5 Great Reasons to Reward Employees with Experiences

An experience reward will let an employee know that you genuinely want them to take a break from work. Getting out of the office (or away from Zoom calls) is a great way to gain new perspectives, get creative juices flowing and come back refreshed and ready to tackle projects with out of the box ideas.

Rewarding the whole team with a shared experience can promote camaraderie and increase collaboration. Both the incentive of knowing there's a prize coming as well as the actual reward can inspire staff to work together. A unique private home dinner or cool cooking class will have the team talking about the experience for months to come and thinking of ways they can collaborate again.

Whether working for a small startup or a big established company, employees these days are looking for more than just a pay check. They want to be a part of an organisation that is fun and cares about them. There's no better way to show your team that you care than giving them experiential gifts with them in mind. Have an adventurous soul on your team? Give them a longboarding lesson! Your team is loaded with creatives? Let them explore their talents at a rug tufting workshop! Make it a regular thing - and before you know it your company will the the *it* place to work for.

If your organisation doesn't have a well established health and wellness program, another great way to show that you care about your employee mental and physical wellbeing is gifting them a yoga or sound bath therapy session. Healthy and mindful employees are a lot more engaged and productive!

Employees are always on the look out for companies that are respectful of their family time. Let your staff know that time with their loved ones is important to you by gifting them an experience that they can do together. They will thank you for it!