The most weird Employee rewards and perks






Ten Most weired  company perks to  employees .

In my book The Invisible hand-How to reward employees without killing the motivation of others. you will find more examples, anecdotes.
        
1-One Florida based American company offers beer cart Fridays -Free beer to employees every Friday

My boss would say " alcohol at work place. Go away". 

2-The company that held an orgy to ‘reward' their salesmen.
A german  company  held an orgy to ‘reward' their salesmen in budapest Spa.  Participants in the orgy  revealed that far from being a chaotic free-for-all, the occasion was extremely well organized, .


3-Another  company that offers free Botox injections and tanning beds to their employees

Employees can  access to a 72,000 square-foot fitness center, also to on-site Botox injections and tanning beds.Parent/child yoga classes, lesion removal, cancer screenings and complimentary scuba diving certification. 

4 -A company  declared a naked Friday to boost morale

The company that has declared a naked Friday to boost morale
David Taylor, a business psychologist, told workers at design and marketing firm onebestway, in Newcastle upon Tyne, that a Naked Friday idea would boost their team spirit. He was called in to help the firm after six staff members were forced into taking redundancies at the start of the credit crunch. Mr. Taylor told them that by stripping off their clothes, staff could also strip away inhibitions and talk to each other more openly and honestly.

Despite some initial reluctance, nearly all of the staff took off all their clothes – except for one man, who wore a posing pouch, and one of two female workers, who kept on black underwear. (Source)

5-This  company that offers to their employees a free concierge
Try and provide 12,000 employees  access to a concierge service ?Not an ordinary task.
Returning overdue library books to making sure your dry cleaning gets picked up on time. 

6-The company tells employees that Have our own private shopping mall."
It has over a dozen restaurants, a credit union, a post office, and stores carrying everything from candles to cell phones. 

7- Seem bizzare- but this company pays for your divorce.The number of cases has doubled in the last three years.;pay for initial advice sessions and contribute to legal costs for divorces.

 at times foot the entire legal bill, running into thousands .

8- Take your pet to work on  Formal Fridays,  go sailing together, have a ping pong table, have weekly Yoga classes at work, 

9-The company initiates  a mini parade for the employee of the month.for winning  Hero award. with a $150  gift card.

10- Enjoy the minibar where the staff pay on an honor system

They staock  20 different types of beverages, such as espresso and coffee. Bottled water costs $0.25, and a bowl of chicken teriyaki costs $1.75.Employees  pay for the food based on an honor system, and can deduct however much they estimate they use from their payroll.
These are the few of the most unusual perks that the off beat employers offer.

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