Whether you’re the head boss at your office or you’re simply in charge of planning the year-end festivities, it’s essential that you find unique and fun ways to celebrate the end of a great year. Maybe your profits were impressive this year, or you’re proud of the way your employees worked as a team to handle challenges. It’s important that everyone is recognized for the work they put into making a business successful. Let’s look at some of the ways you can celebrate the end of a great year at your business.
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Monetary Bonuses
If you had a successful and profitable year, see if you can work it into the budget to award everyone with a bonus. Many companies choose the amount of a bonus using a performance scale. This is something that employees appreciate greatly.
Company Party
Before everyone takes some time off for the holidays, throw a company party for everyone to enjoy. Have the event catered with different types of food and beverages, consider hiring a DJ to play some festive holiday music, and have games and activities going on. You may want to open this event for your employee’s family members as well. Don’t forget to give out a small gift at the end of the party as a token of your appreciation for a job well done all year.
Allocating Festivity Funds
You can leave it up to each individual department to plan their own celebration. Allocate a specific amount of funds to each group, allowing them to decide what they want to spend it on. While some departments might choose to splurge for a fancy meal, other departments might want to purchase tickets to a sporting event to attend together.
Company Outings
If you have the ability, close your business and have everyone gather off-site for some sort of activity. This could be a sporting event, team building, or a fancy dinner. It’s nice for everyone to gather in a more laid-back environment where they don’t have to worry about work responsibilities. If you have to keep business moving, consider having a couple of different outings planned so you can have adequate staffing available.
Consider Using Cigars
You might have to take this part of your celebration outside depending on the type of office environment you have and the people in your office but consider passing out cigars to your employees. You can even gift cigars as a year-end thank-you.
Point Systems
If your company uses some sort of reward point system throughout the year, consider adding some points to everyone’s accounts at the end of the year. These programs usually allow employees to accumulate their points and use them on items like gift cards, housewares, movie tickets, and electronics.
There are several ways that you can thank your employees at the end of a great year. After all, without them, your business wouldn’t be nearly as successful as it is. Don’t forget to personally thank everyone in some way, even if it’s a card that gets passed out internally before the end of the year.