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A new report suggests that the quality of workplace environments could have a significant impact on the UK’s economic performance. According to a new report published by facilities management company MITIE, ineffective workspaces may be costing the economy up to £71.4 billion in GDP each year. The study claims to highlight how various physical and environmental workplace factors can affect employee productivity.
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I agree with Alison 100%. I think you are seeing these as gifts or favors. You wouldn’t expect people to thank you every time they get their pay check or use their health insurance etc. I’d also add, the things that made me feel most valued and appreciated as an employee is when the higher-ups listened to my feedback and took any concerns I had seriously, even if it was something small.
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The owner needs to remember one thing: the company isn’t doing this for the employees. They’re doing it for the company. Any “make work better” thank incentives and thank you gifts are for the purpose of retention and better productivity. Did your employees not quit en masse? That’s your thank you.
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I used to share an office with someone who would regularly have 1:1 meetings with students in French (this was part of their job). I don’t speak French, but apparently I understand it better than you would expect, b/c it was IMPOSSIBLE to tune it out. Meetings in English? No problem, I won’t hear a thing. Meetings in a language where I understand about 1 out of every 20 words?
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In reply to Not Tom, Just Petty. If you’re sending a bunch of stuff to people’s homes and they’re never indicating whether or not the items even arrived, I can see that really contributing to the OP’s feelings here. If that’s part of it, maybe sending around some sort of “thank you for your work on X, team! Gift cards are being sent out to everyone, let me know if you don’t get them!
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In reply to BW. Ha, at least in my jurisdiction, company gifts have to be the same value for every employee to be tax deductible for the company, and no more than 100 euros in value. More than that counts as taxable income for the employee.
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LW3, you do have my empathy!! I walk around half clothed at home w thermostat at 69, and I’m still hot. I’m lucky my office has a big window, but it causes what I call “the afternoon heatwave”. I have a fan on my desk, I dress in the lightest clothing possible. Even camis, with a cardigan or light jacket over that I can strip off and not worry about seeming underdressed once I close my office door.
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In reply to Secret Secretary. I agree, LW should contact the agency that the login is for somehow and warn them that the employer is trying to do this. If LW continues to refuse to provide it (as they are quite right to), one way this could continue is the employer contacting the agency, impersonating LW, that “I’ve forgotten my login details” or whatever.
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In reply to Daria grace. I may be an outlier here, but I do think it can be appropriate to offer coaching. The problem with coaching is if the employer uses it as a toothless and performative way to pretend that they’re taking it seriously. As Alison said, coaching should have very clear aims and required outcomes. If the person doesn’t rise to the occasion, then they absolutely need to proceed with termination (or whatever is appropriate).
In reply to Desert Rat. Oh, you’re giving me flashbacks. The first company I worked for gave us each a $20 gift certificate to the most expensive department store in town. $20 bought nothing in that store, so you had to pony up a lot of money just to use the gift certificate there. People complained. So the next year we each got one of those catalogs where you could pick your own gift.
In reply to Malarkey01. “in open offices there are times when you do have to have a discrete conversation and can’t take it somewhere else.” Could you communicate it over texts or emails? Or paper notes, if need be?
ADHD with misphonia here annnnd I’m gonna toss out a different possibility than I’ve seen mentioned so far: Based on how detailed LW was about the type of conversations they normally overhear (even though they don’t care about them!), and the fact the whispering seems to be a more recent/increasing development… Is it possible certain coworkers have noticed LW has been listening to their conversations, and now they’re whispering in an effort to either not disturb LW,
In reply to YetAnotherAnalyst. The “coming out of a high conflict environment” or very different norms is definitely a thing. I naively put up with a lot of unprofessional macho BS in one of my first jobs that came from leadership being retired military officers.
In reply to Lily Potter. I mean, sure, but so do office supplies. I doubt OP is expecting a thank you for keeping the printer stocked. What it comes down to is what Alison said: The motivation for these morale initiatives is *still* profit, even if the “resource” you’re providing isn’t a physical one. OP is investing in their own future profit.
In reply to TQB. The virtual happy hours are, as well, something that might have been nice/fun during the height of COVID but… As someone who is fully remote, I have 10 Zoom meetings this week – and that is a low number! The last thing I want after work is another “meeting”, even if work is sending out gift cards for food. It’s on my time and I am Burned Out of talking at my screen.
In reply to JelloStapler. Additionally, more forced time with colleagues outside of office hours is not a reward, unless it occurs during regular hours and you know your team enjoys socializing. However, it’s not a Zoom meeting.
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