Recently, we were contacted by Incentive Magazine to comment on an article they were working on regarding giving gift cards to employees as a motivation and incentive tool.
The article has now been published and can be viewed online. Scroll down to the bottom of the article to find out what Andreas Hesse had to say about giving gift cards to employees:
“Andreas Hesse, a consultant for Clear HR Consulting Inc., believes surveys are an investment worth making to determine what an employee would like to receive as an incentive.
“When an employer can tailor their incentives to the specific preferences of each employee, they increase their ability to attract and retain great staff,” he says. “A quick survey to know which gift card to buy can be a very cost-effective mechanism to provide a motivating incentive. Of course, the employer also has to be doing all the other things right as well, in terms of providing an environment where an employee wants to work, to ensure the employee remains motivated.”
While Killian and Frier may disagree, Hesse is a proponent of “giving the employees what they want,” even if it is not an experience or something very memorable. He advises that if employees say they want gas cards, they should have them.”
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