Connections - March 2009 - (Page 25) Additionally, the company offers an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. “It fosters a real sense of camaraderie now because we know we all benefit when someone does well,” said Bell. With unusual perks such as candy-filled ceramic frogs, full benefits at 20 hours a week and birthday parties with CEOs, some of the Best Places to Work realize employee satisfaction sometimes comes down to the details. When employees feel like they are valued, it fosters a sense of belonging and reduces turnover. n local perspective eMPloyee advocaTe GreG reiff greg reiff, director of human resources, knows the secret to keeping employees happy at Quality Custom Cabinetry, inc. he said the company focuses on four key ingredients in their formula for success: Communicate, communicate, communicate and celebrate. how reiff advises adopting a company-wide communication policy: We have at least five ways we keep in touch with all of the employees. We post items on the company intranet, use our e-mail system frequently, post notes on bulletin boards, post frequent status reports so employees know where we stand financially and give them daily access to backlogs so they can know how we’re producing. if people know what’s going on, it makes them feel like they have trust and faith in the company. Why does reiff believe the company was voted the 11th Best Place to Work in Pennsylvania? it surely doesn’t hurt that we’re paid every week instead of every two weeks. We get paid every thursday, which means we can get a financial jumpstart on the weekends. plus we’re eligible for two pay increases every year. i don’t know many places that give you that opportunity. The surefire way to motivate employees: Celebrate everything. When we won the best places to Work, we brought in food and celebrated. We have all sorts of parties, like the time we went 360 days without an injury. at that time everyone in the company was able to pick out a jacket with our company logo on it. they had 40 choices of jackets from which they could choose. We make sure to have lots of social events, too, in order to celebrate new initiatives. Click to recommend a savvy business tip Take out the guesswork by advertising in Connections. KNOW how many people KNOW how many people click to your site. Nxtbook Media is a partner of The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry see your ad. March 2009 | Connections | 25 http://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/esop.asp?viewed=1 http://www.qcc.com/ http://www.qcc.com/
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