Forum Discussion
Hi Julie,
We offer quite a few little perks as we're a small business with 2 owners so there's not a huge profit margin to work with. Not yet, at least! Some of our perks are:
1) Free bottled water, coffee, tea, and creamer
2) Free breakfasts and lunches on occasion
3) Quarterly gatherings where we typically cover a couple of drinks and apps
4) No evenings, weekends, or holidays (Saturdays are voluntary if we have work available)
5) This year we are paying our team on Thanksgiving and Christmas. It's the first time we've been able to do this in 5 years and we're very excited! It's a surprise.
6) We keep popsicles in the shop during the summer months
7) I'm currently setting up Lunch & Learns in areas of interest: Financial Fitness, Mental Health & Wellness, Self-Defense, Credit Repair
8) Our employees keep 100% of their tips
9) Recognize and celebrate life events (birthdays, baby showers, divorce parties, Jessie-Versaries, etc)
10) Beer Wednesdays - We have a fresh growler of cold craft beer available for after work
11) We have cold and allergy meds, pain reliever and feminine care products available for use as well
Future Goals:
As a women owned business, a dream of ours is to partner with an accredited and local childcare provider and/or provide childcare in-house to remove that barrier for working parents. We'd like to subsidize childcare costs and keep it close to work to lessen the burden for our employees.
We'd also like to offer earned and accrued PTO for our team but it's a ways out from happening still.
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