Morale at Onyx
This is the first company I have worked for that really works hard to maintain morale for the employees. Even when I was just a lowly temp I was treated well.
Well, for 2006 it has been kicked up many notches. We already have Travelin' Joe one Monday a month (free coffee cart); and birthday celebrations once a month with yummy treats; holiday party; Onyx day at the Giants' stadium; other various fun celebrations that sometimes come with gifts.
Travelin' Joe will now include goodies and encourages people to stick around and chat with fellow co-workers; still have birthday celebrations, holiday party, Game Day with Giants, anniversary celebration in April (with gifts). But now we have a Walking Club: we walk 2 times a week for a half hour; Wine Club--where everyone will bring a bottle of the same type of wine and we will taste the various kinds; Book Exchange--a cube is set up with books, take a book, leave some books, bring that book back or keep it; Chips and Dip Fridays (once a month)--goodies, drinks and board games.
We just celebrated Chinese New Year last Friday with a Chinese catered lunch. Good food! There were no fortune cookies--because apparently they aren't Chinese. Here is a fun fact: Fortune Cookies were invented in San Francisco.
There are many other fun things planned for this year. Besides this company making strides to treat cancer it is also a fun place to work.
Well, for 2006 it has been kicked up many notches. We already have Travelin' Joe one Monday a month (free coffee cart); and birthday celebrations once a month with yummy treats; holiday party; Onyx day at the Giants' stadium; other various fun celebrations that sometimes come with gifts.
Travelin' Joe will now include goodies and encourages people to stick around and chat with fellow co-workers; still have birthday celebrations, holiday party, Game Day with Giants, anniversary celebration in April (with gifts). But now we have a Walking Club: we walk 2 times a week for a half hour; Wine Club--where everyone will bring a bottle of the same type of wine and we will taste the various kinds; Book Exchange--a cube is set up with books, take a book, leave some books, bring that book back or keep it; Chips and Dip Fridays (once a month)--goodies, drinks and board games.
We just celebrated Chinese New Year last Friday with a Chinese catered lunch. Good food! There were no fortune cookies--because apparently they aren't Chinese. Here is a fun fact: Fortune Cookies were invented in San Francisco.
There are many other fun things planned for this year. Besides this company making strides to treat cancer it is also a fun place to work.
3 Comments:
Ugh....
There has been a mass exodus from the paper here in Salem, and with no plans to replace anybody. We've lost probably 15 people in the past three months, including our executive editor. We had 2 people quit today and 1 yesterday. NOT a fun place to work lately...
What a great place to work! I am so happy for you...and you don't have to deal with a crazy boss on a regular basis!
That is EXCELLENT.. because you know what? I know first-hand how much it effects every fiber of your being to work someplace that brings down the morale of its employees..
So I am very happy for you.. and even happier that you recognize that you're happy!!!
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