction between your entire team, fostering a welcoming company culture. However, showing this appreciation in a cost-effective manner ultimately helps your company’s bottom line!
Let’s explore a few low-cost (or even no-cost) ways to celebrate the holiday season at your business. We cover a few creative and budget-friendly ideas to show gratitude to your staff and improve employee morale. Boosting employee engagement while celebrating the Holidays in a cost-effective manner: what’s not to like?
Be sure to Decorate your Workplace
Decorating your workplace to recognize the holiday season provides an inexpensive way to celebrate this time of the year. In fact, adopting a similar approach for both Halloween and Thanksgiving next year effectively extends the Holidays. Ask for volunteers among your staff to create and put up these decorations. It offers a useful opportunity for staff members to show off their creativity.
Host an In-Office Holiday Party
An in-office party likely serves as the centerpiece of your Holidays celebration. Sure, having it catered provides one option for the food and beverages. However, hosting the event as a potluck ensures a more cost-effective approach. Of course, simply having it onsite as opposed to renting a place also provides significant cost savings.
Take the potluck idea to another level by having a friendly competition where everyone votes on the best dish. Taking this route adds to the holiday fun; award a gift card to the winner of the cook-off. Also, have a gift exchange in the Secret Santa manner to make the party even more memorable.
Extra PTO for the Holidays
Depending on your company’s operational needs, consider spontaneously awarding some extra PTO to employees for the Holidays. Perhaps the day after Thanksgiving or another Friday in December to provide additional time for shopping makes sense? It offers a great opportunity to build goodwill among your staff, improving employee morale.
Help a Local Charity or Non-Profit
Giving back to your community during the holiday season lets your business truly celebrate the season. Helping out a local charity or non-profit organization builds the right kind of company culture at your organization. Having your team work at a soup kitchen or even making donations in their names provides two meaningful options.
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